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KY_EnviroGuy

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11. I vaguely recall as a 50s/60s kid, people dying of TB and the TB hospitals.....
Sun Mar 16, 2025, 12:24 AM
Mar 2025

in middle Tennessee. I would suspect because a high percentage of adult men were smokers during that time, that factor aided the spread and severity of this disease. That, along with a lot of poor sanitation practices.

Frightening to see this one along with measles again rearing their ugly heads.

The GOP brainwashing pandemic alone is enough disease for any nation to suffer with....

KY.......

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