Comments on: Teen of undetermined immigration status jailed for TB http://michellemalkin.com/2007/08/27/teen-of-undetermined-immigration-status-jailed-for-tb/ news and commentary from a conservative perspective Mon, 23 Nov 2009 05:18:59 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Kokonut http://michellemalkin.com/2007/08/27/teen-of-undetermined-immigration-status-jailed-for-tb/comment-page-1/#comment-121186 Kokonut Tue, 28 Aug 2007 17:20:36 +0000 http://michellemalkin.com/2007/08/27/teen-of-undetermined-immigration-status-jailed-for-tb/#comment-121186 More info on TB in Mexico. Literally scary, folks. http://www.usaid.gov/our_work/global_health/id/tuberculosis/countries/lac/mexico_profile.html More info on TB in Mexico.

Literally scary, folks.

http://www.usaid.gov/our_work/global_health/id/tuberculosis/countries/lac/mexico_profile.html

]]> By: Glamchild http://michellemalkin.com/2007/08/27/teen-of-undetermined-immigration-status-jailed-for-tb/comment-page-1/#comment-120946 Glamchild Tue, 28 Aug 2007 04:50:36 +0000 http://michellemalkin.com/2007/08/27/teen-of-undetermined-immigration-status-jailed-for-tb/#comment-120946 Guess who's working in your Restaurants in the back kitchen? (Gee, I hope they wash their hands.) Guess who's picking your lettuce? (Has the USDA figured out where last year's contamination scare originated?) Who, essentially, handles this Nation's food supply, for cheap wages, and pretty much completely unsupervised ??? All these "superbugs" and epidemics lying dormant for years, and all of the sudden coming out of nowhere. I know why. I reckon the USDA knows why too. Don't plan on hearing a thing about it from them. Guess who’s working in your Restaurants in the back kitchen? (Gee, I hope they wash their hands.)

Guess who’s picking your lettuce? (Has the USDA figured out where last year’s contamination scare originated?)

Who, essentially, handles this Nation’s food supply, for cheap wages, and pretty much completely unsupervised ???

All these “superbugs” and epidemics lying dormant for years, and all of the sudden coming out of nowhere.

I know why. I reckon the USDA knows why too. Don’t plan on hearing a thing about it from them.

]]> By: Leatherneck http://michellemalkin.com/2007/08/27/teen-of-undetermined-immigration-status-jailed-for-tb/comment-page-1/#comment-120895 Leatherneck Tue, 28 Aug 2007 00:20:41 +0000 http://michellemalkin.com/2007/08/27/teen-of-undetermined-immigration-status-jailed-for-tb/#comment-120895 Sometimes here at this Hospital I work at, we see this type of situation. These folks come from third world countries, and our government allows open borders for cheap labor. This is one reason I have called for Chertoff, and Condi to be fired. Sometimes here at this Hospital I work at, we see this type of situation. These folks come from third world countries, and our government allows open borders for cheap labor. This is one reason I have called for Chertoff, and Condi to be fired.

]]> By: swj719AWG http://michellemalkin.com/2007/08/27/teen-of-undetermined-immigration-status-jailed-for-tb/comment-page-1/#comment-120875 swj719AWG Mon, 27 Aug 2007 22:31:18 +0000 http://michellemalkin.com/2007/08/27/teen-of-undetermined-immigration-status-jailed-for-tb/#comment-120875 just last night I heard a Chicago radio show where some idiot (dem) gal from the State House of Reps went off on a guy who dared suggest that illegals were posing a health hazzard because they skip by the all important checks performed on those wishing to immigrate. I wonder if I can find that dope's e-mail addy, and ask her what she thought of this... just last night I heard a Chicago radio show where some idiot (dem) gal from the State House of Reps went off on a guy who dared suggest that illegals were posing a health hazzard because they skip by the all important checks performed on those wishing to immigrate.

