Posted on 09/04/2016 7:59:08 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Singapore reported another big batch of Zika virus cases Sunday, bringing its total count in just a week to 215, and World Health Organization officials said the spread of the virus definitely still constitutes a global health emergency.
Zika's apparent quick spread out of Latin America and in Asia and Africa has WHO officials worried. They have no idea if the virus will spread as explosively as it has in the Americas, and they cannot predict if it will cause a fresh wave of birth defects and side-effects such as the paralyzing Guillain-Barré syndrome.
They don't even know if they can keep track of it if it spreads into countries with poor healthcare systems and little facility to test people for the virus.
"There's still an urgent need to continue global research and this still does remain an emergency of international concern," said Dr. David Heymann, chairman of WHO's emergency committee....
(Excerpt) Read more at nbcnews.com ...
Do they have the proof?
Huh?
Oh. Whups. I took a pain pill a little while ago. Getting a little mushy. I haven’t really been following Zika.
Do they have any definitive proof that Zika causes birth defects or anything else serious? Last time I heard nothing was confirmed.
So? In 2015 there were over 400,000 deaths from malaria with over 2 million affected. I guess it’s not political enough to have the MSMLSD crowd mention it.
This was in answer to the story - not you. :)
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