Tuberculosis Outcast Analysis

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The podcast I chose to write about addressed the problem of tuberculosis in Russia. Tuberculosis is an extremely contatious disease for it is an airborne disease. This disease can spread rapidly in populated areas where people come in contact with each other easily. It can spread by simply breathing air around infected people. The containment of this disease is extremely important for it make it difficult for people to breath.

Tuberculosis has spread rapidly in Russian prisons, which are very unsanitary and over- populated. The spread of this disease in prisons is rampant for inmates are rarely provided adequate health care. The stigma of incarceration contributes to the spread of this disease for society considered inmates social

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