Posted on 04/15/2016 7:31:00 AM PDT by null and void
NORTH TEXAS (CBSDFW.COM) – The Centers For Disease Control confirmed another sexually transmitted case of the Zika virus was discovered in Dallas.
This time the virus was shared between two men. One man traveled to Venezuela, then came home and was intimate with his partner, according to the CDC.
Health officials said it’s the first report of infection between a gay couple, and worry that Zika will spread even faster through sex — as well as through mosquito bites.
On Wednesday, U.S. health officials said that there is no longer a doubt that the Zika virus causes severe birth defects.
Both Plano’s health director and Collin County’s health director point out that Zika is different from West Nile virus in that the mosquitos that carry Zika are day-biters, and everyone will need to be more vigilant now especially as we head into mosquito season.
Experts had previously been cautious about making a definitive link, despite a surge of babies born in Brazil with a rare birth defect during a Zika outbreak. The virus is primarily spread by mosquitoes, and no mosquito-borne virus before had ever been known to cause birth defects.
But on Wednesday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said that there is enough evidence now to declare the Zika virus as the cause of a birth defect called microcephaly and other brain abnormalities. Microcephaly is a condition that leaves babies with shrunken heads due to the brain not developing properly during pregnancy.
The CDC also announced that they are launching additional studies to learn more about the damaging effects of the Zika virus on the brains of children born to infected mothers, warning that Wednesday’s news could be just the tip of the iceberg.
CDC officials added that their advice for pregnant women has not changed. Pregnant women should avoid traveling to places where the Zika virus is spreading, mostly throughout Latin America and the Caribbean.
Multiple cases of the Zika virus have already been reported in the DFW region. The insects that could carry the virus are here and, by May or June, many more are expected to be around. Local health officials are warning everyone to be vigilant and take preventative steps now.
“Make sure that you’re protecting yourself when you go outside,” said Plano health director Rachel Patterson. “Make sure that you’re using repellant, long-sleeves, that you’re emptying any standing water that’s around your home, your residence, anywhere in the community that you see it.”
Dallas County health officials said that asymptomatic pregnant women who have recently traveled to a location where the Zika virus is active should request a test from their doctor.
The truth is ugly, but we have to face it if we want to know the enemy.
Ping.
Are we allowed to talk about this virus spreading through homosexual sex???
No, we aren't allowed to talk about it.
Well, at least homos don't have babies.
Zika Ping...
The chance of being exposed to it is exactly the same. However, they would be more likely to develop a clinical disease, and the disease would be more serious, both due to the deficiencies in the immune system.
This medical issue points to the possibility of the virus being transmitted via homosexual as well as heterosexual bodily fluids transmitting the virus.
We learned just two years ago that another virus ( Ebola) could similarly be transmitted by the sexual act, with an exchange of bodily fluids,
and that the Ebola virus was transmissible for up to six months, having successfully remained in the sexual gonads for that length of time .
I use the term "possibility" as it also possible that one contracted Zika via mosquito, and his companion might have also been bitten by the same mosquito .
While it is technically possible for this transmission to have happened this way, it is unlikely.
So little is known about Zika that I don't know whether Zika remains in the gonads has even yet been explored, as had been learned with the Ebola virus .
There is so much more to be learned about Zika .
Hence my use of "affect," meaning that those with compromised immune systems would be more likely to succumb to the deleterious effects of such an infection.
In the most recent CDC release , they stated that as many as 30 States could be susceptible to the mosquito that carries Zika virus .
The Southern States are most at risk for the mosquito which carries Zika ; however, other States have travelers who have been in affected areas .
I’m sure that now that gays are swapping Zika the 0bammy administration will throw the entire GNP towards finding a cure.
Dunno. It’s a tossup whether he’s willing to trade a few sick gays for more natural born democrat voters.
Gah!
This is as welcome as a dog turd in my front yard.
Since it damned well is where I live.
no one is going to make fun of me for the way I dress
now! and yes, I’ll get after any standing water.
the ‘tiger skeeters” of a few years ago were bad enough
Not sure that is true.
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