Disease of illegal immigration spreads to America’s poor
It’s all over the news these days: Exotic diseases are on the rise here in the U.S. And although nasty tropical ailments like dengue fever, brucellosis, and schistosomiasis are common in the wilds of Africa, Asia, and South America, they’re becoming hot topics here in States as well.
Why? Well, illegal immigration, of course. But no one – especially the media – is willing to come out and tell this truth to the American public. No, that would be offensive to the criminals who stream across our border every day. These diseases from antiquity have no place in 21st century America, but thanks to the unsanitary practices of people from the Third World (liberals would call this part of their “culture”), they’re thriving.
And you’ll just love the politically correct euphemism for them: “neglected infections of poverty.” If it didn’t make me so spitting mad, I’d find it hilarious. The cold, hard truth of the matter is that these ailments thrive in conditions that arise from unsanitary living and poor dietary habits. And if that’s offensive to you well, sorry. It just happens to be the truth.
A list of 24 so-called “neglected infections of poverty” were recently listed in a Public Library of Science journal. Many on the list already pose a significant health issue in the U.S., affecting as many as 1 million people.
An L.A. Times article I read said that, in the Los Angeles area, the tapeworm infection cysticercosis (which originates with pork, and spreads in crowded, unsanitary conditions) accounts for 10 percent of all seizures that result in emergency room visits. It doesn’t take a huge leap to figure that illegal immigrants in the LA area live in crowded and probably unsanitary conditions.
What drives me crazy is that the media is presenting these diseases as though they are diseases of the poor. That’s only partially true.
Are you getting enough salt?
The fact of the matter is that they are typical of the Third World poor, not the American poor.
Consider of the source of these diseases: brucellosis is a bacterial infection that comes from unsanitary dairy products. Recently, I wrote to you about the prevalance of “queso fresco” or “bathtub cheese” that’s popular in the immigrant community. That’s where this stuff comes from. Schistosomiasis comes from exposure to water that’s contaminated with freshwater snails. It’s common in South America. I ask you: How many poor folks in the inner cities of the U.S. have had exposure to water contaminated by freshwater snails!?
The media and the left are playing a dangerous game with the nation’s public health with their touchy-feely misplaced compassion. Diseased criminals are streaming over our borders and burdening our already overburdened healthcare system with foreign maladies – and no one wants to do anything about it. No one wants to speak the truth or state the facts for fear of being called a racist or a xenophobe.
Sadly, I think we all better get used to having these diseases around. After all, neither of this year’s presidential candidates seem particularly concerned with the problem of illegal immigration beyond the usual pandering. The wrong-headed political lightweight Obama even suggested that Americans should be worried less about people who can’t speak English, and more about Americans who can’t speak Spanish!
It’s time to wake up to the realities of the true dangers of illegal immigration – before it’s too late.
