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Tom Kertscher, PolitiFact.com  |  Austin American-Statesman This piece was originally published on PolitiFact.com on April 9, 2020. According to this post on Facebook, pandemics like COVID-19 strike with eerie precision, every 100 years: "1720 — Plague; 1820 — Cholera outbreak; 1920 — Spanish flu; 2020 — Chinese coronavirus. What's happening? There is a theory that every 100 years, a pandemic happens. At first glance, nothing seems strange, but the accuracy with which these events take place is scary." The post was flagged as part of Facebook's efforts to combat false news and misinformation on its News Feed. (Read more about our partnership with Facebook.) The plague cited wasn't a pandemic; two of the other examples didn't occur neatly in the years cited; and, most importantly, numerous other pandemics have occurred without such synchronicity. "I am suspicious of the idea that pandemics operate to a railroad timetable," Yale Un...

Tuberculosis (TB) is a serious lung disease caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis bacteria. While it primarily affects the lungs, TB can also affect other parts of the body and lead to life threatening complications. The American Lung Association estimates that 10 million people have "active" tuberculosis worldwide, though the infection is far less common in the United States. Most cases are also curable. Antibiotics may treat most forms of TB. But if you have TB that isn't responding to commonly used medications, you could have a form known as drug-resistant tuberculosis. Read on to learn more about the causes of drug-resistant TB and common risk factors, along with symptoms and treatment options. In most cases , drug-resistant TB develops when you don't stick to your treatment plan. Not taking a full course of treatment or taking the wrong dosage can cause drug resistance. TB itself is an airborne infection spread through prolonged exposure to someone who has an act...

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