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The week's question
In December 2024, in the thread "Re: BRK: Why Not XOM?", BreckHutHigh asked the members: "What about the long road trips with kids?" This week it is put to everyone again. The button below opens the small thread re-asking it - read what others have said so far, then give your own answer as an ordinary reply.
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Author: Lapsody   😊 😞
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Subject: Re: Illegal Aliens With TB Enter United States
Date: 07/18/23 8:13 PM
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There's no reason to worry about TB, LM. It's prevalent in the fishing villages and some of the barrios in the Philippines, but then the 4 different types of malnutrition wasting are present there too, and the death rate is due to lack of treatment and malnutrition. The USA has about 5 deaths per year, so it's no biggee.

Aside from syphilis and gonorrhea, there's an odd form of leprosy that's not very contagious and to which almost everyone is immune they could possibly have.

And I might add - keep your shots up. Had an anti vax friend who swore up and down he's never been vaxxed and never sick in his life. He got shingles. :) Which means he'd had chicken pox as a kid and forgot.

I'd be more concerned about the number of kids that are going to be hurt and killed by our anti-vax stupidity. Adults - just don't clog up the hospitals with your disease ridden carcass, we need room for the kids.
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