Years of budget cuts and staffing shortages have left the New York City Department of Health too hobbled to contain a sharp rise in local cases of tuberculosis, according to a bombshell new report.
“TB is the top killer of people worldwide among infectious diseases,” Dr. Bruce Hirsch, infectious disease specialist at North Shore University Hospital in Manhasset, N.Y., told The Post.
And there have been about 500 active cases of TB in NYC so far in 2023.
That’s an increase of about 20% over the same time last year, according to “internal preliminary data” reported by Politico, making 2023 the worst year for TB infections in a decade.
“This is definitely a more dramatic resurgence than we would have probably expected,” said Elizabeth Lovinger of Treatment Action Group, a NYC public health advocacy group. “When there are particularly high spikes in TB and other infectious diseases in New York City, that tends to be kind of a bellwether for the rest of the country.”
Deport Illegals > Solved !!
I think TB is just the start….more diseases coming soon to a town near you. thanks to illegal immigration.
Thanks , Joe,…………..you A**hole.