(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
Would you ask the same question about Ebola?
Wikipedia says that about 10% of TB infections become active, and of those about 50% are fatal.
That’s pretty damn nasty. Way worse than a cold or the flu.
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