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NPR: Climate change has brought the 'tropical disease' leishmaniasis to U.S
Posted on 12/27/23 at 8:22 am
Posted on 12/27/23 at 8:22 am
A 'tropical disease' carried by sand flies is confirmed in a new country: the U.S.
They boy never traveled anywhere but lives in Texas. Gee...what does Texas have a lot of that you said carry the disease?
Oh...then I have an idea where it came from but let's see what the experts say
So it has nothing to do with the millions crossing the border unchecked. Thank goodness!
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Back in 2014, dermatologist Bridget McIlwee saw a 3-year-old patient in central Texas with unusual bumps on his ear.
"They looked a little bit like almost kind of a benign mole that you would see in a child, except that you wouldn't expect something like that to come up quickly and then multiply," she says.
McIlwee sent off a sample for laboratory testing, and the results came back pointing to a surprising culprit: The boy had tested positive for cutaneous leishmaniasis, a neglected tropical disease. The World Health Organization says between 600,000 and 1 million new infections happen worldwide every year, mostly in tropical regions of the Americas, the Mediterranean basin, the Middle East and Central Asia — not in Texas. These illnesses can be disfiguring, even if they are rarely fatal.
"I was shocked, because in medical school, we're taught that this is a tropical disease, something that you see in immigrants, military returning from deployment, people who went on vacation to South America or Asia or Africa," McIlwee says.
But this boy hadn't traveled anywhere, meaning he must have picked up the cutaneous leishmaniasis parasite at home in the United States. That led McIlwee and her colleagues to investigate whether the parasite could be living and spreading in North America. They published their results in 2018, arguing that cutaneous leishmaniasis is, in fact, endemic to the United States.
They boy never traveled anywhere but lives in Texas. Gee...what does Texas have a lot of that you said carry the disease?
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something that you see in immigrants, military returning from deployment, people who went on vacation to South America or Asia or Africa," McIlwee says.
Oh...then I have an idea where it came from but let's see what the experts say
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Climate change brings "tropical disease" stateside
The CDC has not yet published the new results, but the team released its preliminary findings to get the word out sooner, particularly to clinicians.
But raising awareness about leishmaniasis means challenging some long-held beliefs about this disease. "Every medical textbook, whether it's Dermatology or Principles and Practice of Infectious Disease, teaches that this is a tropical disease," McIlwee says. "So there's a huge disconnect between the clinical reality and what's being taught in medical schools."
One thing that McIlwee believes needs to change is how leishmaniasis infections are tracked. Providers in states besides Texas aren't required to report cases to health agencies.
Medical providers will need to get familiar with leishmaniasis, say experts, as climate change puts more parts of the world at risk for the disease.
"Research projections suggest that the sand fly vector, which is prevalent throughout the southern U.S., over the next number of decades is likely to be able to move further north with climate change," Melby says.
Climate models estimate that there are some 12 million people in the U.S. who could be locally exposed to leishmaniasis — a number projected to more than double over the next 60 years. These Americans join the approximately 1 billion people worldwide who live in areas with endemic leishmaniasis, causing a million infections a year.
So it has nothing to do with the millions crossing the border unchecked. Thank goodness!
Posted on 12/27/23 at 8:26 am to stout
Trust the science.
Trust the experts.
Trust your benevolent overlords.
Trust the experts.
Trust your benevolent overlords.
Posted on 12/27/23 at 8:27 am to stout
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you see in immigrants
So, not illegal immigrants but "climate change"...
Posted on 12/27/23 at 8:28 am to stout
I bet they’ll sell you a shot to fix it though.
Posted on 12/27/23 at 8:28 am to stout
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They boy never traveled anywhere but lives in Texas. Gee...what does Texas have a lot of that you said carry the disease?
If you are referring to immigrants even the briefest study of the topic would inform you that they are being driven to the US by climate change. A lot have literally seen their homes turned into ocean by rising sea levels.
