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President Joe Biden's “sanctuary metropolis” of Chicago has been flooded with unlawful aliens, and with that inflow comes a probably lethal illness.
On Wednesday, Chicago well being officers confirmed that tuberculosis has been detected in unlawful border crossers being held without cost within the metropolis's “migrant shelters,” WFLD-TV reported.
Officers stated a “small variety of circumstances” had been present in “a number of totally different shelters,” with out specifying what number of.
Because the Facilities for Illness Management and Prevention notes, TB could be deadly and is unfold via the air. The CDC additional states that “The micro organism normally assault the lungs, however TB micro organism can assault any a part of the physique, together with the kidneys, backbone, and mind.”
Though there isn’t any efficient vaccine for TB, it may be handled with antibiotics. Illegals will doubtless get this remedy without cost.
Dr. Anirudh Hazra, affiliate professor of drugs on the College of Chicago, informed WFLD that Chicagoans don’t have any have to panic.
“The people who find themselves most prone to tuberculosis are different migrants dwelling in that shelter,” he stated.
The town additionally downplayed the invention of the illness and claimed that contaminated unlawful immigrants weren’t spreading it.
“Thus far, (the Chicago Division of Public Well being) has not confirmed any reviews of TB ensuing from contact with new folks in Chicago,” officers stated.
“You will need to word that an estimated 10-20% of residents of Central and South America have latent TB an infection, which is asymptomatic and never contagious to others, however that leads to a optimistic TB check,” the division stated.
“For many who have energetic circumstances of TB illness, CDPH assigns a nurse case supervisor to every particular person and conducts contact tracing investigations.”
Officers stated that as much as 150 circumstances of TB are reported in Chicago yearly.
Nonetheless, Democratic Alderman Raymond Lopez criticized Mayor Brandon Johnson's administration and referred to as for vaccination necessities for “asylum seekers.”
“Demonstrative politics and damage emotions helped Metropolis Corridor keep away from apparent impending catastrophe,” Lopez posted on X.
“Anybody who referred to as for motion to guard our residents was referred to as racist, xenophobic, and anti-immigrant by fringe politicians. And now right here we’re: measles, now tuberculosis each 'confirmed' in Chicago.
I've warned Chicago for months about what was already right here. Performative politics and damage emotions helped Metropolis Corridor keep away from apparent impending catastrophe. Anybody who demanded motion to guard our residents was referred to as racist, xenophobic and anti-immigrant by some… https://t.co/Hf2Rfh0psS pic.twitter.com/dObytxfERC
– Ald. Raymond Lopez (@RaymondALopez) 3 April 2024
As Lopez stated, the Windy Metropolis is presently seeing a large outbreak of measles, and nearly all of circumstances have been discovered inside one of many migrant shelters.
Nationwide, solely 58 circumstances of measles had been reported in 2023, with Chicago reporting 56 circumstances to this point this yr, based on the CDPH web site. These are the primary circumstances seen within the metropolis since 2019.
Biden's border disaster is inviting a public well being catastrophe as unlawful immigrants deliver with them ailments that till now have been largely beneath management within the US.
And it's no shock that Chicago has suffered enormous losses as officers lure unlawful immigrants into town with thousands and thousands of {dollars} in freebies.
This text initially appeared on The Western Journal.