TB Outbreak: Kansas
Observations from a nurse
TB outbreak: Kansas health officials report 67 cases since 2024
Jan. 28, 2025
Correction & clarification: This story has been updated to correct when the outbreak began. It’s January 2024.
Health officials in Kansas have reported a tuberculosis outbreak in the northeastern part of the state, with 67 cases since 2024.
If it were 67 COVID cases, society would be locked down!
So far, officials have reported 60 active cases in Wyandotte County and 7 active cases in Johnson County, according to data from the Kansas Department of Health and Environment. Since 2024, there have been 2 latent cases in Johnson County and 77 cases in Wyandotte County, which sits at the Missouri border.
The numbers mark the largest tuberculosis outbreak in recorded history in the U.S., according to the Topeka Capital-Journal, part of the USA TODAY network.
The outbreak poses “very low risk to the general public, including the surrounding counties,” officials said in the announcement. Local health departments are working with patients to identify close contacts and conduct free testing, regardless of insurance status.
I find ONE case of TB VERY concerning!
Without appropriate chemotherapy, the death rate from TB is approximately 50%.
https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/00001729.htm
Tuberculosis, also known as TB, is caused by a bacterium called Mycobacterium tuberculosis, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Two TB-related conditions exist: inactive TB and active TB.
Kansas health officials said patients who test positive will be screened to see if they have active TB disease or latent TB infection. Doctors can then choose the best treatment for each patient, health officials said.
How is tuberculosis transmitted?
People who have TB germs in their bodies but do not get sick have inactive TB, or latent TB infection. They have no symptoms and cannot spread TB to others. Without treatment, people with inactive TB can develop active TB disease and become sick, the CDC said.
TB is HIGHLY contagious, needs an N-95 & Negative Room Pressure to stop the spread.
TB is spread through the air from one person to another. TB germs are put into the air when a person with active TB disease of the lungs or throat coughs, speaks or sings, the CDC said.
The germs can stay in the air for several hours, depending on the environment. The germs are more likely to spread in indoor areas or places with poor air circulation (such as a closed vehicle).
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/01/27/tb-outbreak-kansas-2025/77970634007/
Profile of the Unauthorized Population:
KansasDemographics Estimate% of Total. Unauthorized Population
69,000 100%
Top Countries of Birth
Mexico 40,000 58%
Guatemala 7,000 11%
Honduras 4,000 6%
El Salvador. 4,000 5%
https://www.migrationpolicy.org/data/unauthorized-immigrant-population/state/KS
Knowing that the CDC is a group of pharmaceutical pharmaceutical shills, I would never trust anything that comes out of the CDC. There is a revolving door between the CDC and the pharmaceutical CEOs. These people protect each other’s back! Holistic medicine is the only way to go.
I agree. I am also a nurse and I think that the current rash of TB infxns are being driven by the jabbed. Smdh...damn shame, that...