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

Outbreak? Really?

[SlashDev]

So now we need a government department to let people that there is an outbreak? What happened to people? Does every aspect of our lives rely on someone else? come on people! It's an outbreak! Pay attention!

When will they stop?

[Anonymous Coward]

I know this is Slashdot, and no one reads the articles, but this one shows an unbelievable story of Democrat corruption. They pushed to conceal the truth about TB and it was incredible.

Re:Political correctness in action

[Bing Tsher E]

One of the reasons I abandoned the Republican party was because they could never face up to their own failures or take responsibilities for their mistakes.

I'll assume that you're not voting for the incumbent in the Pres. election in November, then. 'Four More Years' is sort of frightening to think about.

Re:Political correctness in action

[Anonymous Coward]

Good point, I should go vote for the party that says I don't own my own body and censorship is a good idea! Ron Paul 2012!

Gaah I am so sick of you libertards. Did you never grow out of being a 14 year old angry white male or something?

You idiots talk up a fine game about freedom and liberty but all you seem to think about is cash, COMPLETELY OBLIVIOUS to the far more important freedoms your party's naive idiology destroys.

Re:I'm going to overlook a large portion of your b

[Mashiki]

Really? So, let's compare. You take the choice of a massive power grab which is going to more than likely collapse the economy when businesses fall under due the taxes. Or you do it right, and let states decide what, when and how they should do it. Instead of faceless bureaucrats in washington.

Tough one indeed. You're trading depressed economy with no healthcare, for no healthcare. Especially when that more recent poll says 83% of doctors have considered quitting over obamacare. Yeah, good luck finding a doctor. Well maybe there won't be a doctor shortage in Canada anymore.

Re:Florida TB hospital closed too

[Anonymous Coward]

Don't try to trump your profession up like you're better than anyone else. You weren't volunteering. You were doing it for the paycheck, just like everyone else. And despite your claim that you don't judge people, you did it all over your post.

If you want to pat your own back, do a few years with some real heroes and get back to me.