Zika virus: Mother Nature's solution to over-population?

Selivan · Jun 28, 2016

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... Zika virus...
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He is not ...

As there is no and the following:
- swine
- avian

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Americans are so primitive that they believe their owners.

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As is known...

1. In America, there is no freedom of speech and there is no democracy
2. Presidential elections in the United States is carried out by "clan system" - an elephant or a donkey
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and so on...
With me is useless to argue ...

Why can not argue with me?
- I lived in America;
- I read American sites;
- I live in Russia
- I read Russian websites ..
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The Americans ...
- Have you ever lived in Russia
- You do not read Russian

So - you stupid morons ...
Eat burgers and watch the CNS - is the transfer of housewives ...
It will tell you how much you should eat (*)(*)(*)(*) ...

waltky · Jul 10, 2016

First zika fatality in continental US...

1st death related to Zika virus seen in continental US
July 8, 2016 A person infected with Zika has died in Utah, and while the exact cause is unclear, authorities said Friday it marks the first death related to the virus in the continental U.S.

The unidentified Salt Lake County resident contracted the virus while traveling abroad to an area with a Zika outbreak, health officials said. The patient who died in late June was elderly and also suffered from another health condition, according to the Salt Lake County Health Department. The person had Zika symptoms including rash, fever and conjunctivitis but it's unclear if or how the virus contributed to the death, said Centers for Disease Control and Prevention spokesman Benjamin Haynes.

Officials discovered the case while reviewing death certificates, and lab tests confirmed their suspicions, said Gary Edwards, executive director of the Salt Lake County Health Department. Utah authorities refused to release additional information about the patient or where he or she traveled, citing health privacy laws. The virus causes only a mild illness in most people. But during recent outbreaks in Latin America, scientists discovered that infection during pregnancy has led to severe brain-related birth defects. It's spread mainly through the bite of a tropical mosquito.

No cases of locally transmitted, mosquito-borne Zika have been reported in the continental United States, according to The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. But a 70-year-old man from the San Juan metro area in the U.S. territory of Puerto Rico died in late February. Officials said he recovered from initial Zika symptoms, but then developed a condition in which antibodies that formed in reaction to the Zika infection started attacking blood platelet cells. He died after suffering internal bleeding.

More than 1,100 Zika illnesses have been reported in the 50 states and the District of Columbia, including six in Salt Lake County, according to health officials. Almost all were people who had traveled to Zika outbreak countries and caught the virus there. But 14 were people who had not traveled to Zika zones but had sex with someone who had. The CDC has also been tracking pregnant women infected with Zika, and says they have five reports of pregnancy losses because of miscarriage, stillbirth or abortion.

http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/1st-death-related-zika-virus-seen-continental-us
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waltky · Jul 29, 2016

Zika inna U.S....

Mosquitoes have apparently begun spreading Zika in U.S.
Jul. 29, 2016 Mosquitoes have apparently begun spreading the Zika virus on the U.S. mainland for the first time, Florida officials said Friday in a long-feared turn in the epidemic that is sweeping Latin America and the Caribbean.

Four recently infected people in the Miami area one woman and three men are believed to have caught the virus locally through mosquito bites, Gov. Rick Scott said at a news conference. No mosquitoes in Florida have actually been found to be carrying Zika, despite the testing of 19,000 by the state lab. But other methods of Zika transmission, such as travel to a stricken country or sex with an infected person, have been ruled out. U.S. health officials said they do not expect a widespread outbreak of the sort seen in Brazil and other countries. While officials have long predicted mosquitoes in the continental U.S. would begin spreading Zika this summer, they have also said they expect only isolated clusters of infections. More than 1,650 people in the mainland U.S. have been infected with Zika in recent months. But the four people in Florida are believed to be first ones to contract the virus within the 50 states from mosquitoes. "This is not just a Florida issue. It's a national issue we just happen to be at the forefront," Scott said.

Florida agricultural officials immediately announced more aggressive mosquito-control efforts, and Florida politicians rushed to reassure tourists that it's still safe to visit the state. Some medical experts said pregnant women should not travel to the Miami area, especially if it involves spending time outdoors. However, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is not recommending people avoid visiting South Florida. The virus is so mild that most people who are infected don't even know they are sick, but infection during pregnancy can cause babies to born with disastrously small heads and other severe brain-related defects. The four Florida infections are thought to have occurred in a small area just north of downtown Miami, in the Wynwood arts district, the governor said. The area, known for bold murals spray-painted across warehouses, art galleries, restaurants and boutiques, is rapidly gentrifying and has a number of construction sites where standing water can collect and serve as a breeding ground for the tropical mosquito that carries Zika.

