PARASITIC DISEASES: Ignored In America

Thanx for posting this article.  Somehow I missed Linenup's original posting of it:

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/17/opinion/17Hotez.html?scp=2&sq=parasites...

The article discusses how widespread parasite diseases are in America! 

But doctors & government officials refuse to openly acknowledge that these diseases exist in our nation. 

They continue to ignore our medical needs.  But fund millions of our tax $$ for parasite drug treatment programs overseas instead of here!

The article's inference is that the only dirty, poor, uneducated, minority, lower classes in the US have parasite diseases. 

But all Americans suffer just as much as lower-class folks from these untreated diseases! 

And these diseases evolve into major lifetime disabilities for both the rich & poor in our country.

What a shame.

No Cheers Today ~ ICU