Epidemiologist Warns About What’s NOT Happening at the Border – We’re Flirting with Disaster
Some years ago, my family and I visited Ellis Island. From 1892 to 1954, it served as the nation’s busiest immigrant inspection station, processing over 12 million immigrants seeking entry into the United States.
Part of the tour included a display of some frightening-looking tools that were used for the careful health check immigrants were subjected to before being allowed into the country.
Medical tools at the Ellis island Museum in NY to examine immigrants. pic.twitter.com/TFR4sPMqZn
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“Ellis Island doctors were particularly watching for signs of contagious diseases like trachoma, tuberculosis, diphtheria, and other states of health such as poor physique,
