Citation: National Post Staff. "‘Totally Drug-resistant’ Tuberculosis Spreads in South Africa as Researchers Warn Global Outbreak Would Be ‘untreatable’." National Post Life Totally Drugresistant Tuberculosis Spreads in South Africa as Researchers Warn Global Outbreak Would Beuntreatable Comments. National Post, 12 Feb. 2013. Web. 14 Feb. 2013. Summary:A new form of Tuberculosis is spreading by bacteria in South Africa and other poor nations. This new type of TB is "totally" drug resistant". Doctors warn "the world is on the brink of an outbreak of a deadly and 'virtually untreatable' strain of drug resistant TB unless immediate action is taken". Researchers of the CDC have located the ground zero as South Africa, though have found the disease has been popping up in London.

This article really shocked me, and is certainly frightening for the entire world. In my own opinion, while it may be seen as inhumane, would be to quarantine South Africa and these other nations before the new TB strain could spread, hopefully finding a cure if it does. If this new type does spread, we'll be facing a new epidemic unlike any we have seen.