NYU Doctor warns: Illegals bring dangerous diseases to US through porous border. Health emergency!
Dr. Marc Siegel Warns of Public Health Emergency Caused by Migrants Crossing Southern Border
According to Dr. Marc Siegel, a professor at New York University Medical School, the migrants crossing the U.S. southern border with Mexico are not only bringing contagious diseases into the country but also creating a “public health emergency.” In an article published in USA Today, Siegel highlighted the importance of screening immigrants for diseases, just as his grandfather was screened for tuberculosis and other illnesses when he immigrated to the country from Poland in the early 1900s.
Siegel expressed concern that migrants apprehended at the southern border are not being denied entry despite having contagious diseases. He emphasized that these diseases travel with the migrants when they are bussed to different locations, including New York.
One study cited by Siegel revealed that more than 4% of migrants from Central and South America to Europe were sick with Chagas’ disease, a contagious illness that can lead to serious complications, including heart failure. Siegel also noted the rise of tuberculosis, syphilis, and other sexually transmitted infections in the country.
NY asylum seekers could turn into public health crisis @usatodayopinion The health risk extends wherever the migrants are sent, including here in NYC. The porous border is not just a national security crisis, it is also a public health emergency. https://t.co/tKQd57Vdtj
— Marc Siegel MD (@DrMarcSiegel) August 17, 2023
According to Sheriff Mark Lamb of Pinal County, Arizona, Border Patrol and local agencies have encountered various diseases among migrants, including tuberculosis, scabies, COVID, hepatitis A and B, gonorrhea, syphilis, mumps, chickenpox, and dengue fever.
Dr. James Hodges, an internist practicing at the Texas border, explained to Siegel that drug-resistant tuberculosis is on the rise because migrants are only receiving partial treatment with over-the-counter antibiotics while in Mexico.
Betsy McCaughey, former New York lieutenant governor and current chairman of the Committee to Reduce Infection Deaths, highlighted the treatability of tuberculosis with antibiotics but emphasized that it takes six to nine months of medication to recover. She also noted that New York City’s TB rate is more than double the national rate, with the majority of cases being from people born outside the country. Texas border counties have a TB rate three times the national average.
In addition to tuberculosis, another concerning case in New York was a man who became paralyzed after contracting polio in 2022. He had not been vaccinated against the disease, and this was the first known case of polio in the state since 1990. The polio vaccine developed in the 1950s has significantly reduced the incidence of the disease in the U.S.
New York City Health Commissioner Ashwin Vasan warned that only 50% of migrants entering the city have been vaccinated against polio, and many of those who have been vaccinated received the less safe oral version rather than the injected one used in the U.S.
Siegel concluded his piece by reiterating that the porous border is not just a national security crisis but also a public health emergency.
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