Posted on 09/30/2014 7:32:30 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Ebola panic has spread all the way to the United States, even though the possibility of it actually spreading across American shores is dismally low. People might be better off preparing for the chikungunya virus, which has been reported several times throughout the southern United States — including a third case recently reported in the Dallas area, according to CBS.
Chikungunya virus has hit the hardest in the Central American and Caribbean countries of El Salvador and the Dominican Republican. Although exact number are unavailable for the Dominican, El Salvadorian officials are reporting that there are currently 30,000 cases of the chikungunya in the country, said Fox News Latino. The high number of citizens infected with the chikungunya virus is especially troubling because its its quick rate of growth — only 2,300 citizens were infected at the beginning of August, marking a more than 10-fold increase in less than two months.
While the chikungunya virus is typically not fatal, it is an extremely painful affliction. Those who catch the Chikungunya virus report joint pain so grave that it becomes difficult to walk. Catalino Castillo, a 39-year-old El Salvadorian infected with the chikungunya virus described the symptoms as unbearable.
“The pain is unbelievable. It’s been 10 days and it won’t let up.”
Experts say the chikungunya virus does indeed have the potential to spread much further in the U.S., particularly in states like Florida that have a similar climate to the Caribbean and share a close proximity to the region. Scott C. Weaver, director of the Institute for Human Infections and Immunity at the University of Texas Medical Branch, cautioned that chikungunya virus can terrorize any areas where the aedes aegypti mosquito is found and the local population does not have a natural immunity built up over time.
“There are going to be some very large populations at risk down there, much larger than the Caribbean.”
Not every medical scientist is raising red flags though. When speaking with online medical journal Medscape, Robert Lanciotti, PhD, doubted that the United States could become seriously over-run with the chikungunya virus based on how the similar dengue virus was contained when it previously threatened the region.
“I do not think that chikungunya will become established in the northern hemisphere. I think it will closely follow the pattern of dengue virus. With only a few exceptions in recent history, we have only isolated imported cases [in the United States,] and dengue is not endemic.”
Why chikungunya virus may not be as deadly as ebola, people in the southern U.S. should take preventative measures due to the possibility of infection, says Lanciotti.
“The most important way to protect yourself from chikungunya is to keep mosquitoes out of your house. Here in the US, the main reason we don’t think we’re going to see major outbreaks is because people air condition their houses, or at least have screens that keep mosquitoes out.”
Just one shot ...
Mr. Obola has given America WMD in disease after
disease, while the hated EXEMPT remain drunk,
preening before the MSM.
Yawn. A little DDT judiciously applied to the swamps will stop it in it’s tracks.
Oh wait!
Ebola, Chikungunya Virus, respiratory disease (don’t know the name) affecting our kids that can even cause paralyses, the reintroduction of tuberculosis and who knows what else ... thank you Obama for our open borders.
Yes.
Yes he is.
But we can all rest assured that it isn’t actually his fault at all, just his inept personally appointed officials of the “administration” of the numerous executive branch agencies he was elected to oversee as POTUS.
Must be part of his global Initiative. There hasn’t been anything from him that isn’t contrary to common sense. Thus, He’s not a fool, but is working an agenda.
Again...Our skies are open. Our borders are open.
Only one person is to blame for the destruction of America.
And, he’s evidently OK with it.
Bring Out Your Dead
Post to me or FReep mail to be on/off the Bring Out Your Dead ping list.
The purpose of the “Bring Out Your Dead” ping list (formerly the “Ebola” ping list) is very early warning of emerging pandemics, as such it has a high false positive rate.
So far the false positive rate is 100%.
At some point we may well have a high mortality pandemic, and likely as not the “Bring Out Your Dead” threads will miss the beginning entirely.
*sigh* Such is life, and death...
Yup, pretty sure my grandson had it last year. For a couple of days he couldn't walk because of the pain in his legs and he's a very active kid.
If so, the same God is still in charge.
All them foreign infected hosts in Somalisotta and Dearbornistan to feed off of and spread.
Actually it was turning up on the other side of the state for the most part. Grand Rapids, Kalamazoo area.
Thank you, President Obola!
Ping...
I must have it.
I got lots of pain.
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