Are you zika free?

[marylander1940]

Should ZIKA FREE be a new category on rentmen.com?

 

Number of Zika cases in the U.S. increases dramatically, CDC says

https://www.yahoo.com/news/number-zika-cases-u-increases-000000591.html

[klifhangar]

I don't believe we are in the business of impregnating women.

 

Speak for yourself!

[Kippy]

Unless you are planning to poop out a baby-- I don't think it's much of an issue. Actually, anything that slows the breeders down piques my interest!

 

Peace,

 

Kipp

[Nvr2Thick]

Should ZIKA FREE be a new category on rentmen.com?

 

Number of Zika cases in the U.S. increases dramatically, CDC says

https://www.yahoo.com/news/number-zika-cases-u-increases-000000591.html

 

I can't even find a 12 pack, let alone a case.

 

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[marylander1940]

I don't believe we are in the business of impregnating women.

 

Speak for yourself!

 

1) There's a lot of desperation out there.

 

2) It would be a good idea to improve the genetic pool of this country and avoid some folks reproducing themselves.

 

just sayin'...

[+ Funguy]

I don't believe we are in the business of impregnating women.

 

Although this was/is all tongue in...cheek...there are some complications other than fetal issues and of which all of us are susceptible. I, myself, would not like have Guillane-Barre type paralysis, thank you!

[klifhangar]

1) There's a lot of desperation out there.

 

2) It would be a good idea to improve the genetic pool of this country and avoid some folks reproducing themselves.

 

just sayin'...

 

Don't worry - I think I'm done reproducing. However, I think I put some pretty damn good genes out there in the pool.

[mike carey]

The title of this thread assumes that zika is a persistent virus like HIV or herpes, that is once you catch it you have it for life. My understanding is that you catch it, the disease runs its course and then it's over. In a sense it's like rubella, you have it for a short period of time, if you're a pregnant woman at the time it can have dire consequences but otherwise it's no big deal.

 

If my impression is correct (and nothing I read on the CDC site makes me think otherwise), then asking if someone is zika-free makes as much sense as asking if they are influenza-free.

[marylander1940]

Don't worry - I think I'm done reproducing. However, I think I put some pretty damn good genes out there in the pool.

 

excuse me but you missed my point... I meant reproducing guys like Austin Wolfe, the Spartans improved their genes that way.

 

 

I don't believe we are in the business of impregnating women.

 

You too should be selling your sperm, all your other members of your pack should do it too.

 

Kurtis Wolfe

 

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http://www.manhuntdaily.com/wp-content/blogs.dir/uploads/2014/03/Abele-Place-bottoms-for-Kurtis-Wolfe-on-gay-porn-site-Randy-Blue-2.jpg

 

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[klifhangar]

Like Hitler

[marylander1940]

The title of this thread assumes that zika is a persistent virus like HIV or herpes, that is once you catch it you have it for life. My understanding is that you catch it, the disease runs its course and then it's over. In a sense it's like rubella, you have it for a short period of time, if you're a pregnant woman at the time it can have dire consequences but otherwise it's no big deal.

 

If my impression is correct (and nothing I read on the CDC site makes me think otherwise), then asking if someone is zika-free makes as much sense as asking if they are influenza-free.

 

Of course not is preventable, treatable and detectable but so it's HIV and other diseased and unfortunately they keep spreading.

 

I just wonder if escorts now will call themselves neg, on PrEP, Zika and STD free, is up to us to buy it or not. I also wonder if the business of Brazilian escorts like Bruno Gaucho would decreased if comes to the states for another visit.

[marylander1940]

Like Hitler

 

I would recommend some women to buy the sperm of GODS like the pack the "Wolfe" brothers,

[+ dutchmuch]

So, who here would be dissuaded from traveling to Puerto Rico?

 

Puerto Rico has a total of 8,776 Zika cases, with 1,480 new cases reported this past week. There are now 901 pregnant women with Zika, which has been linked to severe birth defects. The director of the CDC has said he is concerned many of those women could give birth to babies with microcephaly. However, Rius said all 95 of pregnant women with Zika who have given birth have healthy babies.

