“I took my daughter to the doctor because she had a skin issue. They looked at the history of her health and knew she did TB treatment in the past, even though she never was diagnosed with TB. So they wore masks. I thought, don’t treat her like that, but I didn’t tell them. But I know they just want to take care of themselves, you know, and their job. So it just made me mad a little bit.

I remember back home in Vietnam, in my neighborhood. A father had TB, the whole family knew it, but they didn’t know how to take care of it. They didn’t have health districts or someone to help you with TB. He infected the whole family and the people who lived nearby, they were scared too. If you want to keep it secret, just stay away from people then. But they have the medication here. We are lucky to live in America.”