Posted on 12/27/23 at 8:28 am to stout
quote:The leftists have created an entire new language whose main context is always based on dishonesty
"I was shocked, because in medical school, we're taught that this is a tropical disease, something that you see in immigrants, military returning from deployment, people who went on vacation to South America or Asia or Africa," McIlwee says.
But this boy hadn't traveled anywhere, meaning he must have picked up the cutaneous leishmaniasis parasite at home in the United States. That led McIlwee and her colleagues to investigate whether the parasite could be living and spreading in North America. They published their results in 2018, arguing that cutaneous leishmaniasis is, in fact, endemic to the United States.
Posted on 12/27/23 at 8:31 am to JJJimmyJimJames
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The leftists have created an entire new language whose main context is always based on dishonesty
Yes! It’s amazing how some people buy into it. Look what happened during covid. I would have never guessed people would be so willing to wear masks like they did. And what they did to our kids is unforgivable.
Posted on 12/27/23 at 8:32 am to stout
quote:Got a real genius on our hands
They looked a little bit like almost kind of a
Posted on 12/27/23 at 8:33 am to stout
Back when SNL was funny, they really nailed the NPR thing. A bunch of self-important boobs that delight in passively shaming you for poor enunciation of foreign words and talkig in a monotone.
Posted on 12/27/23 at 8:33 am to loogaroo
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people would be so willing to wear masks like they did.
People in general are weak and willing to trade freedom for security...
Posted on 12/27/23 at 8:34 am to stout
Making it through med school doesnt preclude one from being functionally retarded. This is Mao level propaganda.
Posted on 12/27/23 at 8:35 am to stout
More accurately
Unfettered illegal immigration has brought unnatural disease to the United States
Unfettered illegal immigration has brought unnatural disease to the United States
Posted on 12/27/23 at 8:36 am to stout
It was definitely the rain clouds that brought it and not the generations of Guatemalans who’ve never had a vaccine and carry god knows what else into America
For sure the rain clouds guys. Trust us.
Pay your fair share to stop climate change and other diseases .
For sure the rain clouds guys. Trust us.
Pay your fair share to stop climate change and other diseases .
This post was edited on 12/27/23 at 8:37 am
Posted on 12/27/23 at 8:37 am to OysterPoBoy
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If you are referring to immigrants even the briefest study of the topic would inform you that they are being driven to the US by climate change. A lot have literally seen their homes turned into ocean by rising sea levels.
Nice attempt at humor, but it will fly over everyone’s heads. It was an attempt at humor, right?
Posted on 12/27/23 at 8:37 am to stout
Climate change hysteria is a disease.
Posted on 12/27/23 at 8:37 am to JJJimmyJimJames
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The leftists have created an entire new language whose main context is always based on dishonesty
The media does that shite. Then morons (like some we have here) defend that bullshite and call people names if they dont go along with it.
Posted on 12/27/23 at 8:39 am to stout
a tropical disease, something that you see in immigrants,
They boy never traveled anywhere but lives in Texas.
climate change my fat little arse
Because some one said so, right?
They boy never traveled anywhere but lives in Texas.
climate change my fat little arse
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they are being driven to the US by climate change
Because some one said so, right?
This post was edited on 12/27/23 at 8:41 am
Posted on 12/27/23 at 8:39 am to stout
I’m no climatologist, but I spend as much or more time out doors as anyone and at my age I can tell you there is no doubt our winters are more mild than they used to be.
Is it caused by me eating steak, car exaust or cows? No.
Is it caused by me eating steak, car exaust or cows? No.
This post was edited on 12/27/23 at 8:41 am
Posted on 12/27/23 at 8:40 am to Strannix
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Making it through med school doesnt preclude one from being functionally retarded. This is Mao level propaganda.
Exactly. Good little puppets. What’s tropical about central Texas? Yet, people like Tarzana will eat this shite up.
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