A total of 88 people in Puerto Rico have been hospitalized because of Zika, and 27 have been diagnosed with a temporary paralysis condition called Guillain-Barre that has been linked to the mosquito-borne virus.

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/C/CB_PUERTO_RICO_ZIKA_DEATH?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2016-08-05-20-25-29

[Kippy]

I'd stay home for now...

[+ Eric Hassan]

Here's a good resource on Zika. Dyan is crazy smart and a friend of mine. Scroll down towards the bottom for links to easy-to-digest information on Zika.

 

http://www.thezikaexpert.com/

[+ Funguy]

So, who here would be dissuaded from traveling to Puerto Rico?

 

A total of 88 people in Puerto Rico have been hospitalized because of Zika, and 27 have been diagnosed with a temporary paralysis condition called Guillain-Barre that has been linked to the mosquito-borne virus.

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/C/CB_PUERTO_RICO_ZIKA_DEATH?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2016-08-05-20-25-29

 

As i said somewhere above - no Guillain-Barre for me, thank you very much!

[marylander1940]

I'd stay home for now...

 

and use condoms, so far the only way to prevent zika.

[mike carey]

and use condoms, so far the only way to prevent zika.

Condoms can prevent sexual transmission, but it is overwhelmingly transmitted by mosquitoes. Using condoms may not be the most effective way to prevent mosquito bites.

[marylander1940]

Condoms can prevent sexual transmission, but it is overwhelmingly transmitted by mosquitoes. Using condoms may not be the most effective way to prevent mosquito bites.

 

I'm aware of it.

 

How often do mosquitoes carry zikka?

 

Do all mosquitoes carry it?

 

Fumigation?

 

Repellent?

[+ dutchmuch]

http://www.thezikaexpert.com/

 

From the Zika Expert and her link above:

 

""ZIKA virus is an "emerging infectious disease", which means new things are being discovered daily. ""

[mike carey]

I'm aware of it.

How often do mosquitoes carry zikka?

Do all mosquitoes carry it?

Fumigation?

Repellent?

Basically, carried by Aedes Aegypti (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aedes_aegypti), which is also the vector for dengue fever and some other diseases. As one of the fact sheets noted, it is active in daylight rather than at dusk or overnight. The usual countermeasures that you mention work. Removing any small amounts of standing water (in car tyres, under pot plants and so on) is also important. We haven't had any locally contracted cases, but the prevention measures are enforced here to prevent outbreaks of dengue. Clearly, in places where there are one or two cases, keeping anyone who has the virus away from mosquitoes is as important if not more so than keeping the mosquitoes away from uninfected people. (The mosquitoes can't spread the virus if they haven't bitten someone with it.) That said, dengue is nasty so you'd want to keep clear of the mossies to avoid it just as much to avoid zika.

[+ dutchmuch]

The U.S. government on Friday declared a public health emergency in Puerto Rico as a result of a Zika epidemic.

 

The declaration allows the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to award grants, access emergency funds and temporarily appoint personnel where needed, among other things.

 

"This administration is committed to meeting the Zika outbreak in Puerto Rico with the necessary urgency," Secretary Sylvia Burwell said in a department statement. Burwell traveled to the U.S. territory in late April to evaluate its response to the outbreak.

 

A department spokesman did not immediately return a message seeking comment on what immediate steps the agency may take.

 

The announcement came hours after Puerto Rico reported 1,914 new cases in the past week, for a total of 10,690 since the first one was reported in December.

http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory/puerto-rico-reports-10690-zika-cases-amid-ongoing-41330959

 

""ZIKA virus is an "emerging infectious disease", which means new things are being discovered daily. ""

[+ dutchmuch]

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) -- Puerto Rico on Friday reported its first death from a paralysis condition that developed from a Zika infection as the U.S. territory fights an epidemic of the mosquito-borne virus.

 

The victim was a man between 35 and 45 years old from the San Juan metro area who died from Guillain-Barre, according to state epidemiologist Brenda Rivera. The condition can cause temporary paralysis and in rare instances, death.

 

Rivera noted that it's unusual for the victim to be so young.

