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Border Patrol denies undocumented immigrants free influenza vaccine
Source: ABC News
Border Patrol denies undocumented immigrants free influenza vaccine
By DR. MONICA SAXENA Nov 23, 2019, 5:26 AM ET
Peak flu season is fast approaching North America and the U.S. government is actively encouraging anyone over 6 months old to vaccinate that is, unless you are one of the thousands of people being detained in Customs and Border Protection facilities for undocumented entry.
The average number of people in CBP custody each day is about 3,500, according to the latest data released by the federal agency. That's down from a peak of about 20,000 earlier this year.
To us in the medical community the situation is alarming. When the CBP stated in August that they werent planning on vaccinating we saw this as egregious to deny basic health care access to people forced to stay in their care," said Dr. Bonnie Arzuaga, a Boston-based pediatrician and one of the founders of Doctors for Camp Closure.
The organization is a volunteer group of 2,000 U.S. based physicians who support the closing of the Customs and Border camps because of public health concerns. The organization volunteered to provide free influenza vaccines to those detained but the government never responded.
We got no response, not even an acknowledgement of the letter," said Arzuaga.
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By DR. MONICA SAXENA Nov 23, 2019, 5:26 AM ET
Peak flu season is fast approaching North America and the U.S. government is actively encouraging anyone over 6 months old to vaccinate that is, unless you are one of the thousands of people being detained in Customs and Border Protection facilities for undocumented entry.
The average number of people in CBP custody each day is about 3,500, according to the latest data released by the federal agency. That's down from a peak of about 20,000 earlier this year.
To us in the medical community the situation is alarming. When the CBP stated in August that they werent planning on vaccinating we saw this as egregious to deny basic health care access to people forced to stay in their care," said Dr. Bonnie Arzuaga, a Boston-based pediatrician and one of the founders of Doctors for Camp Closure.
The organization is a volunteer group of 2,000 U.S. based physicians who support the closing of the Customs and Border camps because of public health concerns. The organization volunteered to provide free influenza vaccines to those detained but the government never responded.
We got no response, not even an acknowledgement of the letter," said Arzuaga.
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Read more: https://abcnews.go.com/Health/border-patrol-denies-undocumented-immigrants-free-influenza-vaccine/story?id=67237256
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Border Patrol denies undocumented immigrants free influenza vaccine (Original Post)
Eugene
Nov 2019
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PoindexterOglethorpe
(26,727 posts)1. Such a good idea!
Not.
And I'm speaking as someone who does not get the influenza vaccine because I have such strong confidence in my own health.
But people like those immigrants should absolutely be getting the vaccine.
Response to PoindexterOglethorpe (Reply #1)
whathehell This message was self-deleted by its author.
napi21
(45,806 posts)2. Do we only employ the stupid people? Do they really want an epidemic in those confined places?
Depending on their current health, some could die! OR is this just following orders from the Great Orange One?
whathehell
(29,802 posts)4. Stupid and/or bigoted
Look to the current administration for your answer.
IndyOp
(15,709 posts)5. They may have moved on from what you are thinking -
imagine the support theyll gain for a wall and other cruel, stupid policies if diseases transfer from immigrant to U.S. populations. Many very sick, contagious immigrants is exactly what they want.
napi21
(45,806 posts)6. That's just SICK! NT