I wonder if I can find that dope’s e-mail addy, and ask her what she thought of this…

]]> By: 24Klady http://michellemalkin.com/2007/08/27/teen-of-undetermined-immigration-status-jailed-for-tb/comment-page-1/#comment-120841 24Klady Mon, 27 Aug 2007 21:06:11 +0000 http://michellemalkin.com/2007/08/27/teen-of-undetermined-immigration-status-jailed-for-tb/#comment-120841 Reine #19, all they gushed about when giving details of the guy was that his fiancee had tested negative. His father-in-law worked for the CDC, but nothing there. And, he's a lawyer. With the privacy laws I'm suprised we were given that much. terrig #21, what a life altering experience. Isn't Gov. Richardson bringing in spanish speaking teachers to New Mexico now from Mexico and other points south? Wonder if they'll be fast-tracked or suffer the mountains of paperwork/disclosure statements citizens are subjected to get a teaching credential? For that matter, the number that work in school cafeterias and as janitors - do they get screened? If they don't I'd pitch a fit. Wish you all the best. Reine #19, all they gushed about when giving details of the guy was that his fiancee had tested negative. His father-in-law worked for the CDC, but nothing there. And, he’s a lawyer. With the privacy laws I’m suprised we were given that much.

terrig #21, what a life altering experience. Isn’t Gov. Richardson bringing in spanish speaking teachers to New Mexico now from Mexico and other points south? Wonder if they’ll be fast-tracked or suffer the mountains of paperwork/disclosure statements citizens are subjected to get a teaching credential? For that matter, the number that work in school cafeterias and as janitors – do they get screened? If they don’t I’d pitch a fit. Wish you all the best.

]]> By: terrig http://michellemalkin.com/2007/08/27/teen-of-undetermined-immigration-status-jailed-for-tb/comment-page-1/#comment-120824 terrig Mon, 27 Aug 2007 20:30:30 +0000 http://michellemalkin.com/2007/08/27/teen-of-undetermined-immigration-status-jailed-for-tb/#comment-120824 Well it's confession time. I used to teach primarily illegal immigrants for three years to get my student loan to go away. When I took that job I was tested for TB and it was negative. However, the following year they tested everyone again and <em>everyone who tested negative which was every employee came back positive</em>. I had to take the 9 months of meds and then they decided to put me on another 9 month round because they were not getting the results they wanted. I have yet to get another teaching job once they find out I have had this "problem" even though the docs assure me that I am not spreading it anywhere. No one in my immediate family has tested positive since this happened but I find that people shy away from me if they know. This is a big problem that El Presidente Bush or all the other illegal lovers want to "discuss". Well it’s confession time. I used to teach primarily illegal immigrants for three years to get my student loan to go away. When I took that job I was tested for TB and it was negative. However, the following year they tested everyone again and everyone who tested negative which was every employee came back positive. I had to take the 9 months of meds and then they decided to put me on another 9 month round because they were not getting the results they wanted. I have yet to get another teaching job once they find out I have had this “problem” even though the docs assure me that I am not spreading it anywhere. No one in my immediate family has tested positive since this happened but I find that people shy away from me if they know.
This is a big problem that El Presidente Bush or all the other illegal lovers want to “discuss”.

]]> By: uhangtight http://michellemalkin.com/2007/08/27/teen-of-undetermined-immigration-status-jailed-for-tb/comment-page-1/#comment-120814 uhangtight Mon, 27 Aug 2007 20:08:35 +0000 http://michellemalkin.com/2007/08/27/teen-of-undetermined-immigration-status-jailed-for-tb/#comment-120814 there is a company that knowingly employs illegals in San Diego, this company has had a portion of their workforce shown to have a form of TB. This company did not take steps to ensure the safety of their product to the consumer and failed to notify fellow employees of the danger until this information was leaked to the public. We need to get serious about punishing these employers. We need to get serious about the health risks. The only way is to hit them where it hurts, and that is in the proverbial pocket book. there is a company that knowingly employs illegals in San Diego, this company has had a portion of their workforce shown to have a form of TB. This company did not take steps to ensure the safety of their product to the consumer and failed to notify fellow employees of the danger until this information was leaked to the public. We need to get serious about punishing these employers. We need to get serious about the health risks. The only way is to hit them where it hurts, and that is in the proverbial pocket book.

