Tuberculosis is typically NOT something that comes up in Germany as a disease to worry about.
I noted in today's news....there's some kind of outbreak at a German school....in the Dresden region (eastern side of Germany).
What's generally said? There's a upper-level school (gymnasium) that has several folks now identified with the disease. If it'd been one....they might have just done a lesser worry. So, starting tomorrow however, all of the teachers are required to be examined, and on Tuesday...all the students who might have been associated in some way to those with the issue. Added to this episode....the school is officially closed until Wednesday.
Typically, the way that you'd note the disease....a long period with a cough (more than 3 weeks), some blood when coughing, and some intense chest pain when coughing. Added to this, you might have the chills...lack a regular eating practice....and feel occasionally weak.
The fact that they suggest several folks with this? Well....they likely contracted this back in the summer and it came to a point where they visited the doctor in the last month. Usually....doctors rarely see cases (unlike the 1890s era when it was fairly normal to see TB).
Accusations over this being from some foreigner? Well....it came from some region outside of Germany. Maybe some German kid visited some region in the summer and picked it up. Maybe a couple of teachers picked it from foreign region while on vacation.
Politically, it'll just charge up folks to be more hype-sensitive about foreigners within Germany.....without knowing the whole story here.
Having been a person who acquired TB myself, while probably in the Gulf region in the 1990s....I can vouch over the initial shock, and then relief at the 'miracle' drugs available today. It's not like the 1890s when you didn't have much of a chance of a long life.
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