The Dotte Boots Health Director After HISTORIC TB Outbreak

Here's a peek at the postscript and possibly a sign that we didn't learn much from COVID after all.

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Elisha Caldwell had been head of the local health department while an outbreak of TB grew in the Kansas City area, becoming one of the largest in recent U.S. history. He started at Wyandotte County’s health department in October 2023.

The emails obtained by the Kansas News Service through an open records request show conflict between the local health department, state and federal officials.

The conflicts centered around things as basic as the use of Wyandotte County office space and escalated from there. The state ultimately took over the TB response as outbreak-related numbers ballooned to 67 active cases, including 60 in Wyandotte County and seven in Johnson County.

Caldwell said he would not comment right now on his departure from the health department.

Read more via www.TonysKansasCity.com link . . .

After tuberculosis outbreak, Wyandotte County parts ways with health director

Emails show behind-the-scenes conflict as the Kansas City-area tuberculosis outbreak grew to one of the largest in U.S. history. The county's health director is no longer with the agency as of Tuesday.