People in Florida's Miami-Dade and Broward counties are being tested to learn whether there are more cases, the governor said. "If I were a pregnant woman right now, I would go on the assumption that there's mosquito transmission all over the Miami area," warned Dr. Peter Hotez, a tropical medicine expert at the Baylor College of Medicine. He said that while health officials have reported four infections, there are probably more that have not been diagnosed, and that people should not be surprised if mosquitoes are soon found to be spreading Zika in Louisiana and Texas as well. Earlier this week, federal authorities told blood centers in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale areas this to stop collecting blood until they screen it for the virus. Dr. Tom Frieden, the CDC director, said the evidence suggests that the mosquito-borne transmission occurred several weeks ago over several city blocks. Zika primarily spreads through bites from a specific species of tropical mosquito that can also carry other diseases, including dengue fever and chikungunya.

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tecoyah · Jul 29, 2016

Thread: Zika virus: Mother Nature's solution to over-population?
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Mom's got much better ways to do that....hell even influenza works much better.

Moi621 · Jul 29, 2016

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At least once a year, sometimes twice, there is something new that is going to kill us all. West Nile, bird flu, swine flu, 16 new types of influenza, ebola, Weird Baby Head virus...I am confident by next year Zika will be replaced by something else.
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Yes, mostly. I Survived SARS too.
I live in an area where people have West Nile Virus antibodies and never knew they were sick.

But, only Zika leaves a trail of microcephaly.

Moi

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Home of 2 seasons.
Winter and Mosquito Season
Zika in Mosquito Season 2017
Across an immense, unguarded, ethereal border, Canadians, cool and unsympathetic,
regard our America with envious eyes and slowly and surely draw their plans against us.

Steady Pie · Jul 30, 2016

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The mosquito that carries the Zika virus has been hitchhiking across the South Pacific, and has now been found in 20 countries around the world, including the US. There are 500,000 known cases of infection in the world. The World Health Organization has called the rapid spread of the disease a "Public Health Emergency of International Concern".

While most people infected with the Zika virus are symptomless, Zika infection of a pregnant mother can cause a very serious birth defect called microcephaly which leaves babies with a smaller than average brain and serious developmental problems. Officials in many South and Central American countries are urging women to postpone getting pregnant until 2018; but that is not likely to happen as these women usually do not have a say in when they have sex, especially in countries where sexual violence is rampant. Officials are also discussing lifting bans on abortions for pregnant women who suspect they were or are infected with the virus.

What is most disconcerting about this virus is that it has been found in blood, semen, urine and saliva. The many modes of transmission (a blood transfusion, a kiss, sexual intercourse) of the Zika virus has the potential to make this disease very contagious. Not only that, but the mosquito that cause Zika infection, the Aedes aegypti is on the march, and can now be found in the southern US, and even in Nebraska.

The symptoms of infection with the virus are usually only mild; and only one in five people infected with the disease have symptoms. That means four out of five people infected with the disease do not know they have the disease, and therefore won't take precautions to prevent its spread. If infection of the virus from blood, semen and urine, and saliva is found to take place easily, this disease has the potential to reach pandemic levels. If that happens, very few women in the developed world will risk having a baby if there is a chance of it having a sever neurological birth defect. Women in the undeveloped countries might still have back-to-back pregnancies, but many of their children will be born with microcephaly. Their babies will most likely die in infancy; and if they survive, they will live their lives with sever developmental disabilities.

This sounds a little sadistic but it will be interesting to watch how this disease spreads, how the WHO handles it, how fast they can come up with a vaccine, etc. (Supposedly India has a vaccine for Zika virus but a patent battle is going to postpone its introduction for another 10 years). Will this be the cog in the wheel of population explosion? Maybe.
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Who cares, I ain't catchin' it anytime soon. Maybe Africans should wash their hands more.

Eleuthera · Jul 30, 2016

The Zika thing reminds me of Jared Diamond's excellent book, Guns, Germs and Steel. Now that it's in Florida we should soon discover the impact.

ThirdTerm · Jul 30, 2016

Most cases of Zika virus infection are usually mild and its symptoms include fever, red eyes, joint pain, headache, and a maculopapular rash. Ebola has a fatality rate of 71% but the mortality rate of Zika virus infection is only about 5%. There is no need to panic unless you're pregnant. I contracted Dengue fever in Australia and had a few seizures but at least I'm still alive.

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