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[clhw AT InfoAve.Net (clhw)]

Please re-read my second sentence. I said:
IN EUROPE, ESPECIALLY....

Maybe you're not telling me I was wrong, but I did say in Europe.
It may have just been the people in our rural county which had not dealt
with many refugees in decades. Most immigrants (legal) go for their own
medical care, not for the health department's variety.

Now, the largest non-English speaking population which goes to the Dept. of
Social Services is Ukranian, so they are probably much more aware,
including checking for signs of developmental anomalies caused by
Chernobyl.

>On 1/11/07, clhw <clhw AT infoave.net> 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.
>>
>It's not just the former Soviet Union that had the BCG vaccine. Many
>Europeans have had it. I'm surprised -- though why should I be? --
>that knowledge of the vaccine isn't common here.
>
>Marie