Thread: TURBERCULOSIS CASE REPORTED AT FELCITA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

There are an extimated 30,000 Illegal aliens living in Escondido, California today, although I suspect the number is much higher today. Their kids have to go to school somewhere, and since this school is listed on web sources of being 88% Hispanic, I would suspect that some of them go here. Don't count on the media releasing any further information whether they have it or not. This is a taboo Area for media reporting.



TB case reported at Felicita Elementary

By: SHAYNA CHABNER - Staff Writer
NORTH COUNTY TIMES

ESCONDIDO -- Local school and health officials are investigating the possibility of nearly 70 students, teachers and staff from Felicita Elementary School may have been exposed to tuberculosis by an elementary school student on campus.

San Diego County Health and Human Service Agency officials said Wednesday that individuals involved with an after-school Support Our Schools program run by Palomar YMCA at the school may have been exposed to tuberculosis in classrooms 27 and 41 between Nov. 1, 2006 and May 16.

A child enrolled in the program, during that time period, was said to have a persistent cough and exhibited the symptoms of tuberculosis. Since being examined by county health officials on May 16, however, he has been removed from the program, said Dr. Wilma Wooten, Interim County Deputy Public Health Officer.


Wooten added that there is a "high likelihood" that those who participated in the program during that time period were exposed to the airborne bacterial infection, and that they should be tested for tuberculosis.

"We are informing people that if you were in this particular class, since Nov. 1, 2006 through May 16, then you are at a potential risk of getting tuberculosis," Wooten said.

The county health and human services agency and Escondido Union School District Officials will be offering skin tests on campus next week, she said.

If other children or adults test positive for the infection, Wooten said it is treatable and they will follow through with further testing, chest screening and treatment.

Symptoms of active tuberculosis include persistent cough, fever, night sweats and unexplained weight loss.

During 2006, there were 315 total cases of tuberculosis reported in San Diego County.

For more information, contact the county TB Control Program at (619) 692-8621.

-- Contact staff writer Shayna Chabner at (760) 740-5416 or schabner@nctimes.com.

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Comments On This Story

Note: Comments reflect the views of readers and not necessarily those of the North County Times or its staff.

BathTub Cheese wrote on May 23, 2007 10:38 PM:" No doubt, from ingesting the unsanitary and filthy bathtub cheese from the Esco-Mexco Swap Meet! "

Is NCT editing comments wrote on May 24, 2007 11:26 AM: " AGAIN??? or just refusing to print them? "

Yes, NCT is editing wrote on May 24, 2007 12:34 PM: " I saw quite a few comments this morning that are now not showing here. This is a very serious issue and NCT Times should allow these comments! We are talking about our health here! "

My childs wrote on May 24, 2007 12:47 PM:" health and mine are in danger, what if my child gets it and brings home for our family to get sick? "

Harold wrote on May 24, 2007 2:02 PM:" It this kid had the kind of TB that kills within a few months you guys are in deep dog dew. If not your in for a long treatment with after affects I know my wife had TB as a child. ... "

I have written twice wrote on May 24, 2007 4:19 PM:" and no comments printed. NTC is editing. What a farce. "

hometowner wrote on May 24, 2007 4:59 PM:" Hey, stop the editing. This is a very serious health issue one which we have not had to deal with in who knows how many years. Every parent and child needs to know what is going on. "

WOW wrote on May 24, 2007 5:15 PM:" TB is on the rise and the now evident Drug Resistant TB is also showing up in our schools. One person's treatment is going to cost over $2 million. WOW! "

Hmm >. wrote on May 24, 2007 7:05 PM:" i hope my little brother did not catch it... "

Hopefully wrote on May 24, 2007 9:23 PM:" The NCT will print a responsible, factual article regarding TB. A simple overview for the paranoid is this: The incidence of TB has gone down dramatically in the US since the early 90's. "

To Hopefully wrote on May 25, 2007 6:41 AM: " My daughter was recently diagnosed as well. Her Dr says it is DEFINITELY on the rise in SD County!!! Where do you get your facts? "

P wrote on May 25, 2007 10:50 AM: " Hmmmm, wonder where it's coming from? "

to hopefully again wrote on May 25, 2007 12:35 PM: " you are spewing info that is wrong. It isn't only on the rise but some strains are drug resistant. It is quite obvious that the NCT is censoring any comment that says this is a probelm associated with ILLEGAL immigration. Honestly it is another reason to screen people who are entering our country. That is why immigration has to be done right, it is about public safety. "

Cough, cough, wrote on May 25, 2007 1:11 PM:" excuse me but I have to go and see the politicans! "

Skip wrote on May 25, 2007 3:56 PM: " This is madening ! NCT must be censoring 90% of the posts on this story. What is everyone afraid of? "


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http://www.nctimes.com/articles/2007/05 ... _23_07.txt

Please make a comment on this story on the NCT webpage.
The newspaper is heavily censoring the comments on this story.
Just 10 more comments will move this story to the most commented section and give it more exposure.

