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I've always wondered why Alaska has the highest TB rate in the US. I guess they need to close the Canadian border?

• smegsicle 2y ago
  very underrated comment. more research into why alaska has always had the highest rate of tb in the us is warranted. could proximity to canada truly be to blame?
  • tzs 2y ago
    I doubt Canada has anything to do with it. The second highest is Hawaii. I think it's interesting that the two highest states are states that are so different from each other. They are both disconnected from the other 48 states, but so is Puerto Rico and Puerto Rico's TB rate would put it around 45th lowest if it were a state so I don't think being disconnected has anything to do with it.
    • Jensson 2y ago
      > Puerto Rico's TB rate would put it around 45th lowest if it were a state Also shows it isn't poverty.