TB

Is anybody else disturbed by the story about the globe-trotting TB patient?

I mean really, really disturbed?

1. This man has a highly resistant form of the disease.
2. He travelled extensively and exposed many people.
3. He recklessly eluded health authorities to get back home.
4. He slipped right through the border, no problemo.

All that's bad. But the worst part? The part that's going to keep me up at night?

They don't even know how this man was infected! The TB was found by accident! He cracked a rib and had a chest x-ray, otherwise he would still be blissfully ignorant and contagious as hell. Who else has this virulent strain? I'm guessing this guy is not the only one.

At my job, I give lots of TB skin tests. I always assume they will come back negative. I think my cavalier attitude is about to change.