• Brazil declares emergency after 2,400 babies are born with brain damage, possibly due to mosquito-bo
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[b]Brazil declares emergency after 2,400 babies are born with brain damage, possibly due to mosquito-borne virus[/b] Via [url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/to-your-health/wp/2015/12/23/brazil-declares-emergency-after-2400-babies-are-born-with-brain-damage-possibly-due-to-mosquito-borne-virus/]Washington Post[/url] ____________________ [quote][img]http://i.imgur.com/2xUhhTT.jpg[/img] [i]The aedes aegypti mosquito at an entomology laboratory in Fort-de-France, in the French overseas department of Martinique. Brazil's Health Ministry confirmed the connection between the growing of microcephaly cases in babies born in northeast Brazil and the Zika virus.[/i] - - - Brazilian health authorities are sounding the alarm about a mosquito-borne virus that they believe may be the cause of thousands of infants being born with damaged brains. The pathogen, known as Zika and first discovered in forest monkeys in Africa over 70 years ago, is the new West Nile -- a virus that causes mild symptoms in most but can lead to serious neurological complications or even death in others. Brazil's health ministry said on Nov. 28 that it had found the Zika virus in a baby with microcephaly — a rare condition in which infants are born with shrunken skulls — during an autopsy after the child died. The virus was also found in the amniotic fluid of two mothers whose babies had the condition. "This is an unprecedented situation, unprecedented in world scientific research," the ministry said in a statement on its website, according to CNN. Brazil is investigating more than more than 2,400 suspected cases of microcephaly and 29 deaths of infants that occurred this year. Last year the country saw only 147 cases of microcephaly. The situation in Brazil is so overwhelming that Angela Rocha, a pediatric infectious diseases specialist in Pernambuco, one of the hardest hit states, said in an interview with CNN that women may want to hold off on getting pregnant. "These are newborns who will require special attention their entire lives. It's an emotional stress that just can't be imagined...," Rocha said. "We're talking about a generation of babies that's going to be affected."[/quote] This is bad... :/
damn. chalk up another good reason to wipe out mosquitoes
This is a shame.
Seriously, people should be moved from Africa, and burn it all with napalm. God knows what other viruses lurk in those wild forests and just wait to go global.
[QUOTE=AntonioR;49379508]Seriously, people should be moved from Africa, and burn it all with napalm. God knows what other viruses lurk in those wild forests and just wait to go global.[/QUOTE] Brazil is in South America
[QUOTE=AntonioR;49379508]Seriously, people should be moved from Africa, and burn it all with napalm. God knows what other viruses lurk in those wild forests and just wait to go global.[/QUOTE] How do you manage to fuck up this badly?
Honest question, does this planet even need mosquito's?
[QUOTE=AntonioR;49379508]Seriously, people should be moved from Africa, and burn it all with napalm. God knows what other viruses lurk in those wild forests and just wait to go global.[/QUOTE] you know some of africa is really fucking nice lol
[QUOTE=Alec W;49379557]you know some of africa is really fucking nice lol[/QUOTE] Yeah, I really miss the rain down there.
[QUOTE=Sir Drone;49379541]Honest question, does this planet even need mosquito's?[/QUOTE] [QUOTE]Mosquitoes, no matter how much we dislike them, do indeed have an important role in the ecosystem. They are an important food source for a lot of other critters. Bats, swallows, dragonflies and spiders are obvious choices, but there are actually a whole lot of waterfowl and other birds that feed on the aquatic larvae.[/QUOTE] Bollocks
[QUOTE=archival;49379581]Bollocks[/QUOTE]It's a conspiracy by the mosquitos
[QUOTE=archival;49379581]Bollocks[/QUOTE] they can learn to eat something other than mosquitos, let's get with the purging
[QUOTE=mralexs;49379516]Brazil is in South America[/QUOTE] The article says the virus was first discovered in Africa. He's saying "Stuff that comes from Africa is scary and it's even scarier when it goes global (e.g. in Brazil)." Why do you think that he thinks Brazil is in Africa
[QUOTE=archival;49379581]Bollocks[/QUOTE] iirc there are only a few species of mosquitoes that actually feed on humans, and they could be wiped out with little impact on the biosphere don't quote me on that, though, i would source it but i am on mobile right now. if someone wants to back me up that'd be cool
[QUOTE=AntonioR;49379508]Seriously, people should be moved from Africa, and burn it all with napalm. God knows what other viruses lurk in those wild forests and just wait to go global.[/QUOTE] I don't think you're accurately imagining what it would be like if an entire continent was incinerated to the dirt.
