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Wow, what a story.  Congratulations for playing detective and sleuthing 
that one out!


clhw wrote:

> This is also a problem with humans. In Europe, especially the former Soviet
> Union, a preventative vaccination called BCG (I hope that is right and not
> the initials for some cow-y thing) is frequently given to people in areas
> where TB is prevalent.
>
> We saw one Russian refugee have a massive reaction to the TB skin test at a
> health department here. He could have lost his arm if the reaction had
> gotten worse. That was when I started translating health records from there
> and discovered the BCG.
>
> Our regional health department head knew enough to ask me if I saw that and
> I found it. The local people knew nothing about BCG and just assumed they
> had a full-blown terrible case. When I was able to show them the BCG
> listed, they stopped the whole show they were putting place to treat,
> medications which are hard on people's livers. All future Soviet refugees
> were asked if they had been given BCG before any skin testing was done.
>
> So vaccination programs can really mess up testing programs, assessment of
> actual danger and how wide-spread a disease (in animals, too) is, and
> treatment protocol.


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