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   From: nospam@comcast.net   
      
   Panic ensued after a high school student in Pennsylvania with   
   tuberculosis went back to class without being cleared by their doctor.   
      
   The student had been diagnosed a couple of weeks ago but showed up to   
   class in Washington County on Monday without a doctor's permission.   
      
   Staff 'immediately isolated the student and sent them home' after   
   learning what had happened, according to a Facebook post from Charleroi   
   Area School District's Superintendent Ed Zelich on January 13.   
      
   Employees 'thoroughly cleaned the areas where the student was isolated,'   
   Zelich wrote.   
      
   He added: 'After reviewing the situation, [The Pennsylvania Department   
   of Health] confirmed that no public health action is currently necessary   
   for our district.'   
      
   However, outrage spurred when parents and community members pointed out   
   a previous statement from the school on December 27 claiming there were   
   'no active tuberculosis cases' in their school district among staff or   
   students.   
      
   Zelich concluded in his latest update that the school district is   
   'closely monitoring the situation and will continue to work with the   
   appropriate health authorities to ensure our students and staff's safety   
   and well-being.'   
      
   Tuberculosis is a serious and highly contagious disease that is caused   
   by a germ called Mycobacterium tuberculosis.   
      
   The illness spreads through the air and settles in the lungs where it   
   begins to grow, with the possibility of moving through the blood to   
   other parts of the body such as the brain, spine, and kidneys.   
      
   Tuberculosis germs can spread from person to person through the air when   
   an infected person with active TB coughs, speaks, or sings, according to   
   the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.   
      
   It can stay in the air for several hours and is more likely to spread   
   indoors or areas with poor air circulation.   
      
   Someone infected with the disease may experience no symptoms and cannot   
   spread the disease, this is known as inactive TB.   
      
   However, without treatment inactive TB can develop into active TB.   
      
   Without treatment, active TB can be fatal.   
      
   https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/other/panic-as-high-school-stud   
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