This is a very serious illness, but it's difficult to transmit, you have to have prolonged close contact with someone with active tuberculosis to get it. Tom Skinner More Quotes by Tom Skinner More Quotes From Tom Skinner It's possible we might see other cases, and we're moving as quickly as possible to identify all the contacts to make sure they're carefully monitored. Tom Skinner health-news The likelihood that this person transmitted the illness is low, but this is a very serious illness so we can't take any chances, and need to get the close contacts in for testing, tB is a very serious illness and the XDRTB version is difficult to treat. Tom Skinner health-news