In the United States - there were only Posted: Jul 12th, 2020 - 3:56 am In Reply to: It astounded me to learn that in 2018 about 1.5 million - people worldwide died of tuberculosis,
about 9,000 new TB cases in 2018, which was a decrease from 2017. According to the CDC, most of those cases occurred in "non–US-born persons."
I wonder if patients going into the hospital for symptoms suspicious for Covid are also being tested for TB? The symptoms are so similar...That would be a real nightmare if TB flared up here on top of already dealing with Covid. TB has become so much more resistant to treatment.
All I can say is let's use the masks and also do the other things recommended so we can keep businesses open and keep people working.
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