[QUOTE=AntonioR;49379508]Seriously, people should be moved from Africa, and burn it all with napalm. God knows what other viruses lurk in those wild forests and just wait to go global.[/QUOTE] I think we're having enough problems with refugees without throwing in a whole continent extra, thanks.
Mosquitoes are the reason why I never kill spiders.
Sounds like the start to a plagues Inc game
[QUOTE=Exooodus;49379642]I don't think you're accurately imagining what it would be like if an entire continent was incinerated to the dirt.[/QUOTE] I tried to imagine an entire continent burning, and all I got was an erection. Is this bad?
Those retarded babies are going to cost a lot of money.
Copious bug zappers with carbon dioxide and water vapor, kill all the fuckers that come near.
[QUOTE=jimhowl33t;49381762]I tried to imagine an entire continent burning, and all I got was an erection. Is this bad?[/QUOTE] It certainly isn't good.
It's not brain damage. Or well, it is, but its actually caused by the anger of being bitten by a mosquito and not allowed to have a sound sleep. So mad you literaly blow a fuse. God I hate those bugs so fucking much....
Cant wait till we wipe out there species.
[QUOTE=AntonioR;49379508]Seriously, people should be moved from Africa, and burn it all with napalm. God knows what other viruses lurk in those wild forests and just wait to go global.[/QUOTE] Burn all of Africa with napalm? Is there even enough napalm in the world?
I recall there was a study by ecologists that exterminating mosquitoes would not actually harm the overall ecosystem, nothing depends on them. anything that eats mosquitoes can eat other stuff Edit: Yup, mosquitoes are useless (at least the kinds that bite humans) [url]http://www.nature.com/news/2010/100721/full/466432a.html[/url]
How would we even go about eliminating all mosquitoes? [editline]24th December 2015[/editline] [QUOTE=AntonioR;49379508]Seriously, people should be moved from Africa, and burn it all with napalm. God knows what other viruses lurk in those wild forests and just wait to go global.[/QUOTE] Obviously this isn't a serious proposal but calling for an entire continent of 1 billion people to be temporarily rehoused somewhere while their homes are destroyed is quite a contrast to [url=https://facepunch.com/showthread.php?t=1493400&p=49108457&highlight=#post49108457]your previous posts[/url]
[QUOTE=archival;49379581]Bollocks[/QUOTE] From what I understand their role is really limited and nothing actually feeds on them exclusively. We could actually exterminate mosquito's without any real large impact on any ecosystem. [editline]24th December 2015[/editline] [QUOTE=da space core;49382694]I recall there was a study by ecologists that exterminating mosquitoes would not actually harm the overall ecosystem, nothing depends on them. anything that eats mosquitoes can eat other stuff Edit: Yup, mosquitoes are useless (at least the kinds that bite humans) [url]http://www.nature.com/news/2010/100721/full/466432a.html[/url][/QUOTE] Yup, just as I remember.
[QUOTE=smurfy;49382735]How would we even go about eliminating all mosquitoes?[/QUOTE] well they have widespread (i guess?) campaigns about preventing them from spreading. since they lay their eggs in still water, people are encouraged not to leave buckets outside for too long, but then you get stuff like rich people leaving their beach houses unchecked for months which can result in infested pools, for example
[QUOTE=smurfy;49382735]How would we even go about eliminating all mosquitoes?[/QUOTE] Genetically modified mosquitoes that can't reproduce and like eating mosquito brains.
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