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Most of us enjoy a good spooky story or movie, but when current affairs become spooky that is cause for real alarm! It surprises many to learn one-third of the world’s population has been infected with tuberculosis. I was in my early twenties when an X-ray revealed I had TB as a child and the infection had caused a small cyst to be formed around it in my left lung. I was told at the time such a thing was not that unusual, especially considering the unhealthy living conditions many of us oldsters were subjected to when we were young. These unhealthy conditions did not always discriminate between rich and poor, and sometimes even the wealthy died of “consumption.” But like increasing cases of leprosy being reported among illegal aliens, the third world disease of TB is once more threatening America. And while the most virulent form of the disease is presently rare, absolute quarantine is essential to avoid the threat of Typhoid Mary’s. We are being...

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