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2011-11-13 China-Japan-Koreas

Norks Struggling with Epidemic of MDR TB

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Posted by Steve White 2011-11-13 00:00|| || Front Page|| [2 views ] Top

#1 how long before the whole country just gives up the ghost? five years? holding in abeyance the morality of it -- what would happen if medical aid was cut off? what would kimmy do?

Posted by Omaiting Hapsburg6999 2011-11-13 00:39|| 2011-11-13 00:39|| Front Page Top

#2 TB is an unusual disease, Its estimated a third of the world's population is infected, yet only 2 million per year get clinical TB.

Natural resistance is very high.

Its mostly a disease of poverty. Poor nutrition and general health allows the disease to progress to the clinical stage.

Which is why those with AIDS and junkies are the main pool of those with clinical TB in the West

Posted by phil_b 2011-11-13 02:57|| 2011-11-13 02:57|| Front Page Top

#3 Must be why it was reported that TB was on thre increase here in the U.K.

It was brought over with AIDS ridden self-imports travelling to use the NHS (another reason to get rid of state provision of treatment)..

Posted by Bright Pebbles 2011-11-13 07:24|| 2011-11-13 07:24|| Front Page Top

#4 Coming soon to an Obamaville near you...

Posted by Scotty 2011-11-13 07:42|| 2011-11-13 07:42|| Front Page Top

#5 Disease control in Nork is fractional. They regularly get epidemics of diseases the west almost never sees in quantity, such as scarlet and typhoid fever, typhus, chicken pox, measles, mumps, etc., etc.

Avian flu was the first disease their medical people were so terrified of that they forced the government to cooperate with the WHO.

But MDR-TB is hard to treat here. If they ever get XDR-TB going around, it would be wise to quarantine the whole country.

Posted by Anonymoose 2011-11-13 08:09|| 2011-11-13 08:09|| Front Page Top

#6 Another downside to making yourself an international pariah.

Posted by Mike Ramsey 2011-11-13 10:05|| 2011-11-13 10:05|| Front Page Top

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