The threat from Zika virus to the world is hardly over. It is not only more, but approaches as we near Summer and Zika carrying mosquitoes may be found as far north as New York and Washington D.C.

Sometimes things are just a little too quiet and you all should be aware behind the scenes the governments are scrambling trying to get ready for a disease that could reach near Pandemic levels. It is no longer confined to the tropics and hundreds of cases are being diagnosed, and thousands still in Brazil.

The war is not over, it has only just begun.



Medclinician CWN JB

update 7/30/2016 Later reports are that this bill was derailed by Democrats in the Senate. There are so many conflicting reports here - there is still no final news as to whether there are funds now to fight Zika as it is now locally transmitted in Southern Florida.

Giggle translation (it seems something is lost on translation with conflicting claims in different posts)

"I have an innate and acquired immunity to infectious diseases. I infect the common man but 2-4 days sick or not sick. I propose to make a medicine from my kroai.Tehnologiyu immunoglobulin production it will be provided if necessary"

"I do not have the innate and acquired immunity to infectious diseases"

I wonder if he is in the Guinness Book of Records for the high volume of blood he sells

It's just Rishat. He's been posting about his "super immunity" to everything for years. To be honest, I'm just surprised he hasn't claimed to have the cure for Zika sooner.
Of course, you have to wonder how someone knows they're immune to a disease when it hasn't actually made it's way to their part of Russia yet...

As the mainstream media is deluged with news coverage of the Orlando shooting, once again the ral news - that which will effect all of us in the U.S. is not even in the headlines.

Zika is spreading and as summer approaches and things start to heat up (it has not been that warm yet) it is very possible we will see a migration of the mosquitoes into colder areas as far north as Washington D.C. and New England and California with possibly outbreaks and children with Microcephaly. A pandemic of this nature could have a devastating effect on our children and lives.

It is spreading.

Medclinician - CWN - JB

New Zika vaccine begins testing.

Medclinician CWN JB

Zika spread from local Mosquitoes confirmed in Southern Florida

http://www.cnn.com/2016/07/29/opinions/zika-hits-usa-garrett/?iid=ob_lockedrail_bottomlist

Skeptics will want scientists to capture infected mosquitoes, prove that they carry Zika and demonstrate that the insects caused the four identified cases of the disease: This is nonsense. For more than a year, scientists with Brazil's premier health sciences institute, Fiocruz have collected mosquitoes, smashed them up in the lab and studied DNA in search of Zika virus genes -- only days ago, on July 22, were they finally able to announce that of the 1,683 mosquitoes of various species captured in and around Rio during the city's huge epidemic fewer than three pools of aegypti (out of 198 pools of insects) contained Zika DNA.

Man, if parents were freaked about autism in their babies, wait until we get a whole cohort of microcephalic infants in the USA!! 

Zika is spreading with more people infected locally in Southern Florida.

Medclinician

There are now 10 cases of confirmed Zika Virus infection in San Francisco. There had been one case just a few days ago and they said there was no health care emergency. So it would appear that Zika has spread to California and we will be seeing more of it.  The real problem is that Zika has been also confirmed to cause microencephaly - and now we are also seeing cases of that.

http://www.berkeleyside.com/2016/08/05/baby-with-zika-virus-may-have-been-born-in-berkeley/

Two children have been born in California with Zika virus-related microcephaly, according to officials, one of them in Alameda County. One of them may have been born at Alta Bates Summit Medical Center in Berkeley, according to media reports, although officials will not confirm this.

ABC7 reported Thursday, citing two unidentified sources, that one of the two babies was born at Alta Bates a few months ago.

The California Department of Public Health told Berkeleyside it has not reported or confirmed the locations of two Zika-related births of infants with birth defects in the state. According to state data, as of Friday, there have been 10 travel-related cases of Zika in Alameda County, seven in nearby Contra Costa County and 10 in San Francisco County.

The Alameda County Health Department confirmed Friday that the county “does have one Zika case.” Spokeswoman Sherri Willis said it would not provide any information about the location of the birth, the gender of the baby, the family or any other details about the case. Willis said this sort of information would never be released by the department.

“It’s unfortunate that any details about this case were released,” said Willis. “All we will confirm is that Alameda County has one case.”

Medclinician

Albert wrote: Rishat, your English has gotten a little better over the years,  but still makes no sense.   Besides, JD also has super immunity and we're all using his blood now.     Yahoo

It mystifies me why this is allowed on one of the most important threads on this site. This has nothing at all to do with the topic.  Meanwhile we have a disaster in Puerto Rico.  Could you give him his own thread to post this?

Med

Hi Med, the posts have been removed.  

Rishat, you can only post in Off Topic forum from here on out, but not everywhere in that forum.  Maybe once.

Med, next time he posts on this thread or other ones, feel free to message mods and they will delete.

Best,
A

Albert wrote: Hi Med, the posts have been removed.   Rishat, you can only post in Off Topic forum from here on out, but not everywhere in that forum.  Maybe once. Med, next time he posts on this thread or other ones, feel free to message mods and they will delete. Best, A

Thank you so much Albert. A lot is about to happen with Zika in the U.S. as you know.

Med

Zika is now spreading outside of the initial cases, which were very few and contained, to Miami beach. Legislation is needed now - puttting partisan squabling aside - to contain this and find a vaccine - before it becomes a national health care disaster. There are now more than 400 confirmed cases in Florida.

Medclinician - CWN

And in Miami Beach

BBC wrote: Pregnant women have been warned to avoid the international tourist destination Miami Beach, amid cases of the Zika virus.... Health officials now say five people in Miami Beach have been infected. Florida health officials have been aggressively spraying pesticides there.... "We're in the midst of mosquito season and expect more Zika infections in the days and months to come," Tom Frieden from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said on Friday. Florida has now had 36 cases of the disease, not counting those that were connected to travel outside the US.

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-37135833

Microcephaly is the tip of the iceberg. Zika: 'Worst Brain Infections That Doctors Will Ever See'



http://www.dailykos.com/stories/2016/8/24/1563566/-Microcephaly-is-the-tip-of-the-iceberg-Zika-Worst-Brain-Infections-That-Doctors-Will-Ever-See

http://nypost.com/2016/09/01/zika-virus-found-in-miami-beach-mosquitoes/

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Authorities in Florida have found the Zika virus in trapped mosquitoes, the first time this has happened in the continental US.

Officials say 3 mosquitoes from Miami Beach have tested positive. The state agricultural commissioner calls the development disappointing, but not surprising.

The number of non-travel-related Zika infections has grown to 47 in Miami-Dade County since the first case was identified just over a month ago, but mosquito controllers had not been able to find any bugs with the virus.

The Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services said 95 more trapped mosquitoes have tested negative since those three were found. Intensive trapping and testing continues.

Medclinician

Republicans in Congress have refused to pass funding to combat the Zika virus so Rep. David Jolly (R-FL) tried to make the threat real for his colleagues on Wednesday by showing up on the House floor with 100 mosquitoes from Florida.

Medclinician - CWN - GIM