Just in case you're tired of all the Trump blather. ;-)
From Powerline.
I think this is more hope than a reflection of reality.
From Powerline.
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The Zika virus is ravaging South America and spreading rapidly. Probably you have heard about it: the virus is spread by mosquito bites. It causes terrible birth defects, most notably abnormally small and damaged heads and brains. Already there are around 4,000 such cases in Brazil alone. So far, the Zika virus apparently is carried by just one species of mosquito. As it inexorably makes its way northward, what are our authorities doing about it? ... ... the World Health Organization warned on Sunday that mosquito-borne Zika will soon spread to all countries in the western hemisphere except Canada and Chile... ...The CDC’s Lyle Petersen, director of the Division of Vector-Borne Diseases, predicts Zika will hit the United States, but says “we don’t expect very large outbreaks.”... ...But here is a prediction: as soon as Zika’s appalling birth defects start showing up in the U.S., it will be all-out war. Let’s hope that the relevant agencies are preparing and not dithering. |
Zika Virus and the CDC.