Leprosy In Los Angeles
Thank you open border Democrats. Between 100 and 200 cases of leprosy have been recorded over the last year. Leprosy remains more prevalent in Central and South America with over 20,000 new cases diagnosed annually and illegals are bringing deadly diseases with them."Most U.S. cases occur in people who traveled to the United States from areas of the world where the bacterial infection is endemic." [Medical Daily]
Read about it... this is just another thing that can be 100% blamed on Democrats.
A strong reason to BUILD THE WALL.
False.
ReplyDelete"Fear of pending outbreaks of biblical diseases may make for lots of story clicks, but that doesn’t mean the underlying claims are credible.
One such rumor floated online in September 2019, driven by a backlash against homeless people. Amid intense political and media focus on an ongoing housing crisis causing increased homelessness in major cities like Los Angeles, fear started to spread about a biblical disease.
The rumor stemmed from a September 2019 opinion piece penned by Dr. Marc Siegel, a doctor of internal medicine at New York University’s Langone medical center. In the piece published by The Hill, Siegel wrote that he feared immigration and a rising homeless population in Los Angeles could be the epicenter of a new leprosy epidemic.
That bit of sensationalism proved tantalizing for many media outlets, which ran with the claim despite the lack of supporting evidence. But if the idea of the dreaded New Testament disease making a resurgence in Hollywood sounds like the plot of a bad movie about End Times, that’s because the claim is false.
The only piece of evidence cited by Siegel was a paper about leprosy cases in Los Angeles. But Dr. Maria Teresa Ochoa, an associate professor of clinical dermatology at the University of Southern California’s Keck School of Medicine and a co-author of that paper, told us Siegel’s piece is inaccurate and also appears to exploit two political wedge issues: immigration and homelessness.
Ochoa called the furor over a non-existent leprosy outbreak in Los Angeles “the most ridiculous thing I have ever seen.” Although Siegel claims that most patients cited by the paper are Latinos “originating from Mexico,” and that therefore raises the specter of immigration driving a rise in cases, Ochoa said that’s simply baseless."
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/leprosy/
OMG...Snopes again?
ReplyDeleteDr. Mark Siegel has a different opinion than this woman. His credentials are impeccable--http://www.doctorsiegel.com/
Don't forget, she comes from California, Nuff said.
ReplyDeleteHope you're having a lot of fun fact checking everything. You know, there is always going to be a different opinion on just about everything.
Snopes, as I have said before, takes a left-wing approach to everything it does.
Snopes-two fat asses in a basement on a couch. With a cat. Cholera,Typhus, plague(endemic but God forbid it gets to the pneumonic stage) and YES leprosy have been found to be SPREADING in this environmental nightmare that LIBERAL policies have encouraged. .
ReplyDeleteWell then, they can just designate the whole state a "Leper Colony". That should make them very happy.
ReplyDelete"According to the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health, “no evidence [exists] of local transmission, [and] there is no risk for an outbreak.” In an email, an L.A. public health official said no cases of the disease have been diagnosed among the homeless. Over the last decade, the county has seen between zero and four cases per year, averaging two cases per year. Health officials further specified that leprosy is “not highly infectious, but rather requires prolonged and close contact for transmission to occur. Patients under treatment are not at risk for spreading disease to others.”
ReplyDelete"September 18, 2019 (San Diego) – An article published by the London tabloid Daily Mail and cited by some U.S. media outlets falsely suggested an outbreak of leprosy among homeless in Los Angeles to be an eminent threat. The Daily Mail quoted Dr. Marc Siegel as stating, “'Leprosy appearing among the homeless in LA is a sure recipe for instant public panic.”
ReplyDeleteBut Associated Press has debunked the story. The Los Angeles County Health Department confirms that the rate of leprosy has stayed steady for the past decade, averaging only two cases a year – and none of those were transmitted locally, AP reports. This year, only a single case has occurred.
There are other diseases, such as typhoid fever and hepatitis A, that have been diagnosed in limited numbers in Los Angeles and that city health officials have linked to homeless populations, but not leprosy."
https://www.eastcountymagazine.org/no-there-not-leprosy-outbreak-los-angeles
I don't think this is a matter of opinion. There are no reports of a leprosy outbreak in California. There is no reemergence. It's not happening.
ReplyDeleteI'm not quite sure why facts are considered by some to be left or right now. Facts are facts.
The CDC reports there are between 100 and 200 new cases of leprosy reported in the US every year. Leprosy is appearing among the homeless in L.A.
ReplyDeleteThe L.A. County Health Department reports 1 case this year and it did not involve anyone who was homeless, they say.
ReplyDeleteThe statement, "Leprosy is appearing among the homeless in L.A." doesn't appear to match what the L.A. County Health Department (who should know) is saying.
Okay all you jackasses. Here is the solution. Never handle an armadillo.
ReplyDeleteWhatever is happening it's the Democrats fault!
ReplyDeleteAgreed 5:37, especially the problems caused by the homeless.
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