There was a Tuberculosis scare recently. You could not turn on the television without seeing and hearing about it. But after about a week of that unpleasantness, the old “Ostrich Syndrome” took effect in me and I wanted to just hide my entire head in the sand and simply forget about it. But I can’t. That would not be a wise thing. Why? Because though the story of the TB crisis that has hit America is out of sight for now, it truly is not gone. TB is real. It’s ugly. It’s gross. And yes, it’s unpleasant to talk or think about.

However, with the ongoing border battles, it is imperative to look at those who are crossing the borders, and to consider their health issues. I’m particularly concerned about the illegal aliens and their part in this whole TB scare. Yes, I understand that it’s not politically correct to state the obvious but consider this:

According to the Center for Disease Control, 14,871 new cases of active TB in the United States “…occurred among people born abroad to non-U.S. born parents.” What do they have in common? They immigrated to America. Tuberculosis rears its ugly head with the advance of illegal immigrants massing across the United States.
How did they get past health officials at the borders? According to U.S. Border Patrol officials, over 4,000 illegal aliens make successful bids to cross America’s borders nightly in Arizona alone. Once inside the U.S., they move into the general population where they spread tuberculosis to American citizens. How many infected illegal aliens breached America’s borders in the past five years? According to a report by Dr. Kevin Patterson in the March issue of Mother Jones News, “Patient Predator,” an estimated 16,000 cases of MDR mycobacterium tuberculosis traveled over U.S. borders from Mexico in the past five years. This new ‘multi-drug resistant’ TB, at this point, is incurable. Worldwide, tuberculosis kills two million people annually.

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This is about a health scare---and it is real. Until we remove our collective heads from the sand, deal with it directly, and get this situation under control, we will continue to see more and more cases of incurable TB and other diseases infecting Americans. Sorry, but I believe in taking care of home first. For me, it’s Americans first and everyone else has to wait their turn. Take a number and get in line. Don’t jump the line, which is what the illegal aliens are doing every time they break into this country.

This is about more than political correctness. Health, strength and lives are at stake here.