Wednesday, July 26, 2006
Immigrant illness fears spark war of stats
"As the tide of illegal immigrants continues to rise, with figures of between 11,000 and 13,000 being quoted for Tenerife in the first six months of this year alone, depending on sources, concern over the possible spread of infectious diseases is beginning to be raised, albeit timidly in the face of the ever-present PC threat of being labelled racist.", say Tenerife News.
My own experience, from talking to locals, is that there is nothing at all timid about the manner in which they voice this concern. What does strike me as logical, however, is that if these diseases are spread, statistically, it is more likely from any one of the 10 million perfectly legal visitors to the islands each year, or indeed, by residents themselves. You can't tell me that there are not already drug abusers with hepatitis or AIDS, for instance, among the local population.
Immigrant illness fears spark war of stats
