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Brazil sends in 200,000 soldiers to stop the spread of the Zika virus outbreak (shortened)
Daily Mail.com ^ | Jan 26, 2016 | Imogen Calderwood

Posted on 01/27/2016 1:55:51 AM PST by Smokin' Joe

Brazil has sent more than 200,000 troops to go 'house to house' in the battle against Zika-carrying mosquitoes, blamed for causing a birth defect epidemic that is spreading rapidly across the world.

Soldiers will visit homes across Brazil, distributing leaflets and dispensing advice, according to Health Minister Marcelo Castro, signalling a major ramping up of efforts against the Zika virus.

The government, under growing pressure to deal with the crisis, will also...

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Health/Medicine; Travel
KEYWORDS: health; zika; zikavirus
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Full title: Brazil sends in 200,000 soldiers to stop the spread of the Zika virus outbreak which has seen huge numbers of babies born with small heads and cast a shadow over the Olympics

Article has map showing current distribution of the virus globally (scroll way down).

Thanks, Whenifhow, for the heads up!

1 posted on 01/27/2016 1:55:52 AM PST by Smokin' Joe
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To: 2ndreconmarine; Fitzcarraldo; Covenantor; Mother Abigail; EBH; Dog Gone; ...

Zika Virus ping...


2 posted on 01/27/2016 1:56:28 AM PST by Smokin' Joe (How often God must weep at humans' folly. Stand fast. God knows what He is doing.)
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To: IncPen

Bring back DDT


3 posted on 01/27/2016 2:09:18 AM PST by Nailbiter
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To: Smokin' Joe

That’s a yuge number of soldiers and of course, they are getting the Olympics there this summer.


4 posted on 01/27/2016 2:16:21 AM PST by BeadCounter (,)
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To: Smokin' Joe

Great. Let’s just let in more South American illegal immigrants so that they can bring with them presents to our people, like the Zika virus. They’ve already brought in a bunch of new and old diseases we thought we had eradicated or minimized, like TB and Polio, leprosy, and whooping cough and so many others. Why not add the Zika virus to the list. Don’t you think we need a new disease coming to us over the border, just for chuckles?

A President Trump can’t come soon enough. Shut that border down!


5 posted on 01/27/2016 2:17:57 AM PST by flaglady47 (TRUMP ROCKS)
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To: BeadCounter; MinuteGal

“That’s a yuge number of soldiers and of course, they are getting the Olympics there this summer.”

Yeah, have fun at the summer Olympics folks. Just don’t bring the Zika virus home with you. You won’t be happy and neither will we.


6 posted on 01/27/2016 2:21:17 AM PST by flaglady47 (TRUMP ROCKS)
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To: flaglady47

I agree, it sure looks like some American kids died from a flu that was brought in from South of the Border. I think the kids effected at least were those in Missouri though we might not get the CDC to tell us.

Olympics are overblown and they just had the World Cup-Soccer, I don’t think they should have given them the Olympics too, an error.


7 posted on 01/27/2016 2:22:17 AM PST by BeadCounter (,)
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To: flaglady47

Maken the health care thing WORK for them....

P.S. Hep.....ALL imigrants..and ALL children are vac.....But almost none of the white middle class.....wonder how that works?


8 posted on 01/27/2016 2:25:12 AM PST by Therapsid
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To: BeadCounter
That's a huge number of soldiers, and of course, they are getting the Olympics there this summer

What could possibly go wrong?

9 posted on 01/27/2016 2:37:23 AM PST by grania
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To: Smokin' Joe
wiki page
10 posted on 01/27/2016 2:44:47 AM PST by moose07 (DMCS (Dit Me Cong San ) - Nah. Drake's Drum is Beating strongly.)
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To: flaglady47

Trump will shut the border to mosquitos! Yes we can!


11 posted on 01/27/2016 2:59:05 AM PST by 1rudeboy
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To: 1rudeboy; MinuteGal

“Trump will shut the border to mosquitos! Yes we can!”

I hope so, for your sake, or your statement may come back to bite you, literally.


12 posted on 01/27/2016 3:08:00 AM PST by flaglady47 (TRUMP ROCKS)
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To: Smokin' Joe; combat_boots; caww; SunkenCiv; Nachum

Smokin’ Joe has a Zika virus ping list.

Related links will be added below here.

FRegards ....


13 posted on 01/27/2016 3:10:32 AM PST by Arthur Wildfire! March (Cruz and Trump FRiends strongest when we don't insult each other.)
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To: flaglady47

Zika virus panic over birth defects in Latin America...

El Salvador asks women not to get pregnant until 2018...
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/the_americas/as-zika-virus-spreads-el-salvador-asks-women-not-to-get-pregnant-until-2018/2016/01/22/1dc2dadc-c11f-11e5-98c8-7fab78677d51_story.html

CDC investigates link to paralyzing condition...
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/to-your-health/wp/2016/01/21/zika-virus-faq-more-than-a-million-infected-globally-a-dozen-in-the-united-states/

[more links coming ...]


14 posted on 01/27/2016 3:11:54 AM PST by Arthur Wildfire! March (Cruz and Trump FRiends strongest when we don't insult each other.)
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To: Smokin' Joe

‘Zikavirus’ is an empty key word.

Better to simply type ‘zika’.


15 posted on 01/27/2016 3:14:25 AM PST by Arthur Wildfire! March (Cruz and Trump FRiends strongest when we don't insult each other.)
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To: flaglady47

You hope that Trump can close the border to mosquitos. Gotcha.


16 posted on 01/27/2016 3:14:49 AM PST by 1rudeboy
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To: All

Zika now a useful key word on the forum:
http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/zika/index?tab=articles

Here are some headlines from there ...

Zika virus: Outbreak ‘likely to spread across Americas’ says WHO

As Zika virus spreads, El Salvador asks women not to get pregnant until 2018

Two Cases Suggest Zika Virus Could Be Spread Through Sex

HEALTH MINISTER: BRAZIL IS ‘LOSING BATTLE’ AGAINST MOSQUITO

Zika Virus Could Be Causing Severe Birth Defects [surge in South America]

Hawaii Department of Health Reports First Case Of Zika Virus In The U.S.

[Other shocking headlines coming up not yet in the ‘zika’ keyword yet ...]


17 posted on 01/27/2016 3:18:17 AM PST by Arthur Wildfire! March (Cruz and Trump FRiends strongest when we don't insult each other.)
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To: Arthur Wildfire! March

I had a space between Zika and Virus. That didn’t come through.


18 posted on 01/27/2016 3:20:11 AM PST by Smokin' Joe (How often God must weep at humans' folly. Stand fast. God knows what He is doing.)
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To: Smokin' Joe

The genocidal legacy of Rachel Carson...


19 posted on 01/27/2016 3:20:29 AM PST by who knows what evil? (Yehovah saved more animals than people on the ark...www.siameserescue.com)
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To: who knows what evil?

Yep. Toss in Malaria and Dengue Fever for good measure. There are other diseases like West Nile Virus, and who knows what else?


20 posted on 01/27/2016 3:22:14 AM PST by Smokin' Joe (How often God must weep at humans' folly. Stand fast. God knows what He is doing.)
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