Australia’s first death from XDR-TB, a drug resistant tuberculosis,
which is nearly incurable, has alarmed health officials. It has also added heat
to a debate over how to treat immigrants with dangerous diseases. Tons of
small Australian islands mingle with islands belonging to Papua New Guinea, one
of the world’s poorest nations. A World Health Organization report found
serious drug shortages, and Australian television showed XDR patients mingling
with others in an Australian hospital tuberculosis wards, raising the risk of
spreading resistant strains. Treatment for drug-resistant tuberculosis, when it
works, can cost hundreds of thousands of dollars. Experts reported that the
same problem exists on the borders between the United States and Mexico, and
between Finland and Russia.
The importance of this article is to raise awareness of the
dangers of immigrants carrying diseases from one country to another. It discussed
how the issue is not just in Australia but in other countries around the world
such as the United States and Finland. Our society should be more educated on these
dangerous diseases so people will get tested and treated for these diseases
before they take the disease to another country. The article was flawed in that
it did not present any suggestion to alleviate the problem of immigrants
carrying diseases from one country to another. If a solution is not found, many
more immigrants will bring diseases from one country to another, therefore spreading
dangerous diseases such as tuberculosis even more.
Bria Gill
3/26/13
5:30 A.M
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