Posted on 02/01/2016 5:50:23 PM PST by BenLurkin
Brazil's top health official said on Monday that the Zika virus outbreak is proving to be worse than believed because most cases show no symptoms, but improved testing should allow the country to get a better grip on the burgeoning public health crisis.
Health Minister Marcelo Castro told Reuters that Brazil will start mandatory reporting of cases by local governments next week when most states will have labs equipped to test for Zika, the mosquito-borne virus that has quickly spread through Latin America. The virus has no vaccine or cure at present.
On Monday, the World Health Organization declared the Zika outbreak to be a global emergency, a decision that should help fast-track international action and research priorities.
In Brazil, believed to be the country hit hardest by Zika, the outbreak has sparked fear especially among pregnant women after local experts linked the virus to thousands of cases of microcephaly, or abnormally small heads and underdeveloped brains, in newborns.
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Send more $$$$$$$.
And DDT
Yeah.
Zika doesn’t really do much and there is zero evidence it causes birth defects.
This whole hype is weird.
How’s that DDT ban working? It pains me to think how many lives were snuffed out in Africa, South America, and in other tropical areas where mosquito-caused diseases are rampant, and the controlled use of DDT would have been useful.
Microencephaly would be an improvement in the children born in Baltimore, Chicago, and Ferguson.
Mostly will be a problem in states where there are a warmer climates.
Thank goodness there are no big international events coming up there that could result in widespread contagion..!
Thank goodness there are no big international events coming up there that could result in widespread contagion..!
Maybe the sewage-polluted water will counteract it?
And it was never guilty of what it was charged with in the first place.
I know many African countries are seeing an increased outbreak of mosquito caused diseases as malaria and sleeping sickness. Should these people be allowed to suffer because some white elitist environmentalist in Europe or the US hates DDT?
Absolutely not. It is a travesty. Genocide.
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