• HellsBelle@sh.itjust.works
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    Tuberculosis vaccines are not given to the general population and they are not part of childhood vaccine regime.

    They are given to vulnerable people when there is an outbreak.

    That said this may be a strain that is drug resistant, which would explain the severity of the outbreak.

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      The BCG vaccine is still part of many national vaccination plans in Europe to this day.

      This is not the case in the US, at least I believe that since levels were lower they never started it.

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      They are not given to the general population of first world. Nations were tuberculosis has been thought to be eliminated. But they are absolutely given to everyone in every place where tuberculosis is both active and where aid organizations can pay for a complete coverage.

      Thank you for describing to everyone here that you don’t know what you’re talking about