Mar 24, 2016 - Tuberculosis is no longer on the decline in the U.S., after nearly a quarter century of steady reductions in cases of the deadly airborne disease, ...]
While at a Warwick Public Library computer I was alerted by a friend also at a computer there of the disturbing presence of " THE COUGHER ". This rather strange looking man, my friend is sure , is or was a regular at the infamous Harrington Hall homeless shelter in Cranston. Whatever his other problems, in the library " THE COUGHER " never shows the common courtesy of trying to isolate himself or to cover his unhealthy effluvia with a hospital mask or adequate handkerchief. Why does the library staff pretend not to notice a clear public health hazard ? My friend ,who actually spent one nightmarish night at Harrington Hall, thinks " THE COUGHER " should have been screened for TUBERCULOSIS along with other homeless males there. In fact HARRINGTON HALL is a public health hazard .
Is it too OFFENSIVE to tell individuals that they may be public health hazards ? That boy or girl across from chronic COUGHERS in public libraries may be your own.
I don't wish to sound too melodramatic in describing Warwick Public Library " COUGHER " but I told my friend that he looks like a deranged serial killer on death row .
Anyway, can't our public libraries offer the chronic coughers hospital face masks and recommend a visit to some health clinic ?
" [ TB is a highly contagious bacterial infection that can quickly spread if not caught, isolated, and treated early. Tuberculosis is an airborne disease, and can be caught by breathing in the air that an infected person has contaminated through: Breathing. Coughing.Dec 16, 2009
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