The Syrian refugee crisis just became gravely worse for the refugee, as well as the host countries who are accepting them. The scientific journal PLOS published startling research on May 26, 2016, stating that this crisis “has precipitated a catastrophic outbreak of Old World cutaneous leishmaniasis now affecting hundreds of thousands of people living in refugee camps or trapped in conflict zones.”
This flesh-eating disease has been an epidemic in Syria for two centuries but is spreading across North Africa and the Middle East due to the flight of the Syrian refugee from their wartorn land. Leishmaniasis is caused by a protozoan parasite and is spread through sandflies, including those flies which are here in the United States.
Most countries do not have a mandated reporting requirement for cutaneous leishmaniasis, (CL) and therefore, awareness, treatment and prevention is severely lacking.
Not only is this horrendous epidemic spreading through refugee camps, other diseases are re-emerging and infecting thousands. The numbers who have tuberculosis, polio, measles, hepatitis A, along with many other infections are overwhelming these refugee centers.
Read more about CL and what is being done for those who are suffering. How is the United States preparing to keep these out of our country?
Good…….keep them out period……..
Roger J Mealey you aren’t smart nor or the people who agree with you bright. Who spends more? Who created more jobs? Who pays their bills? Easy enough for you?
Roger J Mealey you aren’t smart. Nor or the people who agree with you very bright. Who spends more? Who created more jobs? Who pays their bills? Easy enough for you?
Spends more money on things not for Americans, or vets, homeless? Created jobs?There more unemployed in the US than the published stats from this govt say.Do you mean those shovel ready jobs that never materialized? Pays their bills, welfare? Those are not jobs. Socialism isnt the ans, check Venezuela as to how that works out. If you think this administration has done the things you just stated , you are delusional and fallen for the media and lies from the WH.
Yes let’s be sympathetic to the so called refugees. Not vetted, not even healthy, or vaccinated, let these hoards of illegals come here and bring all sorts of diseases and plague with them, soon their illness will be our illness. Measles epidemic is starting now, brought into the southwest by illegal from mexico, the zeika virus is here, thank to thousands of king here from central America. This very reason is why we have strict immigration laws…You can’t let illegals click on here diseased and spreading sickness to our most vulnerable. Where is the CDC i in all this…hidi,g behind the dumbest leader in US history
Eat baby eat
Disease prevention is only one function of immigration laws.
So much for “open borders!” Is this what we want? WE SHOULD DEMAND THAT ALL BORDERSD BE TEMPORARILY CLOSED UNTIL WE CAN SORT OUT THIS HORRIBLE MES!
this is the get back that obama wants,,leave them bastards over there,,, they need to stay in there country,,, they have been fighting for thousands of years,,, and america had to stick her nose in it,,,, now look what is going on,,
Horrible!