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Terrifying warning that deadly new China virus is already HERE... as experts warn what to watch out for: 'Very worrying'
Daily Mail ^
| 9:36 BST, 6 August 2025 | Updated: 19:38 BST, 6 August 2025
| Luke Andrews
Posted on 08/06/2025 12:12:16 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
A mosquito-borne virus that leaves victims in crippling pain and has triggered Covid-era restrictions in China is already in the US, experts say.
Chikungunya virus can cause sudden, agonizing joint pain in the hands and feet, sometimes so severe that it leaves sufferers unable to move normally for months.
Southern China is
currently battling its largest outbreak since at least 2008, with more than 7,000 cases recorded in Foshan, at the epicenter, and infections in 12 other major cities. Heavy rains and warm weather have fueled a surge in mosquitoes, driving the outbreak.
Dr Louisa Messenger, a mosquito researcher in
Nevada, told the Daily Mail: 'This outbreak in China is very concerning. It could already be here in the US — and really it's just one plane flight away.'
Officials have already detected 46 cases of chikungunya in the US this year, all linked to travelers returning to the country from abroad.
It is unclear how many of these are linked to China's outbreak, but the
CDC has issued a warning for travelers to the country over the virus, as well as for nine other countries including Bolivia and Sri Lanka.
Estimates suggest 1.6million people travel between the US and China every year, with experts saying it only takes a single bite from a mosquito on one infected traveler to allow the disease to spread locally in America.
The US has experienced limited local transmission of the disease previously, most recently in 2014 and 2015 after cases were detected in Florida and Texas.
Chikungunya is carried by the Aedes mosquito, which has black and white striped legs and remains common across much of the US.
Officials say infections are usually detected quickly and public health teams respond fast to prevent wider spread.
This normally involves the widespread...
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TOPICS: Health/Medicine
KEYWORDS: aedesmosquito; cdc; chicken; chikungunya; china; chinavirus; dailywail; gun; lukeandrews; mosquitoes; panicporn; virus; weallgonnadie; ya
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To: Texas Eagle
masks never did anything but make people feel like they were in control, when they never were.
To: generally
“Let’s all panic, set our hair on fire…”.
Well, in my case that will be a pretty small fire…. /LOL
To: Behind Liberal Lines
MARRIED TO NO VISITORS FROM CHINA ALLOWED...
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posted on
08/06/2025 12:23:44 PM PDT
by
ridesthemiles
(not giving up on TRUMP---EVER)
To: E. Pluribus Unum
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posted on
08/06/2025 12:23:56 PM PDT
by
blackdog
((Z28.310) "Diggin the scene with a gangster lean" (Mayfield, Curtis) )
To: E. Pluribus Unum
To: mass55th
“ LOL!! I’ve had that for years.”
Both areas on me are affected by arthritis.
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posted on
08/06/2025 12:24:30 PM PDT
by
EQAndyBuzz
(TDS much?)
To: E. Pluribus Unum
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posted on
08/06/2025 12:24:51 PM PDT
by
Texas Eagle
("Throw me to the wolves and I'll return leading the pack"- Donald J. Trump)
To: Frank Drebin
Plants that produce bulk products are like special purpose machines. They are built around the process to provide whatever output is required. I doubt there remain any such plants and they would be an expensive investment for a product that would surely face legal challenges. Even if it’s legalized it will be a long time before we see any on the shelves.
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posted on
08/06/2025 12:26:47 PM PDT
by
Gen.Blather
(I had a tagline and I dropped it. The cat back-pawed it under the Barcalounger. )
To: mass55th
“I've had that for years…” Me too!
It’s called ‘rheumatoid arthritis’.
To: E. Pluribus Unum
Let us imagine how the Kamalla Harris regime would have reacted to the media’s latest virus fear porn. Rejoice that that ignorant s**t and her single-digit voters didn’t triumph.
To: mass55th
LOL!! I've had that for years. It's called arthritis. :)
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posted on
08/06/2025 12:29:54 PM PDT
by
Harmless Teddy Bear
( Not my circus. Not my monkeys. But I can pick out the clowns at 100 yards.)
To: Texas Eagle
I agree. No masks.
Duct tape and tinfoil hats are still superior technologies.
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posted on
08/06/2025 12:30:05 PM PDT
by
sphinx
To: E. Pluribus Unum
The Yellow Peril strikes again.
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posted on
08/06/2025 12:30:32 PM PDT
by
tumblindice
(America's founding fathers: all armed conservatives)
To: E. Pluribus Unum
Chikungunya is not even close to “new” and it has nothing to do with China.
Other than that, great post.
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posted on
08/06/2025 12:31:07 PM PDT
by
Jim Noble
(Assez de mensonges et de phrases)
To: E. Pluribus Unum
Rachael Carson. Please pick up the white courtesy phone if hell has one.
To: GaltAdonis
Haha. I love the humor on FR. Thanks for having a sense of humor and sharing.
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posted on
08/06/2025 12:31:28 PM PDT
by
generally
( Don't be stupid. We have politicians for that.)
To: generally
I’m off to buy toilet paper.
To: EnderWiggin1970
There are (rare) endogenous cases in Florida.
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posted on
08/06/2025 12:31:54 PM PDT
by
Jim Noble
(Assez de mensonges et de phrases)
To: E. Pluribus Unum
Yeah No
I agree, we ain’t falling for this again.
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posted on
08/06/2025 12:32:51 PM PDT
by
packrat35
(Pureblood! No clot shot for me!)
To: mn-bush-man
“Will masks help prevent mosquito bites?”
Absolutely, 100%, YES (if you can get the mosquitoes to wear them).
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