(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
TB is more fatal and deadly than the cold or flu. In Victorian Britain it killed people in their 1000s every year.
The film Moulin Rouge has a main character dying of it.
When people are sick with it they are also contagious and can spread it to others, they need to be isolated to prevent it spreading into the community at large.
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