 

"What does this tell us? That all of us are susceptible," Rivera said as she urged Puerto Ricans to protect themselves from the mosquito-borne virus.

 

The man, who died last month, was obese but did not have any other health conditions, she said. No further details about the victim were provided.

 

The U.S. territory has a total of 13,186 confirmed Zika cases, with a total of 102 hospitalizations and 34 cases of Guillain-Barre. The number of Zika cases is believed to be much higher because eight of 10 people have no symptoms and many do not go to the doctor. Those infected include 1,106 pregnant women, which is a concern because Zika has been linked to severe birth defects.

 

"We are not going to see the effects of Zika today," Rivera said. "We are going to see them in the next couple of months, in the next several years"

[+ dutchmuch]

SINGAPORE — More than 40 people have been infected locally by the Zika virus in Singapore, but most have fully recovered, officials said Sunday.

 

Singapore announced its first Zika infection in May, with the virus imported by a 48-year-old man who had traveled to Brazil. On Sunday, the Ministry of Health confirmed 41 locally transmitted cases of the virus.

 

The ministry said in a statement that the patients were "not known to have traveled to Zika-affected areas recently, and are thus likely to have been infected in Singapore. This confirms that local transmission of Zika virus infection has taken place."

 

Of the group, 34 people have recovered, while seven remain at Tan Tock Seng Hospital, the statement said.

http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2016/08/28/world/asia/ap-as-singapore-zika.html?_r=0

[bigvalboy]

News from South Florida....

 

Can tropical systems influence the spread of the Zika virus?

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By Katy Galimberti, AccuWeather.com Staff Writer

August 28, 2016; 10:37 AM ET

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Experts say that hurricanes and tropical storms could influence the spread of the Zika virus.

 

With a brewing system in the Atlantic that could impact the Bahamas and Florida, tropical activity could lead to a wider spread of the Aedes aegypti mosquitoes.

 

Jason Rasgon, associate professor of entomology and disease epidemiology at Penn State University, told AccuWeather that there are multiple methods in which hurricanes and tropical storms can spread mosquitoes, including those carrying Zika.

 

 

Mosquitoes can be picked up and blown to a new area as the storm advances, he said. Mosquitos are light and are mostly unaffected by raindrops.

 

If winds are too strong for the mosquitoes, they will "hunker down," Rasgon said, and avoid being entangled in a storm.

 

Though some mosquitos could be transported, it is unlikely weather systems will be a major method of spreading Zika-carrying mosquitoes, Michael Bentley, staff entomologist for the National Pest Management Association told AccuWeather.

 

"The number of mosquitoes that would survive being transported by a powerful weather system would be very, very low," he said. "The likelihood that any of those surviving mosquitoes would be infected with Zika would be even lower and extremely doubtful."

 

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) echoed the low risk associated with natural disasters and the increased spread of mosquito-borne viruses.

 

"Hurricanes in the continental United States have rarely been accompanied by outbreaks of viruses spread by mosquitoes. Flooding immediately washed away existing mosquito larvae populations," Dr. Ben Beard, a CDC official, said.

 

The more serious threat is the potential impact to mosquito control efforts, Rasgon said. During a storm, insecticide spraying would be put on halt. Rain can also wash away any previously sprayed insecticides.

 

A storm will often leave standing water behind as well, which creates a breeding ground for mosquitoes.

 

It doesn't take very long for mosquitoes to breed, Rasgon said, so it wouldn't take very long after a storm for the insects to take over the area, nulling previous control efforts.

 

"Mosquito populations can rebound fairly quickly," Rasgon said.

 

But with little data on the subject, the direct impact of tropical systems on Zika is still unclear. More research on the subject is necessary, Rasgon said. It will depend on the size and strength of individual storms as well.

 

"There are other aspects to consider in the event of a hurricane including increased outdoor exposure and crowding that may increase the risk of infection," Patrick Wedlock, an infectious disease outbreak analyst at Ascel Bio, said.

 

Wedlock stressed that people should be vigilant about dumping any standing water and to continue to ward off mosquitoes by using repellants and wearing appropriate clothing.

 

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