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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.

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: climategate; failure; socialism; zika
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To: Ruy Dias de Bivar

I think the reporting of the uptick disease in Brazil is not associated with the virus but an artifact of a panic. It was clearly underreported in the past (docs didn’t even do the tests or skull measurements). All of a sudden last fall they were told to report it more and voila, they did.


21 posted on 02/04/2016 8:36:11 AM PST by palmer (Net "neutrality" = Obama turning the internet over to foreign enemies)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Climate Change (aka global warming, aka global cooling, aka all whitey’s fault) is a wonder to behold. It’s like duct tape. Everyone knows that duct tape can do anything, but even duct tape has to bow before the god of the phenomenal anthropomorphic climate change.


22 posted on 02/04/2016 8:36:57 AM PST by lafroste
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Maybe it is time to reintroduce DDT?


23 posted on 02/04/2016 8:39:05 AM PST by dhs12345
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

IT'S THE OPEN BORDERS STUPID!


24 posted on 02/04/2016 8:50:10 AM PST by drpix
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
We Can Expect More Outbreaks Like Zika As More border jumpers swarm in!
25 posted on 02/04/2016 9:06:00 AM PST by arthurus (Het is waar. Tutti i liberali sono feccia.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Zita and Chukyouwhatever could be all but eliminated cheaply and fairly easily with liberal and appropriate use of DDT but that would upset the population reductionists. The same could be said for dengue fever and, of course, malaria.


26 posted on 02/04/2016 9:08:10 AM PST by arthurus (Het is waar. Tutti i liberali sono feccia.)
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To: Dilbert San Diego

Everything unpleasant is caused by AGW! including body odor.


27 posted on 02/04/2016 9:09:31 AM PST by arthurus (Het is waar. Tutti i liberali sono feccia.)
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To: lafroste

Climate change suffers from hammer nail syndrome.

When all the phony “scientists” have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail.


28 posted on 02/04/2016 9:17:53 AM PST by cgbg (Epistemology is not a spectator sport.)
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To: Diogenesis

Death by Idiocracy.


29 posted on 02/04/2016 9:30:42 AM PST by Rurudyne (Standup Philosopher)
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To: Dilbert San Diego

“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??”

Well, in answer to your question...

http://whatreallyhappened.com/WRHARTICLES/globalwarming2.html


30 posted on 02/04/2016 9:32:00 AM PST by dsrtsage (One half of all people have below average IQ. In the US the number is 54%)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

More hangnails, too.


31 posted on 02/04/2016 9:47:03 AM PST by moovova
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

discovered in 1947 and kept in controlled labs until about 3 yeaers ago ....
when some genius came up wtih the bright idea of fighting dengue fever wit h the genetically altered mosquitos.... that had the virus....
libtards dont have any problem blaming a hoax for every imaginable problem from terrorism to the virus outbreak...
some say it ws done deliberately and the UN and Gates and the Rockefeller foundaiton are part of it.... coincidence regarding gate’s TED remarks that a few billion people less would be good and that vaccines are part of the answer.... and the UN has an agenda for population control/reduction... ah just coincidences... RIGHT???????
YEP


32 posted on 02/04/2016 9:48:55 AM PST by zzwhale (YEP)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

And of course, outbreaks of disease are never disseminated through global travel.


33 posted on 02/04/2016 9:57:57 AM PST by Darnright (When a system acts illegally, its dictates are not the law of the land, they are the law of force)
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To: Darnright

Or illegal entry into countries. Or that DDT has been outlawed.


34 posted on 02/04/2016 11:57:29 AM PST by Up Yours Marxists
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

These people are idiots. China just had its worse snow storm ever. 100,000 stranded. Mosquito’s will have a tough time in the Ice Age.


35 posted on 02/04/2016 12:09:21 PM PST by justa-hairyape (The user name is sarcastic. Although at times it may not appear that way.)
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To: Dilbert San Diego

If they can blame terrorists behavior on global warming/climate change, they can blame anything they want because of it. They have to try to keep people in a constant state of fear. Most people will never believe it though, because it’s such obvious BS.


36 posted on 02/04/2016 12:47:07 PM PST by Trillian
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Hmmm. So far, the predictive record of the Climate Hysterics is pretty poor.


37 posted on 02/04/2016 11:09:50 PM PST by Darteaus94025 (Can't have a Liberal without a Lie)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
Have they linked Hemorrhoids to Climate Change yet?
38 posted on 02/04/2016 11:12:34 PM PST by Kickass Conservative (Get the CDS and TDS Vaccines before it's too late.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
not.

"Public health officials still are debating why Zika, which has been around for more than 70 years, has recently emerged with a vengeance, and what its impact could be in the United States. The disease has rampaged through South and Central America, infecting millions, and is suspected of causing thousands of cases of birth defects and neurological complications. HEALTH Joe and Marie Porcello, participants in a dementia study, a disease which Marie has, at her assisted living facility in Hopkinton, Mass., Feb. 10, 2016. The study found that developing dementia is decreasing for people with at least a high school education and suggests that changes in lifestyle and improvements in physical health can help prevent or delay cognitive decline. (Kieran Kesner/The New York Times) Education may reduce dementia risk, study finds By now, most people who made New Year's resolutions have already given up on them. If your goals were to lose weight, get fit or develop any healthy habits, give it another try -- perhaps with more realistic, attainable goals. Get a fresh start on health with more realistic goals Lena Dunham announces health concerns on Facebook to fans Emotional connection What you need to know about sex Truffles made with 70 percent dark chocolate can improve your health and your love life. On Valentine's day, all you need is love… and a little dark While some experts believe the virus has mutated, allowing it to more easily infect patients or mosquitoes, others believe that factors such as climate change and human migration are fueling its resurgence." http://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/health/article/Emergence-of-Zika-virus-stirs-debate-6769073.php

39 posted on 02/10/2016 9:36:34 PM PST by MarMema
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