Ok, so now comes the amusing post.
We had to go get a medical done at the doctors for applying to become PRs with the USCIS. And the tests included a TB check, HIV check, and vaccinations. The doctor was telling us that the US is really worried about TB because it is so contagious.
Subhash was quickly saying "Isn't it a little too late to be concerned?;)" and we, the doctor and us, had a good laugh.
Yeah, so? What if they found that someone applying for a PR does have TB. The concern does seem a little ridiculous when you think of it. (Not to mention the sharp ache in my hand from the tetanus vaccine:( ) If I am applying for a PR, I would have already been here at least a couple years? If someone had to spread TB, it would have been done a looooooooooooooong time back;) It is not like they are going to wait till they become PRs to start spreading it. Whatever!
Amusing! But very typical all the same;)
Thursday, August 09, 2007
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That joke was good enough for a good laugh.Did you read that a TB victim crossed borders ,went to greece n got married?
Two things:
1. Its never too late to take action on such things
2. The concern is because people don't necessarily know they have a contagious form of TB - not realizing the seriousness of it becoming an epidemic -(lot of undetected cases will come out at the time of PR process- its only prudent right action/treatment is taken immediately esp for contagious TB cases).
Well, the point of this post is not that the concern is wrong. Rather that it should be done at a much earlier stage:) Not after half-a-decade which is typically how long a person lives here before he/she applies for PR. Either way, I don't disagree that it should be done.
Hmmm I guess it will take time for the process to be implemented; now apparently even visitors to UK need the clearance...
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