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Sample comments from

http://www.greatschools.net/modperl/parents/ca/5891

(August 2005)
"As a parent and the husband of a teacher I give Felicita high marks. The school is in a heavy hispanic area, and many parents display a total lack of interest in their kid's education. Despite that the staff do a wonderful job of melting many very low students, with those much higher. Fine school in a tough to teach area."

(June 2005)
"This school is trying, but it is so densely populated with kids trying to learn English that it is hard for my child to advance. I'm looking for a different school."

(January 2005)
"Disappointed with crime rate and parent teacher ratios."

I sent in my comment along with some data from the CDC. They probably won't print it.

BathTub Cheese wrote on May 23, 2007 10:38 PM:" No doubt, from ingesting the unsanitary and filthy bathtub cheese from the Esco-Mexco Swap Meet! "

OK now......................Bathtub cheese? So, the people I see walking around here with those white buckets of cheese, they are making this stuff homemade, in their filthy bathtubs? This is beyond sick!

Makes me wonder how the other foods they keep trying to sell us are being made?

Well this is the eight Wonder of the World. They actually posted my comments in response to the statement that the # of US TB cases was declining.

The study that shows a decrease in the number of TB cases is based ONLY on cases that are reported. I am led to suspect that there are many cases that have not made it into that database, are untreated and pose a health hazard to citizens. The media should be alerting the community to this threat rather than trying to hush it up. From CDC: " Foreign-born persons and racial/ethnic minority populations continue to be affected disproportionately by TB in the United States. In 2006, the TB rate among foreign-born persons in the United States was 9.5 times that of U.S.-born persons." http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5611a2.htm "

Obviously the timing of this outbreak would really hurt the illegals so of course they are going to try to surpress it. Hopefully someone can get the word out to our citizens.

Have not posted mine yet, guess my questioning their "keep-it-quiet" tactics because this was a potential illegal aliens child and politically un-correct for people to ask if this was brought in by illegal aliens, and called the newspaper/media as about as slimey as the politicians who would give amnesty to these TB infected illegals, well, maybe it was too much to the point for this paper?

My post never appeared and all I said was that I thought someone should get this story to someone that will investigate it.

Here is another story that comments are heavily censored:



Barona casino worker diagnosed with TB

By: North County Times -
MAY 25, 2007

BARONA ---- County health officials said Friday that they were working with Barona Valley Ranch and Casino officials after a kitchen worker there was diagnosed with tuberculosis ---- but that the risk to the general public was low because the worker did not come in contact with casino visitors.

County interim Public Health Officer Dr. Wilma Wooten said in a written statement that casino managers were working with the county to notify anyone who might have been exposed.

Jay Bart, risk manager for the resort and casino, said the worker was sequestered from the public in his kitchen job. Meanwhile, the national Centers for Disease and Control report that tuberculosis can only be spread via the air, and not by contact with food, utensils or other items touched or exposed to an infected person.

County officials said casino workers would be tested next week, to see if they had been exposed during the infection period from Jan. 16 through May 13.

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Comments On This Story

Note: Comments reflect the views of readers and not necessarily those of the North County Times or its staff.

Ray wrote on May 26, 2007 9:11 AM: " This is the second news reported case of TB in the last few days, how many cases go unreported. Now I am not from California, transplanted in 1984 and back when I was growing up in the early 1960's in the midwest, TB was non-existant. Only when I came to California was testing manditory, I said "TB test who"? because it was an uncommon disease we defeated decades ago. But there are many reasons why these and other deseases are making a comeback and that is because of illegal immigration. When our checks and balances are ignored who suffers, the American citizen. so when they say illegal immigration is harmless, think again. "

American woman wrote on May 26, 2007 9:14 AM: " I wonder if these casinos are off-limits to I.C.E. immigration checks? I wouldn't be surprised, since they are Native American owned and operated. No big deal, right??? "

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Hopefully none of the senators who are voting for the bill get tb, or anyone in their families I appreciate how they are protecting us from these sleezebags.