22 March 2016 – The head of the United Nations (click here) health agency today reported that in less than a year, the status of Zika has changed from “a mild medical curiosity” to a disease with severe public health implications, warning that “the more we know the worse things look.”
Updating the press on developments in science regarding the virus, the World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General, Margaret Chan, said the knowledge base is building very rapidly, and thanked all countries and their scientists who have worked to help build up the evidence base.
Zika circulating on 38 countries and territories...
Upto now there was an understanding the Zika Virus was limited to tropical areas that did not reach the USA or Europe or countries in northern Africa as well as Asia except for India and southeast Asia. The USA CDC has stated the cases of Zika in the USA was due to travel. I am skeptical that still holds up. The involvement of Cuba in mosquito transmission brings it very close to USA borders, especially that of Florida. I is important USA public health stay vigilant of monitoring mosquito populations and if they are carrying the virus.
This is the CDC:
Local mosquito transmission (click here) of Zika virus infection (Zika) has been reported in Cuba. Local mosquito transmission means that mosquitoes in the area are infected with Zika virus and are spreading it to people.
Because Zika virus is primarily spread by mosquitoes, CDC recommends that travelers to Cuba protect themselves from mosquito bites....
I think every country in the world needs to take the transmission of this virus seriously. It is believed to be transmitted sexually. It is known to be transmitted by mosquito. The public health is on the line in a way never expected before. The USA territories are already effected. They are more tropical than the mainland.
As of March 23, 2016 (5 am EST)
Zika virus disease (click here) and Zika virus congenital infection are nationally notifiable conditions.
This update from the CDC Arboviral Disease Branch includes provisional data reported to ArboNET for January 1, 2015 – March 23, 2016.
Women may be looking for abortions, too, if an amniocentesis shows the virus and it's damage to a fetus. The global community has a profound problem. This is a terrible virus that directly effects the longevity of the human species on Earth after two generations.
It seem unbelievable, but, it is true. Mosquito control and public awareness of the potential to sexual transmission needs to be a part of the public dialogue.
There was no way to expect this level of lethality of a virus at the genetic level. The United Nations needs to supply what methods are effective mosquito control and where to find the methods of success. This is important and every ethnicity and country on the globe should pay attention.
It is also the first time an entire generation is a permanent dependent to their government with a parent as a permanent caregiver. The parents survive the virus. A microcephalic is a permanent disability. Ultimately, they will be on their own and will not survive beyond their own generation reaching middle adulthood as their parents age and are unable to supply caregiving and/or their parents die of old age.
This virus can create an extinct status to human beings.
