1:00 pm By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Alabama|Health|Immigration
12 Oct 2007That’s what an Alabama public health official said. Don Williamson said that a growing immigrant Latino population is bringing with them new cases of TB and chickenpox citing a 2006 statistic that out of the 53 reported cases of tuberculosis en Alabama, half of the infected were from Mexico of Guatemala.
But Williamson wasn’t saying this because he wants a crackdown on immigrants. According to him, he was saying just the opposite, that crackdowns on immigrants would lead to less of them seeking healthcare, creating problems for everyone.
Williamson also blamed immigrants for contributing to a rise in the infant mortality rate because many immigrants do not receive adequate prenatal care.
Via / Univision.com
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1 Response to Latinos Make People Sick
Douglas Field
October 15th, 2007 at 6:16 pm
Manuel Gonzales the kid that everyone forgot in the CA prison system!Google this title
and you decide if it is news before or after President Hugo Chavez gets involved.