Florida Accused of Concealing Worst Tuberculosis Outbreak In 20 Years

NotSanguine writes "The state of Florida has been struggling for months with what the Centers for Disease Control describe as the worst tuberculosis outbreak in the United States in twenty years. Although a CDC report went out to state health officials in April encouraging them to take concerted action, the warning went largely unnoticed and nothing has been done. The public did not even learn of the outbreak until June, after a man with an active case of TB was spotted in a Jacksonville soup kitchen. The Palm Beach Post has managed to obtain records on the outbreak and the CDC report, though only after weeks of repeated requests. These documents should have been freely available under Florida's Sunshine Law."

Comments

Re:Political correctness in action

[Swampash]

I fail to see the relevance. This is not a political problem. The Lord will cure these people. If they cause an epidemic, killing millions, that's obviously just His will.

Re:Political Correctness????

[Black Parrot]

Whos the governor of florida? Republican Rick Scott

Which party controls both the florida house and florida senate...Republicans

Who voted to defund the TB hospital in Florida...Republican state legislators

Which governor said he would not accept federal "Obamacare" funding to expend medicaid which provides TB medication ....Republican Rick Scott.

See, just like he said: it's all the Democrats' fault!