Posted on 04/19/2024 8:09:01 AM PDT by algore
Cases of a 'bone breaking' disease have created an 'emergency situation' in the Americas, a United Nations agency has warned.
Jarbas Barbosa, head of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), confirmed more than 5.2 million cases of dengue fever across the Americas this year, a nearly 50 percent jump from the 3.5 million cases the group reported late last month.
More than 1,800 people have died from the mosquito-borne viral illness, up from over 1,000 deaths reported last month in the year through March.
'We have an emergency situation,' PAHO Director Jarbas Barbosa said in a press briefing.
Barbosa warned that supply of an existing dengue vaccine is 'very limited' and even widespread vaccination would not have an immediate impact on interrupting the ongoing outbreak.
'The dengue vaccine can play an important role in reducing severe cases of deaths, but it will take time until the effects of the vaccine can be reflected in the decrease in dengue cases,' Barbosa said.
The situation had become so dire in Brazil that tent hospitals were erected in Brasilia and other cities at strategic points to triage patients with the virus.
Florida has seen two cases of local transmission this year.
Last year, the Sunshine State identified 601 travel-associated and 61 locally acquired cases of dengue, according to the CDC.
Dengue, nicknamed the ‘bone-breaking disease’ for causing joint and muscle pain so severe that it feels as if the bones are breaking, is a virus that typically runs its course and resolves.
But in as many one in 20 cases it can lead to bleeding and organ failure.
It most commonly causes a range of flu-like symptoms such as a fever, headache, pain, nausea, swelling, and a rash, for one to two weeks but it can develop into a severe and deadly infection.
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Isn’t this a mosquito-borne disease?
Mosquito borne. Vaxx facilitated.
What does that mean?
It transmits across open borders.
According to the 3rd sentence, yes it is.
I don’t think mosquitos recognize borders; but people who are already sick do. (You can’t catch Dengue from someone who has it.)
Dengue has been in the Americas since the 1600s. We need adequate eradication programs
I was talking with a customer yesterday that was originally from Brazil. In the middle of our meeting, she had to take a call from her mother, who still lives in Brazil and got Dengue Fever.
Whatever happened to Bill Gate’s genetically modified mosquitos? You know, the ones bred to end the mosquito population (that just seems to have become more virulent).
Traditionally insecticides have helped keep these insects in check somewhat. One problem with this mosquito appears to be that it can mutate to become resistant to the insecticides.
Case Report: Malaria, Dengue, and COVID-19 in a Migrant Entering the United States
caught dengue during a trip to rio
it is nasty
We know this isn’t natural. It is time to destroy the WEF, WHO, Gates, Fauci, et al. And I literally mean destroy. It is us or them. I would prefer it be them. If you see one of them, you know what to do.
Dengue Fever is perfectly natural.
I had Dengue when in Colombia- listen carefully: IT IS NOT FATAL : Do NOT take any vaccines…you have been warned.
Vaxx weakens immune systems.
So, you think people in South and Central America are ‘vaxxed’ and that’s why they get Dengue?
Dengue has been increasing in incidence for the last 20 years; with a very big increase from 2000 to 2010.
I think it’s more likely that we just have more mosquitoes, due to lax eradication programs and insecticide resistance, than a ‘vaxx’ that we only began to use a few years ago.
Stfu. What us with you idiots who feel the need to respond with half a page of dreck nobody will read? I answered your idiotic question that could easily be googled with a flippant response.
Blame Rachel Carson.
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