The winning continues, largest tuberculosis outbreak in US history happening in Kansas City, good thing Dr Oz and RFK Jr are about to tackle it

[binsfeldcyhawk2]

Cases linked to the outbreak were first reported in January 2024, according to KDHE. So far, there have been two deaths related to the outbreak, both of which occurred last year.

Kansas faces one of the largest tuberculosis outbreaks in US history

Kansas is currently facing one the largest tuberculosis outbreaks in U.S. history with 67 confirmed active cases and 79 confirmed latent cases.

abcnews.go.com

 

[MichaelKeller99]

How’d you find out then?

The overreaction to pretty much every conceivable topic around here is crazy; it's like they're all 13 year old girls. 🤷‍♂️

The number of tuberculosis cases linked to an outbreak in the Kansas City area continues to swell, according to the Kansas Department of Health and Environment.

The outbreak, which began a year ago, killed two people in 2024, Jill Bronaugh, the health department's communications director, said in an update Tuesday. As of Friday, at least 67 patients were being treated for active tuberculosis in Kansas.

Prior to these developments, TB has often been a common threat to Americans. Even in 1945, just as these new antibiotics were arriving, there were an estimated 115,000 new cases of TB in the U.S., along with 63,000 deaths.

 

[joelbc1]

The overreaction to pretty much every conceivable topic around here is crazy; it's like they're all 13 year old girls. 🤷‍♂️

The number of tuberculosis cases linked to an outbreak in the Kansas City area continues to swell, according to the Kansas Department of Health and Environment.

The outbreak, which began a year ago, killed two people in 2024, Jill Bronaugh, the health department's communications director, said in an update Tuesday. As of Friday, at least 67 patients were being treated for active tuberculosis in Kansas.

Prior to these developments, TB has often been a common threat to Americans. Even in 1945, just as these new antibiotics were arriving, there were an estimated 115,000 new cases of TB in the U.S., along with 63,000 deaths.

Micheal…please don’t tell us that this TB outbreak is nothing more than BAU. It isn’t. It needs to addressed and TCO ASAP.

 

[tarheelbybirth]

"dating back to last year"

Nobody said they caused it, dumbass.

 

[DooBi]

Nobody said they caused it, dumbass.

Read the op. It's shocking how many people don't know about the outbreak. That's because the cdc can't communicate. Couldn't they communicate 8 days ago? Dumbass.

 

[naturalbornhawk]

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Thanks Biden, Kamala and your millions of illegal immigrants.

 

[MichaelKeller99]

Micheal…please don’t tell us that this TB outbreak is nothing more than BAU. It isn’t. It needs to addressed and TCO ASAP.

In the grand scheme of things, it's about three levels of insignificance below a nothing burger.

 

[joelbc1]

In the grand scheme of things, it's about three levels of insignificance below a nothing burger.

Probably doesn’t deserve mention it attention, right? It’ll be easier to deal with if the numbers get a lot larger. Right?

 

[tarheelbybirth]

Read the op. It's shocking how many people don't know about the outbreak. That's because the cdc can't communicate. Couldn't they communicate 8 days ago? Dumbass.

A simple question…do you believe the CDC should be muzzled in matters of public health? And, fair warning, anything but an unqualified no makes you a ****ing idiot.

 

[DooBi]

A simple question…do you believe the CDC should be muzzled in matters of public health? And, fair warning, anything but an unqualified no makes you a ****ing idiot.

No. How does that change the topic at hand. It's been 8 days. The cdc has had how many months to do whatever needed done. It's silly to blame this on Trump and doing so makes you the ****ing idiot.

 

[tarheelbybirth]

No. How does that change the topic at hand. It's been 8 days. The cdc has had how many months to do whatever needed done. It's silly to blame this on Trump and doing so makes you the ****ing idiot.

It IS the topic at hand, dumbass.

 

[bunsen82]

The overreaction to pretty much every conceivable topic around here is crazy; it's like they're all 13 year old girls. 🤷‍♂️

The number of tuberculosis cases linked to an outbreak in the Kansas City area continues to swell, according to the Kansas Department of Health and Environment.

The outbreak, which began a year ago, killed two people in 2024, Jill Bronaugh, the health department's communications director, said in an update Tuesday. As of Friday, at least 67 patients were being treated for active tuberculosis in Kansas.

Prior to these developments, TB has often been a common threat to Americans. Even in 1945, just as these new antibiotics were arriving, there were an estimated 115,000 new cases of TB in the U.S., along with 63,000 deaths.

