February 6, 2024
Uncontrolled migration of infectious diseases
By Leo Goldstein
The current policy of allowing illegal migrants from across the globe without even screening for infectious diseases is disastrous.
The epidemiological situation in the world has worsened since the 1990s. This is likely caused by rapid urbanization and an increase in long-distance travel. These developments cause the spread of infectious diseases that used to be confined to small areas or randomly rise in zoonotic episodes around the world.
In the past, illegal immigration came mainly from Mexico, with Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras providing most of the rest. The current wave, invited by the Biden administration, comprises migrants from far-flung areas of South America, Africa, China, and the rest of Asia. Some locations in those areas harbor endemic and sporadically breaking from animal reservoirs infectious diseases, some of which are not known to science, and others known as extremely dangerous.
Take, for example, viral hemorrhagic fevers, such as Ebola, diseases caused by the Marburg virus, Nipah virus, Lassa virus, etc. They have fatality rates above 10%. Even single cases are used to cause strong reactions and even panic. Yet, hundreds of thousands of people from the endemic areas are marching over the border without screening, then dispersed all over the country.
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