That would be a scary program to watch just before bedtime. Or any time.
Did they discuss at all the fact that many of the parasitic outbreaks in the US are due to the large influx of people from foreign countries who are often undocumented and who also work in restaurants handling food? Or the fact that leishmaniasis (chagas type) is now sometimes found in the US blood supply? I wonder when malaria will once again rear its ugly head in the US, to infect those who have not traveled outside the US. All it takes is a mosquito biting an infected person who come from areas with malaria to see this also start to spread again in the US. The last time I looked I saw that people were allowed to donate blood three years after malarial infection and "recovery" (those who have lived in high risk malarial areas). Yet some types of malaria can hide in the body for years. So how can it ever be "safe"? Yes according to the CDC it is still three years. Plus how many donors lie about their status? It happens all the time.
It all seems quite mad to me, the lack of any sort of health checks for those entering the country from countries with these types of diseases. Sometimes I wonder if something like cholera will appear as well. Chagas: Fact Sheets: Detailed Fact Sheet - CDC DPD Frequently Asked Questions | CDC Malaria
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