CDC and HHS may lift ban on HIV-Carrying Immagrants

[Federal Register: July 2, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 126)] [Proposed Rules] [Page 31797-31809] From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov] [DOCID:fr02jy09-18] [[Page 31797]] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Part II Department of Health and Human Services ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 42 CFR Part 34 Medical Examination of Aliens--Removal of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Infection From Definition of Communicable Disease of Public Health Significance; Proposed Rule [[Page 31798]] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 42 CFR Part 34 [Docket No. CDC-2008-0001] RIN 0920-AA26 Medical Examination of Aliens--Removal of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Infection From Definition of Communicable Disease of Public Health Significance AGENCY: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). ACTION: Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM). ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), is proposing to revise the Part 34 regulation to remove ``Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) infection'' from the definition of ``communicable disease of public health significance.'' HHS/CDC is also proposing to remove references to ``HIV'' from the scope of examinations in its regulations. Aliens infected with a ``communicable disease of public health significance'' are inadmissible into the United States under the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA).
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Now this is quite shocking to me. We have enough problems with HIV here in this country, yet this isn't seen as a threat?

What is funny is this time last year, the CDC said HIV cases are on the rise and higher than previously thought.

ATLANTA, Georgia (CNN) -- There are more new cases of Americans infected with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, than previously believed, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Saturday.

About 56,000 people became infected with HIV in the past year, which translates to about 40 percent more cases than officials had estimated, said Dr. Kevin Fenton, director of the CDC's National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD and TB Prevention.

Previous CDC estimates suggested about 40,000 new people were infected each year. But those estimates used "limited data and less precise methods," said the center, which is now using technology capable of determining when someone was infected.

The new method can indicate whether someone has been infected with HIV during the previous five months, rather than relying on statistical models.

Diagnosis of HIV can occur years after infection, he said.

"The fact that 56,000 Americans each year are contracting HIV for the first time is a wake-up call for all of us in the U.S.," Fenton said.

"These numbers are a scathing indictment of how profoundly U.S. and CDC HIV prevention efforts have failed," said Michael Weinstein, president of AIDS Healthcare Foundation, which calls itself "the nation's largest provider of HIV/AIDS medical care."
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Why should we be letting people come in with known diseases that we do not have a cure for?


[edit on 15-8-2009 by compwiz32190]

buuump.
i would be worried about these types of actions.
i'm at a loss as well as to how this could possibly make any sense.

Hey, once we have Obamacare, we won't have to worry about it. The government will have to foot the bill to treat them.

And to think we turned back people at Ellis simply because they were retarded. But it's OK to have someone come into the country who's HIV+.

Why would they do that?

Why?

They let in gang members, child molesters, murderers and thieves, so Somehow I am not surprised. Why? Good question!