]]> By: reine.de.tout http://michellemalkin.com/2007/08/27/teen-of-undetermined-immigration-status-jailed-for-tb/comment-page-1/#comment-120811 reine.de.tout Mon, 27 Aug 2007 19:49:30 +0000 http://michellemalkin.com/2007/08/27/teen-of-undetermined-immigration-status-jailed-for-tb/#comment-120811 <blockquote>On August 27th, 2007 at 2:41 pm, 24Klady said: Has anyone heard how the nutjob that went on his honeymoon to Europe contracted his TB? Don’t recall anyone releasing that information?</blockquote> That sure is being kept quiet, isn't it?

On August 27th, 2007 at 2:41 pm, 24Klady said: Has anyone heard how the nutjob that went on his honeymoon to Europe contracted his TB? Don’t recall anyone releasing that information?

That sure is being kept quiet, isn’t it?

]]> By: Bill's Bites http://michellemalkin.com/2007/08/27/teen-of-undetermined-immigration-status-jailed-for-tb/comment-page-1/#comment-120803 Bill's Bites Mon, 27 Aug 2007 19:29:32 +0000 http://michellemalkin.com/2007/08/27/teen-of-undetermined-immigration-status-jailed-for-tb/#comment-120803 <strong>2007.08.27 Politics and National SecurityRoundup ...</strong> Rule of the Harvest J. D. Pendry Or maybe it is rather the seeds of our demise. As a nation, we’ve sown ours over the years. ... 2007.08.27 Politics and National SecurityRoundup …

Rule of the Harvest
J. D. Pendry

Or maybe it is rather the seeds of our demise. As a nation, we’ve sown ours over the years.
…

]]> By: 24Klady http://michellemalkin.com/2007/08/27/teen-of-undetermined-immigration-status-jailed-for-tb/comment-page-1/#comment-120776 24Klady Mon, 27 Aug 2007 18:41:21 +0000 http://michellemalkin.com/2007/08/27/teen-of-undetermined-immigration-status-jailed-for-tb/#comment-120776 You can bet there are dozens/perhaps a hundred or more infected that have been in contact with this guy. It's impossible to have but one case of it. Strains of TB are also coming in from Asia, along with many other sordid things. There was a reason all immigrants were screened at Ellis Island. Has anyone heard how the nutjob that went on his honeymoon to Europe contracted his TB? Don't recall anyone releasing that information? You can bet there are dozens/perhaps a hundred or more infected that have been in contact with this guy. It’s impossible to have but one case of it. Strains of TB are also coming in from Asia, along with many other sordid things. There was a reason all immigrants were screened at Ellis Island.

Has anyone heard how the nutjob that went on his honeymoon to Europe contracted his TB? Don’t recall anyone releasing that information?

]]> By: AlohaGuy http://michellemalkin.com/2007/08/27/teen-of-undetermined-immigration-status-jailed-for-tb/comment-page-1/#comment-120755 AlohaGuy Mon, 27 Aug 2007 18:08:26 +0000 http://michellemalkin.com/2007/08/27/teen-of-undetermined-immigration-status-jailed-for-tb/#comment-120755 <blockquote>Navy Corpsman nad EMT </blockquote> gunslinger, if was a "nad EMT" I'd quit too... :) (just kidding, I do that typo too...)

Navy Corpsman nad EMT

gunslinger, if was a “nad EMT” I’d quit too… :)

(just kidding, I do that typo too…)

]]> By: gunslingerpatriot http://michellemalkin.com/2007/08/27/teen-of-undetermined-immigration-status-jailed-for-tb/comment-page-1/#comment-120718 gunslingerpatriot Mon, 27 Aug 2007 17:17:14 +0000 http://michellemalkin.com/2007/08/27/teen-of-undetermined-immigration-status-jailed-for-tb/#comment-120718 The sad thing about this guy is that he illustrates perfectly the key point I teach in my CPR and First-Aid classes about disease transmission. Its not the problem you can see physically, but the problem you cannot see microscopically that is going to kill you, and it will be a painful and excrusiating death. :( Sad thing this why I gave up going to school to become a nurse or PA. 20 years of working as an Navy Corpsman nad EMT convinced me to leave while I was still healthy enough to enjoy life. The sad thing about this guy is that he illustrates perfectly the key point I teach in my CPR and First-Aid classes about disease transmission.

