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We Can Expect More Outbreaks Like Zika As The Climate Changes
The Huffington Post ^ | February 3, 2016 | by Lydia O'Connor

Posted on 02/04/2016 8:19:22 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer

The factors leading to the current Zika outbreak won't be clear for some time, but environmental health experts say there's a good chance such infectious diseases will become more common as the global climate warms.

(Excerpt) Read more at huffingtonpost.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: climategate; failure; socialism; zika
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1 posted on 02/04/2016 8:19:22 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
Jeeze, are we all gonna die? Again?!!!
2 posted on 02/04/2016 8:20:23 AM PST by The_Victor (If all I want is a warm feeling, I should just wet my pants.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Global Warming scare of the week , Zika , Blah


3 posted on 02/04/2016 8:21:33 AM PST by butlerweave
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To: The_Victor

This is no joke. Tens of thousands of microcephalic
children will be born each year
by a disease that is also an STD,
while the Congress and White Mosque will do everything
they can to bring this disease also to the Homeland.


4 posted on 02/04/2016 8:22:20 AM PST by Diogenesis ("When a crime is unpunished, the world is unbalanced.")
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

So genetic engineering mistakes will increase with global warming? This disease was man-made and has nothing to do with global warming.


5 posted on 02/04/2016 8:23:22 AM PST by DannyTN
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

The vector for viruses like Zika and yellow fever are primarily human. The mosquitoes just transfer the viruses. Also helps to have other primates that carry the virus and never get treated. Bottom line, these days, when someone comes into the country with yellow fever we don’t end up with 1000’s dead like we always used to in the 1800’s.


6 posted on 02/04/2016 8:23:36 AM PST by palmer (Net "neutrality" = Obama turning the internet over to foreign enemies)
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To: The_Victor

I’m so tired of being killed by global warming!

Enough already.


7 posted on 02/04/2016 8:23:38 AM PST by ConservativeWarrior (Fall down 7 times, stand up 8. - Japanese proverb)
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To: Diogenesis
Tens of thousands of microcephalic children

About as likely as 10's of 1000's of deaths from Ebola. It's not even clear if the microcephaly is caused by the virus.

8 posted on 02/04/2016 8:24:53 AM PST by palmer (Net "neutrality" = Obama turning the internet over to foreign enemies)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

So are we at a point at which any bad news story is related to global warming? Are we at a point where any condition will be made worse and magnified by global warming??


9 posted on 02/04/2016 8:25:00 AM PST by Dilbert San Diego
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To: Diogenesis
Concern over the Zika virus and how it impacts humanity is one thing. Concern over globull warming killing us all is completely different.
10 posted on 02/04/2016 8:25:09 AM PST by The_Victor (If all I want is a warm feeling, I should just wet my pants.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Well, when the average temperature of the earth goes up by four one-hundredths of a degree in just a year, catastrophic results are bound to happen. /s


11 posted on 02/04/2016 8:25:21 AM PST by Bob (No, being a US Senator and the Secretary of State are not accomplishments; they're jobs.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Legionnaires disease will continue to increase as more people attend ocean cruises.


12 posted on 02/04/2016 8:26:33 AM PST by Cletus.D.Yokel (Catastrophic Anthropogenic Climate Alterations: The acronym defines the science.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

You can also expect them when the climate does not change.

What do you call the kids who got Fs in “Science for Dummys” classes?

Journalism majors.


13 posted on 02/04/2016 8:27:01 AM PST by Da Coyote
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Strange. Zika has been around since 1948, and all of a suddenly now it is become a problem?

http://www.vox.com/2016/1/28/10861094/microcephaly-zika-virus-birth-defect-pregnancy

“Microcephaly can be caused by a wide range of things — from chromosomal disorders such as Down syndrome to viruses like rubella or toxoplasmosis or even maternal alcoholism, drug abuse, diabetes, and malnutrition.”


14 posted on 02/04/2016 8:27:20 AM PST by Ruy Dias de Bivar
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Obama cured Ebola and will cure cancer in a few months ,so Obama will destroy Zika as soon as he hears about it on the News


15 posted on 02/04/2016 8:27:38 AM PST by butlerweave
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Hand-wringing is apparently such an efficient alternative energy source, all these experts must be able to power a small city with ease.


16 posted on 02/04/2016 8:28:00 AM PST by Up Yours Marxists
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To: Dilbert San Diego
Are we at a point where any condition will be made worse and magnified by global warming??

Yes! Because we must all buy this bogus scam so the people who invested billions in making us believe it get their money back.

17 posted on 02/04/2016 8:30:20 AM PST by JennysCool (My hyprocrisy goes only so far.)
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To: JennysCool

Is “climate” described as “illegals swarming into civilized society”?


18 posted on 02/04/2016 8:31:40 AM PST by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp?)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Has nothing to do with people meddling with nature, cough, cough.


19 posted on 02/04/2016 8:32:26 AM PST by TribalPrincess2U (0bama's agenda�Divide and conquer seems to be working.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

-The factors leading to the current Zika outbreak won’t be clear for some time-

Then why write the article for gosh sakes? Tells me it’s nothing but speculation and just one more attempt to legitimize global warming.


20 posted on 02/04/2016 8:34:28 AM PST by V_TWIN
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