Michael Keller , the king of overreaction and overreach on the vaccine thread that’s rich.

Even still your article says infections are swelling, ie getting worse and perceived or not, the administration has put a clamp on communications. So yes this is currently a small situation, but it shows the issues in the current policies and administration.

 

[Whiskeydeltadeltatango]

Ok? When we had actual professionals handling it at federal levels. Now the Idiot Brigade is here and muzzling communication.

That's not what your histrionic headline implies.

Go change your title to "tuberculosis outbreak under Biden, and now dipshit Trump has to deal with it" and notice how your tone changes.

 

[Chishawk1425]

Cases linked to the outbreak were first reported in January 2024, according to KDHE. So far, there have been two deaths related to the outbreak, both of which occurred last year.

Kansas faces one of the largest tuberculosis outbreaks in US history

Kansas is currently facing one the largest tuberculosis outbreaks in U.S. history with 67 confirmed active cases and 79 confirmed latent cases.

abcnews.go.com

You're not good at analysis, takes or even humor at this point.

 

[Whiskeydeltadeltatango]

You're not good at analysis, takes or even humor at this point.

Well you were dumb enough to bring us another example of a fire Biden left foe Trump while implying it was trumps fault so......... maybe try a holiday inn tonight?

 

[hydro2.0]

No. How does that change the topic at hand. It's been 8 days. The cdc has had how many months to do whatever needed done. It's silly to blame this on Trump and doing so makes you the ****ing idiot.

It’s amazing how disingenuous this board has become. Absolutely move the posts at every opportunity

 

[Chishawk1425]

No. How does that change the topic at hand. It's been 8 days. The cdc has had how many months to do whatever needed done. It's silly to blame this on Trump and doing so makes you the ****ing idiot.

The fact of the OP is we have a dangerous outbreak, literal clowns are taking over health agencies and the CDC can't communicate anymore. Good Lord. This makes it much worse THAT is the point and always was.

 

[Whiskeydeltadeltatango]

The fact of the OP is we have a dangerous outbreak, literal clowns are taking over health agencies and the CDC can't communicate anymore. Good Lord. This makes it much worse THAT is the point and always was.

Too bad the old clowns couldn't have handled it.

 

[tarheelbybirth]

The fact of the OP is we have a dangerous outbreak, literal clowns are taking over health agencies and the CDC can't communicate anymore.

Well…yeah…but…

It's silly to blame this on Trump

 

[binsfeldcyhawk2]

You're not good at analysis, takes or even humor at this point.

Facts haven't matched your Bluesky feeds lately buddy.

 

[runkpanole]

Did we have those things 8 days ago?

You're blaming Trump for something that started last year ya morans! Lol

So, then the Trump administration will continue to perform basic public health functions? Yes or no?

 

[Whiskeydeltadeltatango]

Facts haven't matched your Bluesky feeds lately buddy.

I prefer to say they are running on partial truths.

 

[binsfeldcyhawk2]

I prefer to say they are running on partial truths.

lacking context....

 

[bunsen82]

lacking context....

Kind of like the Afghanistan withdrawal fiasco caused by Trump, didn’t stop republican outrage.

 

[Whiskeydeltadeltatango]

lacking context....

I lol'd.

Fwiw, I put the high water mark at "Inject bleach", no way in hell we get back to that level of "you do know thst isn't what was actually said" cognitive dissonance.

 

[MichaelKeller99]

Probably doesn’t deserve mention it attention, right? It’ll be easier to deal with if the numbers get a lot larger. Right?

It's gonna be okay. Sometimes I get nostalgic, too, for the days I came home for lunch and could watch realtime covid cases and deaths for all 99 counties scroll across the bottom of my TV screen.

Nothing like a good dose of fear porn to give that extra surge of adrenaline and make a guy feel really alive.

The Kansas Department of Health and Environment reports 67 active infections of the contagious respiratory disease currently being treated and 79 latent infections being monitored, meaning patients are asymptomatic and cannot pass TB to others. Of the active infections, 60 were found in Wyandotte County and seven were found in Johnson County, as of Friday, Jan. 24. The data includes those first identified before New Year, the KDHE said.

Ashley Goss, Kansas’ deputy secretary for public health, called the outbreak “unprecedented” but told lawmakers in January that the number of infections is “trending in the right direction.” Goss said the number of active infections is now at 32.

 

[Tom Paris]

And Trump has been president for 8 days! Lol your brains are broken.

