Tuberculosis Now 'Virtually Untreatable'

[kryonlight]

http://www.livescience.com/27052-tuberculosis-tb-incurable-antibiotics.html

Medical experts are alarmed that strains of tuberculosis, or TB, have emerged that are so virulent they're being called "virtually untreatable," even with the most powerful drugs available.

And the U.K. is also reporting a 50 percent increase in tuberculosis cases over the past decade, according to the Telegraph. Roughly three-quarters of the cases of TB reported in the U.K. are seen in immigrants from other regions, especially sub-Saharan Africa and south Asia, according to the Telegraph.

 

[Einfield]

With the Population density now and the way people travel in and out from all over the world. we are already in danger of any airborne infectious disease, all we need is a carrier in a crowded MRT.

 

[Raiders]

south Asia

Guess the country?

 

[kopiuncle]

We are having an increase in TB cases in Singapore too. Most of them,if not all, are imported cases.

 

[Ash007]

Not a surprise, read up on this, the ndh1 guess why it's called the New Delhi strain.
It virtually makes all bacteria it comes into contact into superbugs.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Delhi_metallo-beta-lactamase_1

Guess the country?

 

[lesMISERABLES]

Guess the country?

TB is endemic in Ah Tiong land too, not just in Ah Neh country. What with extreme high levels of PM2.5 in most cities of mainland China, Ah Tiongs have very low levels of immunity and their lung function weakened.

 

[GOD IS MY DOG]

With the Population density now and the way people travel in and out from all over the world. we are already in danger of any airborne infectious disease, all we need is a carrier in a crowded MRT.

India is a breeding ground.............ah nehs long ago spread this super TB to UK liao..........


drugs are not as effective as natural cures............

 

[tualingong]

and yet the world population is exploding to 7 billions!!

 

[GOD IS MY DOG]

eventually a man-made pandemic will reduce world population so not to worry..............

SARS and swine flu and bird flu are just drills................

 

[kopiuncle]

we already had UK strain, New Delhi strain...and I think with the number of people residing here and with all healthcare facilities at breaking point....a Singapura strain will emerge!!!

 

[The_Hypocrite]

If it kills quickly and painlessly with minimal suffering,,its good,,as the Human Race is due for some mass culling,,,,

 

[kopiuncle]

If it kills quickly and painlessly with minimal suffering,,its good,,as the Human Race is due for some mass culling,,,,

i think it's a matter of time when a pandemic will destroy at least half the world's population....most likely a virulent virus or a very potent bacteria. with decreasing human resistance and immunity, it's just a matter of time.....

 

[johnny333]

Did the White Paper factor in the risk of having so many people people from the 3rd world coming to this tiny island

 

[lesMISERABLES]

Did the White Paper factor in the risk of having so many people people from the 3rd world coming to this tiny island

Next time when you hear of people who say they don't have 20/20 vision, you can safely bet they are multi-million dollar Ministars, perm secretaries or very senior civil serpents.