KOMO News More than 100 people associated with Rainier Beach High School are being tested for Tuberculosis (TB) after one person was diagnosed and is now getting treatment for the serious, airborne disease.
As a precaution, Public Health is recommending that about 130 people associated with the south Seattle school be evaluated, based on the amount of time they were exposed to the person with TB in indoor spaces.
The risk of possible exposure came as a shock to some students.
“This is crazy, man. Today, I was thinking, ‘Should I just stay home?’” RBHS Senior Anton Duro told KOMO News. “People are coming to school with masks now. It’s really weird to me. It’s like Covid all over again.”