Kansas City Fears World Cup Global Disease: Are We Ready?!?

This weekend a reader shared this concern with our blog community . . . 

"I think Kansas City should be aware of diseased World Cup visitors coming to KC before seeing this. Makes sense with all the shoulder rubbing at the games. Who knows what diseases are coming . . ."

Accordingly . . .

We've seen a few reports on health preparedness that mostly take a second place to security concerns amid the current war with a top global promoter of state sponsored terrorism. 

 However . . .

We notice more healthcare concern from places like New York . . . Here's the word and more reporting:

"With that massive influx of foreign visitors comes the threat of infectious — and sometimes deadly — diseases, including viral hemorrhagic fevers, RSV, tuberculosis, measles, varicella, hepatitis A, typhoid, malaria, SARS, hantavirus and even “high consequence” diseases with high mortality rates, like cholera and Ebola."

Read more via www.TonysKansasCity.com link . . .

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