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Great White North
Criticism in Canada over poor handling of outbreak of TB on Indian reservations
2006-04-17
Health officials in Manitoba are being accused of not acting quickly enough to stop a tuberculosis outbreak in northern Manitoba First Nations [native] communities.

At least 19 people have been diagnosed in and around the Garden Hill reserve [reservation], about 600 kilometres north of Winnipeg.
...[a member of Parliament said]"There has not been a co-ordinated response to this outbreak and it has become critical."
Posted by:Crairong Omomotch6492

#2  Meanwhile, in other news France is offerring to pay illegals to go back to their nations of origin, reportedly equiv. of US$2400 per adult and US$600-800 per minor child. NOT WORKING THOUGH, so Paris wants to modify the prog so that it'll be easier for illegals to participate.
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2006-04-17 23:43  

#1  If they can't handle a little TB outbreak in an isolated area, what are they going to do if the Bird Flu goes pandemic? I suspect, though, that the situation is not nearly so exciting as the politicians are making out.

This does compare rather ironically to the current mumps outbreak spreading from Iowa and Nebraska by college kids flying about the countryside on Spring Break... completely ignoring the two week, symptom free, incubation period. I haven't been paying attention though: was there perhaps a mandatory inoculation of the student bodies in the affected schools?
Posted by: trailing wife   2006-04-17 13:55  

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