Its not the problem you can see physically, but the problem you cannot see microscopically that is going to kill you, and it will be a painful and excrusiating death. :(

Sad thing this why I gave up going to school to become a nurse or PA. 20 years of working as an Navy Corpsman nad EMT convinced me to leave while I was still healthy enough to enjoy life.

]]> By: reine.de.tout http://michellemalkin.com/2007/08/27/teen-of-undetermined-immigration-status-jailed-for-tb/comment-page-1/#comment-120678 reine.de.tout Mon, 27 Aug 2007 16:19:33 +0000 http://michellemalkin.com/2007/08/27/teen-of-undetermined-immigration-status-jailed-for-tb/#comment-120678 <blockquote>They had a person with a case of active, contagious tuberculosis, refusing treatment and threatening to carry the disease to a foreign country</blockquote>. What are the chances he BROUGHT it to the U.S. from an unnamed "foreign country"? And as we know from previous stories, "undetermined status" very often means "illegal". On the asbestos vs. TB front: My (very old) house has asbestos shingle siding. Can't be purchased anymore. But it poses no (or low) threat to my health or that of my family UNLESS IT'S BROKEN UP AND CREATES DUST PARTICLES THAT ARE INHALED. In many places, the very act of "cleaning up" the asbestos turned the asbestos from something of no (or low) danger into a high danger when the solid asbestos was broken up creating asbestos dust.

They had a person with a case of active, contagious tuberculosis, refusing treatment and threatening to carry the disease to a foreign country

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What are the chances he BROUGHT it to the U.S. from an unnamed “foreign country”?

And as we know from previous stories, “undetermined status” very often means “illegal”.

On the asbestos vs. TB front: My (very old) house has asbestos shingle siding. Can’t be purchased anymore. But it poses no (or low) threat to my health or that of my family UNLESS IT’S BROKEN UP AND CREATES DUST PARTICLES THAT ARE INHALED. In many places, the very act of “cleaning up” the asbestos turned the asbestos from something of no (or low) danger into a high danger when the solid asbestos was broken up creating asbestos dust.

]]> By: Regulus http://michellemalkin.com/2007/08/27/teen-of-undetermined-immigration-status-jailed-for-tb/comment-page-1/#comment-120663 Regulus Mon, 27 Aug 2007 15:57:13 +0000 http://michellemalkin.com/2007/08/27/teen-of-undetermined-immigration-status-jailed-for-tb/#comment-120663 As others here have already observed in different ways, poverty isn't the only thing that Mexico exports to the USA. As others here have already observed in different ways, poverty isn’t the only thing that Mexico exports to the USA.

]]> By: loob http://michellemalkin.com/2007/08/27/teen-of-undetermined-immigration-status-jailed-for-tb/comment-page-1/#comment-120661 loob Mon, 27 Aug 2007 15:56:27 +0000 http://michellemalkin.com/2007/08/27/teen-of-undetermined-immigration-status-jailed-for-tb/#comment-120661 It would be interesting to know how and why he came to be examined by health officials in the first place to understand how TB can be discovered. Did he go to a doctor or hospital himself for something? Did he have a physical as part of an immigrant visa application for example, or something else? We are left to wonder as the original story leaves out a good bit of detail, and really starts halfway into the story. It would be interesting to know how and why he came to be examined by health officials in the first place to understand how TB can be discovered. Did he go to a doctor or hospital himself for something? Did he have a physical as part of an immigrant visa application for example, or something else? We are left to wonder as the original story leaves out a good bit of detail, and really starts halfway into the story.

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