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.
Bring Out Your Dead
Post to me or FReep mail to be on/off the Bring Out Your Dead ping list.
The purpose of the “Bring Out Your Dead” ping list (formerly the “Ebola” ping list) is very early warning of emerging pandemics, as such it has a high false positive rate.
So far the false positive rate is 100%.
At some point we may well have a high mortality pandemic, and likely as not the “Bring Out Your Dead” threads will miss the beginning entirely.
*sigh* Such is life, and death...
Hateful virus. It should be sued!
The Olympics should be interesting.
Are we allowed to talk about this virus spreading through homosexual sex???
I know that throughout all discussions about AIDS, we have been told by the liberals that it is not a gay disease, and should not be discussed as if homosexuals are more at risk.
In the very beginning of the AIDS epidemic, AIDS was known by the acronym GRID, in which the G stood for Gay. Activists pressured the medical community to change the name to AIDS, so that the disease would not be associated with gay behavior.
Zika is homophobic!
Who knew?
That story skipped at least one step. When the one homo went to Venezuela, he “was intimate” with unknown numbers of locals. Then upon returning to Texas, he was intimate with his......
I think you get the picture.
I think they want us to think that he got bit by a mosquito in Venezuela and got the virus that way, rather than through intimacy with locals in Venezuela.
You are absolutely correct about the history of GRID or FIDS (F(ag)injected death syndrome.) I asked my doc about what he knew circa 1990 and basically he told me that as a white hetero male, my chances of getting it were remote. He was Chinese BTW and said his chances were even lower. He cautioned his comment was between us due to his “protocols” aka PC overlords. He added the official line is equally for everyone.
hopefully just a cleansing of society
“then came home and was intimate with his partner”
...yuk.
I wonder if Zika affect the immune-compromised more than the general population.
And this is bad how? Consequences for risky behavior. Their choice.
...yuk.
Yuk is right. What that really means is they ate each other's poo.
I call this progress...
Well, they don’t have to worry about pregnancy.
TMI
You do realize that 11:07:23 AM EDT is lunch hour for some people, right?
“Intimate with his partner” is code for anonymous sex in the park.
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