The crazies that have lurked on the conservative side of life have used every disease outbreak to their advantage….remember the Ebola outbreak? It posed a problem (mostly imaginary) to this country……from immigrants to sick people to a conspiracy to infect the country by those darn Muslims……
Well there is a new disease waiting to happen…….When I read the news about this Zika outbreak south of the border……sadly I thought of how idiots will make hay out of the news instead to worrying what it will do to the people infected……I feel ashamed that I thought that first….but if recent history is any indication then I would suspect thgat there will be something in the Right wing press and then make its way onto the lunatics that write a blog…..
World Health Organization foresees outbreak of mosquito-borne virus throughout the Americas, prompting travel warnings.
Source: WHO: Zika virus to spread to much of Americas – Al Jazeera English
I saw this. I heard a radio article that says Canada will be skipped. I probably missed the context but how fortunate that they have anti Zika borders. Who knew viruses could be stopped at a border…SMH.
I believe that Chile will also be spared…..I think it is probably climate that will halt the spread…..colder climates are not very nice to the skeeters…..but if you believe in climate change all that predictions could be for naught….chuq
Hey,chuq watcha need is a bit of faith….
how about sending Hilary down there…
Wot u say?
Hillary Clinton Gets Personal on Christ and Her Faith http://nyti.ms/1OL4FPn via @NYTPolitics
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Yep no mosquito would dare bite her….it would be fatal…LOL
I thought your country was secular….
You lot are as bad as the Middle East….
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I’m leaving this one alone; too many points about which to rant…. Personal safety responsibility, believing lies & propaganda, pedantry, massive displays of stupid…. Take some garlic & don’t let puddles stand, for goodness sake, and ignore the panic mongers….
gigoid….
I am waiting to see what the Righties will do with this issue…..if anything….they may already have a full plate….chuq
the risk is real – especially for pregnant women. The real carriers -grin/groan – are people. If you travel somewhere where it is, get bitten, return and get bitten by a mosquito here then the disease moves. That’s why it has traveled so fast. There was no cause for alarm until a mutation in Brazil started producing birth defect in a small percentage of those affected. I could not give a hoot what left or right makes of it – people traveling for vacations and work are the carriers.
Did you read the comments I posted a link to another side of the story?
My point was that someone ignorant would try and turn this into some sort of political advantage…..like Ebola…..chuq