There's long been too much fear surrounding the disease.
The CDC never advised travelers to avoid going to Florida. The only “travel advisory” was guidance from the report’s authors that physicians take into consideration whether their patients had come from central Florida, because Hansen’s disease might be endemic to the region. Such information can inform efforts to track and reduce the spread of the disease, about which we know little other than that it does not spread easily.
’s Rachel Maddow opined on herAug. 7 that one problem with that promise is that “now, they’ve got leprosy. Not a metaphor. Actual leprosy!” She added, alongside screenshots of the latest headlines, that “Ron DeSantis will then take that model to the whole country. Gulp.”Gulp, indeed. The truth is that leprosy—despite its reputation—is not a serious threat to public health. It’s easily cured today and only mildly contagious . In fact, 95 percent of humans.
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