Posted on 03/31/2007 4:10:44 PM PDT by gleeaikin
Edited on 03/31/2007 4:26:27 PM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]
Mexico City - The deadly hemorrhagic form of dengue fiver is increasing dramatically in Mexico, and experts predict a surge throughout Latin America fueled by climate change, migration and faltering mosquito eradication efforts.
Overall dengue cases have increased by more than 600 percent in Mexico since 2001, and worried officials are sending special teams to tourist resorts to spray pesticides and remove garbage and standing water where mosquitoes breed ahead of the peak Easter Week vacation season.
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I don't know if this counts as a CATASTROPHE, but it is disturbing news, especially if you live near Mexico or like to travel there.
Do you have a working link for this?
Thanks. I quit going to Mexico. I can't afford the kidnap insurance.
Spreading the diseases Americans won't spread.
DDT! DDT! DDT! DDT!
try this next time..
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/search?m=all;o=time;s=Dengue
Worst April Fools' Day Joke ever...
courtesy of congress and our president, coming soon via "illegal migrants" to a southwest city near you
ANOTHER reason I can give my husband as an excuse for not going back to Arizona!
It doesn't matter, since Mexico is coming here--along with a whole bunch of diseases the US "had" long gotten under control.
The problem is the illegal movement of disease carriers. LEGAL immigrants have to pass at least a modicum of health screening. Add to that the failure to use DDT to kill mosquitos, and the problem skyrockets.
Thanks, I needed that.
I have heard Dengue has been reported in San Diego. Anybody have any articles? I've seen reports of Dengue in South Texas. When it becomes seriously endemic all reports will stop.
I don't know if this counts as a CATASTROPHE, but it is disturbing news, especially if you live near Mexico or like to travel there.
I might become a CATASTROPHE when enough sick mexicans head north for free medical treatment.............
As Castro nears his final demise, he is just mean enough to send US a few surprises from his Cuban bug factories via illegal Mexicans streaming in through our Southern border. But our politicians will sacrifice a few hundred thousand Americans or more to keep those cheap laborers coming to business in the dwindling US. Sickening in more ways than one.
Hard to say who is worse........
Gee, they hate us so much I hope they don't have to ask us for help.
People seem to think that the big danger is illegal immigrants. An even more grave danger is your friends coming back home from their Mexican vacation. Sit in the same room, or back yard barbeque, share a few mosquitos, and bingo, you too can be a victim.
I had a friend came back from Russia, gave me a hug, a month later I started itching. Discovered I had scabies. Called him he had them too. By that time my children had them too. Took over 4 months to get rid of them. Every time I thought we had it licked, they would find a jacket behind the couch I hadn't laundered and wear it before I saw it.
Incidentally, I wonder how effective large amounts of Vitamin C might be for the hemorrhagic form of this and other illnesses.
Is there really kidnap insurance? Other than a pistol?
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