Posted on 05/24/2016 1:28:58 PM PDT by Tilted Irish Kilt
Federal health officials today said they believe "thousands" of people may have contracted the Zika virus before returning to the U.S. as they remain concerned that the virus might start to have ongoing transmission in the U.S.
Speaking at a panel at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, Dr. Anne Schuchat, principal deputy director at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, said the Zika virus remains "pretty concerning" for experts as they learn how it affects pregnant women.
"The reality is one bite, and if you’re pregnant, your baby might be harmed," Schuchat said at the panel today. "That’s a phenomenal problem."
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The virus has also been linked to the serious birth defect microcephaly. The birth defect is characterized by a malformed or smaller head and brain, and can result in serious developmental delays.
At today's panel government, health officials said they are concerned about local transmission of the virus if travelers spread the virus to mosquitoes in the U.S., which can then infect other people who have not traveled abroad where Zika transmission is ongoing.
make your towns spray....
...another stake in the heart of America...
Zika...is that all that have arrived...or will arrive?
She explained this number is especially concerning since local mosquito control has diminished in recent years...
..Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases at the National Institutes of Health, said at the panel
that the Aedes aegypti mosquito, the main type of mosquito that spreads Zika and other diseases,
is notoriously difficult to kill.
He added that he expects to see some local transmission of the virus in the same way there were limited outbreaks
of the Dengue virus and Chickungunya virus.
This is the insanity of improper immigration controls. The blood of infants is on their hands.This could have been greatly mitigated.
Infectious Disease Ping
“health officials said they are concerned about local transmission of the virus if travelers spread the virus to mosquitoes in the U.S., which can then infect other people who have not traveled abroad where Zika transmission is ongoing”
Yeah, it’s “travelers” that are infected, not illegal immigrants (aks undocumented Demorcrats). You can look for the emphasis to be about American citizens who traveled abroad being responsible for the spread of the virus.
One of the curses given to those who turn from God...
58 “If you refuse to obey all the words of instruction that are written in this book, and if you do not fear the glorious and awesome name of the Lord your God,
59 then the Lord will overwhelm you and your children with indescribable plagues. These plagues will be intense and without relief, making you miserable and unbearably sick.
60 He will afflict you with all the diseases of Egypt that you feared so much, and you will have no relief.
61 The Lord will afflict you with every sickness and plague there is, even those not mentioned in this Book of Instruction, until you are destroyed.
62 Though you become as numerous as the stars in the sky, few of you will be left because you would not listen to the Lord your God.
DEUTERONOMY 28:15-68
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Deuteronomy+28%3A15-68&version=NLT
But Baraq thinks it’s a big joke. “Mosquitos don’t use visas”
That is 500 known cases that are already here .
Only 20% show any symptoms; that means that 80% didn't know they had it until tested.
Furthermore , it has already been shown that the virus can be passed on through sexual contact, in at least one known case in Texas (homosexual).
By Obama’s invitation.
Also , Barry says we don't need Ellis Island quarantine.
Dr. Anthony Fauci of NIH said.."the Aedes aegypti mosquito, the main type of mosquito that spreads Zika and other diseases, is notoriously difficult to kill."
They originally said 12 States might get the infection ; most recently they now say that as many as 30 States may be affected.
This will be a long, hot, and hopefully dry, summer.
Let us pray,.. and spray !
Pretty pernicious disease, that Zika virus.
Starts hitting in some high-class neighborhoods in liberal localities, how long until they are demanding widespread applications of DDT?
It’s a conundrum, all right. Let your babies grow up afflicted with microcephaly, or maybe songbirds will become endangered, because of the “thinning” shells on the eggs in the nest.
Rachel Carson’s “Silent Spring” still working its mischief almost 60 years later.
ANWSER: long term medical care for microencephaly will bankrupt the U.s. ,or ,
more money and encouragement for funding Planned Parenthood abortions.
Lostpassword :"..this administration has been pretty disingenuous when it comes to getting money from Congress and using it for intended purposes.
ANSWER : Congress says that there is still money in Barack's funds left over from the ebol virus outbreaka,
and that those remaining funds should be used first before asking for new funding for the Zika virus.
Four Refugees With Infectious Tuberculosis Sent to Indiana in 2015
USA medical authorities should have examined immigrants and refugees at the border wall.
Oh Wait !
It would kill too many Democratic voters, though with absentee ballot fraud it might not make any difference.
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