(Location: California, USA)
Every now and then, the local news & local government announces that a TB case has been identified in the community, and it gives a list of possible locations & times at which people maybe have been exposed to it.
Example: Active TB case identified at X Gym. Possible locations include ABC train route, DEF school, XYZ grocery store…
Why is contact tracing for TB so much more serious than the flu or common cold?
In: Biology
On top of what everyone already said, USA doesn’t commonly vaccinate for TB anymore, and you have a lot of immigrants and tourists who can also be unvaccinated. With how easily spreadable it is, amongst a group without any antibodies and no herd immunity, it can SO easily be a catastrophe.
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