Posted on 07/17/2014 6:03:45 PM PDT by catnipman
Chikungunya has been reported in a Florida man and womanwho had not recently traveled, health officials said Thursday the first indication that the painful virus has taken up residence in the United States.
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Thanks, Steve. If it gets to your neighborhood, keep your pets inside. Cannot imagine my poor cat going through that.
Take Vitamin B — the mosquitoes won’t bite you.
Just take your Vitamin B. The mosquitoes won’t like you.
Wow - is that your leg?
Sounds a lot like how Yellow Fever, West Nile, and Malaria is spread.
I’m old enough to remember Typhoid Mary from history class. And how she spread that disease, she was just a carrier. But infects many, many died.
This border contagious disease crisis, and the feds shipping these contagious illegals all over the USA could cause a medical PANDEMIC. There are way to many seniors and children that are immune system compromised that it will impact.
Thanks - I live in Florida - your advice will come in handy.
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