Just now a Fox News guest says the migrants may have "leprosy" and warns that "they're gonna infect

[jodymarie aimee]

Just now a Fox News guest says the migrants may have "leprosy" and warns that "they're gonna infect our people in the United States"


Kathy Griffin Retweeted Andrew Lawrence

Fox News is a disease

[C_U_L8R]

1. The desperate stink of racist rightwing republicans

It's so obvious

[Renew Deal]

2. Didn't Jesus bathe the leper's?

These people sound like hypocrites

[tenderfoot]

7. Not Republican Jesus

apparently.

[jpak]

3. But won't their arms and legs fall off before they get here?

And how is the US Army going to protect us from those disgusting Texas armadillos that carry leprosy?

[Brother Buzz]

4. I just learned today, the Texas armadillo is NOT native to Texas

Seems he crossed the Rio Grande in the 1880's when his predictor populations (the black bear and others) were largely reduced by humans.

[Crunchy Frog]

13. So he's an illegal immigrant.

[Brother Buzz]

14. And purported to be diseased with leprosy

I'm torn because I don't know if I should turn in my prized dumpster diver find, my stuffed armadillo, Owen, to ICE or CDC.

[Olafjoy]

5. Ummmm yeah

Hi Fox “News”. This is the 21st century, not the Middle Ages. It is called Hansen’s Disease, caused by a bacteria, and treated with antibiotics. What will you talk about next, Consumption and Apoplexy? Idiots!!!
I do declare!

[Docreed2003]

6. They started with this "they have diseases" shit this am on Fox and Froends

They are disgusting xenophobes

[alphafemale]

8. You know what actually has leprosy.

Those roadkill armadillos they eat.

That's what has leprosy.

[sakabatou]

9. Fox News: not racist but #1 with racists

[RainCaster]

10. Conservatives are a social disease, Faux News is the carrier

[Liberal Veteran]

11. Leprosy? Really? That's supposed to terrify us?

A) Leprosy (Hansen's disease) is curable now.

B) Leprosy is not that easy to contract and is only mildly contagious. Per the CDC "Prolonged, close contact with someone with untreated leprosy over many months is needed to catch the disease." 95 percent of people have natural immunity to the disease.

C) We already have leprosy in the US. Armadillos carry the bacteria. There are new cases every year (about 200) in the US.

Well, gosh. Color me terrified.

[Blue_true]

12. They don't have truth on their side, so they make shit up. nt

[kskiska]

15. There was a Leprosorium in Carville, Louisiana.

I've toured it. Don't know if it's still open.