it boggles the mind

a) Probability that any given person in the US will contract XDR-TB, or Extensive Drug Resistant tuberculosis, 0.024 percent. [number of estimated cases of XDR-TB in US divided by US population]. XDR-TB is also referred to as Extreme Drug Resistance TB; Extremely Virulent, Anti-biotic Resistant Strain of Tuberculosis; or the 98 Percent Mortality TB. Sources, World Health Organization, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and American Lung Association.

b) Probability that any given US researcher has access to extremely virulent, anti-biotic resistant strains of tuberculosis or XDR-TB. 0.0004 percent [estimated number of active researchers studying the XDR-TB divided by the estimated number of researchers in the field]. Source. U.S. Dept. of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics.

c) Probability that a person with extremely virulent, anti-biotic resistant tuberculosis contracted it randomly from a researcher who studies the issue. 1 in 10,000 [a times b].

d) Probability that the following statement by Dr. Bob Cooksey, a researcher at the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, who studies extremely virulent, anti-biotic resistant tuberculosis said about Mr. Andrew Speaker, his son-in-law, who contracted an extremely virulent, anti-biotic resistant form of tuberculosis is true. "My son-in-law’s TB did not originate from myself or the C.D.C.´s labs, which operate under the highest levels of biosecurity.” Less than 50 percent.

e) Percentage of Americans who THINK the Department of Homeland offers them ADDITIONAL protection BEYOND RANDOM CHANCE ENCOUNTERS from perceived threats they may face, (does not include threats such as those posed by persons with extremely virulent, anti-biotic resistant TB traveling in and out of the country on commercial airplanes). More than 75 percent.

f) ACTUAL level of safety against REAL threats (not perceived) the Department of Homeland Security provides to American citizens. Less than 1 percent. Or from a statistical viewpoint, the level of safety provided by the Department of Homeland security is equivalent to what you might expect it the events were COMPLETELY RANDOM.

Again. You heard it here first. Trust moi to give you the stats behind the so-called facts.