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Dengue Fever on Our Doorstep: Climate Change Drives Disease Re-emergence in U.S.
OnEarth Magazine ^
| June 29, 2010
| Scott Dodd
Posted on 06/29/2010 9:31:18 AM PDT by SwinneySwitch
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Whooping cough in CA and now this in Texas. Yeah, it has nothing to do with the influx of millions of people that have no access to any medical professional.
Viva Obama...
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posted on
06/29/2010 9:53:50 AM PDT
by
newnhdad
(The longest of journeys begins with one step.)
To: GeronL
3rd world immigration did that, not climate change... You're right - too bad liberals hate facts that don't fit their narratives...
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posted on
06/29/2010 9:54:17 AM PDT
by
GOPJ
(More people are killed every year by falling vending machines than by holders of concealed-weapons)
To: SwinneySwitch
I think a lot of the disease problems that we're experience are from illegal immigration and not a minor change in temperatures. The US is experiencing a resurgence of diseases like TB, leprosy, and Malaria that we thought were under control decades ago.
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posted on
06/29/2010 9:55:33 AM PDT
by
mbynack
(Retired USAF SMSgt)
To: SwinneySwitch
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirms that for the first time in more than 65 years, dengue fever has returned the continental United States, I guess that means that the earth was too warm 65 years ago. How did we cool it back then?
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posted on
06/29/2010 9:57:20 AM PDT
by
syriacus
(OILbamaGATE: It's not about BP's costly leak. It's about Obama's stingy cleanup.)
To: SwinneySwitch
Its from illegals and has nothing to do with global warming.
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posted on
06/29/2010 9:59:02 AM PDT
by
dalebert
To: SwinneySwitch
Its from illegals and has nothing to do with global warming.
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posted on
06/29/2010 9:59:08 AM PDT
by
dalebert
To: SwinneySwitch
great... more people will now die because of the banning of perfectly good pesticides.
To: bcsco
There was a reason that people entering the USA were checked for diseases.
The Mexicans brought us H1N1....Thank you very much!!
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posted on
06/29/2010 10:09:22 AM PDT
by
Sacajaweau
(What)
To: SwinneySwitch; proud_yank; Horusra; Thunder90; Dr. Bogus Pachysandra; Entrepreneur; Darnright; ...
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posted on
06/29/2010 10:13:29 AM PDT
by
steelyourfaith
(America should take a mulligan on the 2008 presidential election.)
To: SwinneySwitch
Earlier this year I read on FR that Dengue is now endemic in the bays of the Key West, there were at least 5 confirmed and over a dozen suspected cases in the last year.
To: bcsco
I agree that the reference to climate change is B.S. The article had useful information and the reference to climate change seems weird.
The environmentalist woman who spearheaded the drive to prevent use of DDT in Africa can be considered to be a mass murderer, based on the results of what she did.
I wonder whether anyone ever asked her about that. Come to think of it, I am going to raise that question with some of the radical environmentalists where I live. I am sure that they will be upset with me for asking the question, and they will certainly not give serious consideration to it.
But it will be funny to see the level of outrage they will express. They will dislike me even more than they do now, if that is possible.
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posted on
06/29/2010 10:51:13 AM PDT
by
SkipW
To: SkipW
Silent Spring author Rachel Carson helped get DDT banned here.
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posted on
06/29/2010 11:34:53 AM PDT
by
SwinneySwitch
(Victory or Death!)
To: SwinneySwitch
Climate change, my foot. A massive increase in immigration from the Third World has led to an increase in Dengue. Malaria is next.
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posted on
06/29/2010 11:44:06 AM PDT
by
Godwin1
To: Godwin1
Climate change, my foot. A massive increase in immigration from the Third World has led to an increase in Dengue. Malaria is next.
Ding, Ding, Ding, we have a winner. Malaria is already in the US, or rather, it is still in the US, though it was nearly wiped out it is coming back. Also, Google
Chagas Disease which is growing strong now in the US thanks to uncontrolled illegal immigration from Central America, the kissing bug in the US is now heavily infected, the main carrier.
Chagas disease is caused by Trypanosoma cruzi, a parasite related to the African trypanosome that causes sleeping sickness. It is spread by reduvid bugs and is one of the major health problems in South America. Due to immigration, the disease also affects people in the United States.
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posted on
06/29/2010 11:48:57 AM PDT
by
Scythian
To: dfwgator
I don’t like illegal immigration any more than you do, but dengue fever is NOT contagious. You don’t get it from other people; you get it from a mosquito bite.
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posted on
06/29/2010 12:12:51 PM PDT
by
Finny
("Raise hell. Vote smart." -- Ted Nugent)
To: combat_boots
Dengue fever is NOT contagious.
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posted on
06/29/2010 12:13:42 PM PDT
by
Finny
("Raise hell. Vote smart." -- Ted Nugent)
To: newnhdad
Whooping cough, or pertussis, is contagious and can be spread by illegal immigrants. I bet anything that's why it's making a comeback here.
Dengue fever is NOT contagious. It cannot be spread by illegal immigrants, unless one is referring to illegal immigrant mosquitos! ;^)
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posted on
06/29/2010 12:16:22 PM PDT
by
Finny
("Raise hell. Vote smart." -- Ted Nugent)
To: dalebert
Its from illegals and has nothing to do with global warming. If you're referring to Dengue fever, your statement is WRONG.
Dengue fever is from mosquitos, and the thriving of mosquitos is from the outlawing of DDT. An illegal immigrant infected with Dengue fever cannot spread the disease because Dengue IS NOT CONTAGIOUS.
You could get rid of every illegal immigrant in the U.S. and there'd still be a Dengue epidemic if Dengue-carrying mosquitos are present. Dengue is spread by mosquitos, not illegal immigrants.
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posted on
06/29/2010 12:21:12 PM PDT
by
Finny
("Raise hell. Vote smart." -- Ted Nugent)
To: Finny
Tnx.
Just think of all the new and rare, tropical or Asian diseases, or ones thought gone from the US, that docs can now experience 1st hand in the US! Gee. Diphtheria? Polio? Smallpox? Scarlet Fever? Typhoid?
Wow. They’re not for missionaries and foreign service members anymore.....
/s
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posted on
06/29/2010 12:22:20 PM PDT
by
combat_boots
(The Lion of Judah cometh. Hallelujah. Gloria Patri, Filio et Spirito Sancto.)
To: Godwin1
A massive increase in immigration from the Third World has led to an increase in Dengue. Nope. Dengue fever is NOT contagious. Illegal third-world immmigration did not spread Dengue; lack of the use of mosquito-killing DDT has led to an increase in Dengue.
Whooping cough, yes, that would be increased by illegal third world immigration. Dengue, no, unless you're referring to a massive increase in immigration of third-world mosquitos!!!
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posted on
06/29/2010 12:25:14 PM PDT
by
Finny
("Raise hell. Vote smart." -- Ted Nugent)
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