Typhoid Michelle

David Neiwert outs the Washington Times as the racist rag that it is and holds up this "Special Report"as exhibit A.

Contagious diseases are entering the United States because of immigrants, illegal aliens, refugees and travelers, and World Health Organization officials say the worst could be yet to come.

In addition to a list of imported diseases that includes tuberculosis, sickle cell anemia, hepatitis B, measles and the potentially deadly parasitic disease Chagas, officials fear what could happen if the avian flu, which is flourishing among poultry in Southeast Asia, mutates so that it is capable of human-to-human transmission through casual contact.

Among other things wrong with this "special report," sickle cell anemia is not contagious.

Racism can be though, and Neiwart points to the illustrious Michelle Malkin as a prime carrier.

And it is interesting that the Times piece focuses quite a bit on avian flu and Asian immigrants. As Neiwert reminds us, this has the ring of the turn of the last century, when "filthy" Chinese immigrants were threatening to bring disease down upon the inhabitants of the western states.