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Sunday, July 23, 2006

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Navy Orders TB Tests for 6,000 on Aircraft Carrier
Crew members and civilians aboard the Ronald Reagan will be screened after a sailor is diagnosed with the disease.
By Tony Perry, Times Staff WriterJuly 23, 2006
SAN DIEGO — The Navy has decided to conduct tuberculosis tests on all 4,800 crew members and 1,200 civilians who were recently aboard the aircraft carrier Ronald Reagan after an initial round of tests showed many crew members tested positive for the disease, officials said Saturday.The first round of tests was ordered after a sailor was diagnosed with active tuberculosis. The ship returned to San Diego on July 6 after a six-month deployment to the Persian Gulf. Officials tested 776 crew members and civilians who were thought to have had contact with the sailor. Positive results showed up in 4.4% of them...


There are 3 million people in this county.

And these guys came back
July 9, 2006
After six months at sea, thousands of San Diego based sailors return home after being aboard the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan. KUSI's Paul Bloom gives an in depth look at the historical homecoming, as well as, the mission out at sea.
Story Created: Jul 12, 2006 at 4:35 PM PST

It's treatable, and not life-threatening in most cases. If that's all they're bringing back from cruises, we're all gonna be A-OK. I just wish they'd test them before they dump them off the boat.

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