From: dannyb@panix.com   
      
   The kind folk at City Journal, which, to be sure, has   
   a bit of a political focus but usually, well often,   
   umm, maybe sometimes..., tries to be factual, just ran   
   a piece about the health status of refugees coming to the US.   
      
   Most of it is fully legit talking about immunization   
   rates, diseases endemic in Syria compared to the   
   US, etc. But then there was this:   
      
   "There are other potential public health concerns related to accepting   
   large numbers of refugees. In 12 Middle Eastern nations, more than   
   one-fifth of all Islamic weddings take place between first cousins. The   
   overall rate of marriage among first cousins in Syria is over 35 percent,   
   and it approaches 40 percent in rural areas. This is leading to a perverse   
   frequency of metabolic disorders, glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase   
   deficiency, and blood diseases."   
      
   In the Good Old Days of AFU, I'm pretty sure we hashed out   
   the issues about genetic/inbreeding disease problems.   
      
   Anyone recall, or have some info to point to?   
      
   Thanks   
      
   http://www.city-journal.org/html/are-refugees-healthy-14807.html   
      
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