Here's a guy who tells himself he's pro-life! You. Are. Not.

 

[MichaelKeller99]

The fact of the OP is we have a dangerous outbreak, literal clowns are taking over health agencies and the CDC can't communicate anymore. Good Lord. This makes it much worse THAT is the point and always was.

"Dangerous outbreak". 🫠

 

[DooBi]

Here's a guy who tells himself he's pro-life! You. Are. Not.

Hey, you're the one who voted for the people that allowed this to happen.

 

[tarheelbybirth]

Hey, you're the one who voted for the people that allowed this to happen.

lol…in a single post you stated - unequivocally - that the CDC should not be silenced on matters of public health and then, in a stunning display of elasticity that would leave Reed Richard’s slack-jawed in amazement, said Trump couldn’t be blamed for doing exactly that.

 

[Hoosierhawkeye]

Did we have those things 8 days ago?

You're blaming Trump for something that started last year ya morans! Lol

No we're blaming Trump for not letting the CDC talk to anyone. When there are outbreaks like this the CDC usually talks with doctors and the public to try to contain the outbreak.

Trump ordered them gagged. They can't talk, they can't coordinate a response.

 

[MichaelKeller99]

No we're blaming Trump for not letting the CDC talk to anyone. When there are outbreaks like this the CDC usually talks with doctors and the public to try to contain the outbreak.

Trump ordered them gagged. They can't talk, they can't coordinate a response.

Wtf are you talking about; 'coordinate a response'? The CDC and the Biden administration had over a year to deal with the TB 'outbreak' and it seems to be under control.

But continue on with the partisan shrieking.

Ashley Goss, Kansas’ deputy secretary for public health, called the outbreak “unprecedented” but told lawmakers in January that the number of infections is “trending in the right direction.” Goss said the number of active infections is now at 32.

 

[Hoosierhawkeye]

Wtf are you talking about; 'coordinate a response'? The CDC and the Biden administration had over a year to deal with the TB 'outbreak' and it seems to be under control.

But continue on with the partisan shrieking.

Ashley Goss, Kansas’ deputy secretary for public health, called the outbreak “unprecedented” but told lawmakers in January that the number of infections is “trending in the right direction.” Goss said the number of active infections is now at 32.

Hopefully it continues to that with the CDC officially bowing out.

 

[Crafty Beaver]

No we're blaming Trump for not letting the CDC talk to anyone. When there are outbreaks like this the CDC usually talks with doctors and the public to try to contain the outbreak.

Trump ordered them gagged. They can't talk, they can't coordinate a response.

So, again, whywhy wasn’t any of this done for the last 13 months? Why are the last 13 months of ineffectiveness being ignored?

Let’s just put it this way, if we’re still hamstringing the organization a month from now, maybe we’ll have something worth discussing. For now, it seems like a pause while things get restructured. Pause, as in, temporary.

 

[Scruddy]

Another L from the Biden administration and democrat border policy. You caused this!!

 

[Whiskeydeltadeltatango]

Another L from the Biden administration and democrat border policy. You caused this!!

I'm just suprised Chis is the one who brought it to all of our attention.

 

[Scruddy]

I'm just suprised Chis is the one who brought it to all of our attention.

Everything is a "but trump!" For the cult now. All the problems they pretended didn't exist for 4 years at all? All trumps fault on day 1. They're just not good critical thinkers.

 

[tarheelbybirth]

So, again, whywhy wasn’t any of this done for the last 13 months? Why are the last 13 months of ineffectiveness being ignored?

Let’s just put it this way, if we’re still hamstringing the organization a month from now, maybe we’ll have something worth discussing. For now, it seems like a pause while things get restructured. Pause, as in, temporary.

*sigh* The CDC WAS involved previously. And ANY pause is troublesome. What "restructuring" is needed to allow the CDC to coordinate the response to a public health issue? I'll ask you the same question Doobi got...do you believe the CDC should be muzzled in matters of public health? And, fair warning, anything but an unqualified no makes you a ****ing idiot.

 

[runkpanole]

I guess @DooBi has me on ignore. He seems to have failed to answer my most basic of a question twice.

 

[Chishawk1425]

*sigh* The CDC WAS involved previously. And ANY pause is troublesome. What "restructuring" is needed to allow the CDC to coordinate the response to a public health issue? I'll ask you the same question Doobi got...do you believe the CDC should be muzzled in matters of public health? And, fair warning, anything but an unqualified no makes you a ****ing idiot.

So much of our whys condensed in here.