Tuberculosis making an aggressive comeback in Venezuela – IOTW Report

Tuberculosis making an aggressive comeback in Venezuela

AT: It’s one thing after another, as a Venezuelan friend told me a few days ago.  The latest bad news in Venezuela is tuberculosis, as we see in this report:

Tuberculosis, a disease that until recently seemed to be under control in Venezuela, is making an aggressive comeback, overwhelming a broken health care system ill equipped for its return, doctors and infectious disease specialists say.

The illness – like malaria, diphtheria and measles – has surged in Venezuela during a profound economic crisis that has battered almost every aspect of life and driven an exodus of Venezuelans, including many experienced doctors. more

5 Comments on Tuberculosis making an aggressive comeback in Venezuela

  1. My closest friend from grad school is Venezuelan. She, her husband and her daughter are still there. After months of not hearing from her she finally checked in. It’s bad you guys. Very bad. She and her family I making arrangements to get the hell out and move to Madrid. What’s happened to Venezuela is cataclysmic. And it is exactly what these idiots like Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren and most college professors want to do to us.

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