• Several NJ/NY residents tested positive for Chikungunya virus
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[quote]TRENTON, N.J. (WABC) -- Twenty-five New Jersey residents have tested positive for the chikungunya virus, according to the state health department. The mosquito-borne virus has spread through the Caribbean, and the first two cases in the United Stated were reported last week in Florida. Bergen County reported the most cases with six, while Hudson and Passaic had three each. Health officials said the virus is not contagious from person to person, is typically not life threatening and will likely resolve on its own.[/quote] Sources: [url]http://7online.com/uncategorized/20-...-virus/226084/[/url] [url]http://njtoday.net/2014/07/29/25-new...ungunya-virus/[/url] [quote]LONG ISLAND, N.Y. (PIX11) – The same insect that brought us the West Nile Virus is infecting people with a relatively new and painful illness. It’s called Chikungunya fever, and it’s carried by recent travelers to the Caribbean where the virus is spreading at an alarming rate. The mosquito-borne infection has surfaced in states across the country, including New York, which according to Senator Chuck Schumer’s office, has 30 confirmed cases. Three patients in the past six weeks were treated by Dr. David Hirschwerk, an infectious diseases specialist at North Shore University Hospital in Manhasset, Long Island.[/quote] Sources: [url]http://pix11.com/2014/07/23/mosquito...d-long-island/[/url] [url]http://pix11.com/2014/07/29/confirme...rk-new-jersey/[/url] So what the [url=http://www.cdc.gov/chikungunya/index.html]Chikungunya virus does according to the CDC[/url] is cause "fever and joint pain ... headache, muscle pain, joint swelling, or rash" with no cure or vaccine for it so far.
when i first looked at the title i thought it said chihuahua
Some good news about Chikungunya: It is usually non-lethal, although symptoms can become severe. The most at-risk are small children, the elderly, and those with compromised immune systems. Symptoms usually last 3-7 days. Once you've had it, you develop resistance to subsequent infections. Most people never get it again. All that's from the CDC link in the OP. Doesn't sound nearly as bad as West Nile, honestly.
RIP Nikko, the Southern New Yorker
[QUOTE=TehAgentGuy;45540773] So what the [url=http://www.cdc.gov/chikungunya/index.html]Chikungunya virus does according to the CDC[/url] is cause "fever and joint pain ... headache, muscle pain, joint swelling, or rash" with no cure or vaccine for it so far.[/QUOTE] Well, getting it means you can't get it again. So it's in a way its own vaccine
Mosquitos are the most selfish animals. Goddamn think of the consequences of your actions you flying bastards.
[QUOTE=woolio1;45540798]Some good news about Chikungunya: It is usually non-lethal, although symptoms can become severe. The most at-risk are small children, the elderly, and those with compromised immune systems. Symptoms usually last 3-7 days. Once you've had it, you develop resistance to subsequent infections. Most people never get it again. All that's from the CDC link in the OP. Doesn't sound nearly as bad as West Nile, honestly.[/QUOTE]It doesn't just spread mosquito to people, it spreads from people to people. [editline]30th July 2014[/editline] [QUOTE=Liem;45541039]Well, getting it means you can't get it again. So it's in a way its own vaccine[/QUOTE]Immune system acts like this with most diseases caused by pathogens. A vaccine is to replicate this behavior without actually having you be sick beforehand.
[QUOTE=LegndNikko;45541020]RIP Nikko, the Southern New Yorker[/QUOTE] Ill make sure you get a viking funeral
[QUOTE=Propane Addict;45542323]Mosquitos are the most selfish animals. Goddamn think of the consequences of your actions you flying bastards.[/QUOTE] Mosquitos are scum. If it weren't for the fact that a bunch of cool animals feed off of them, I'd be all for their complete eradication. As things are, removal of select species that carry dangerous diseases is the way to go. That's what we've been trying to do for years with [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aedes_aegypti"]Aedes aegypti[/URL], the species that carries Yellow and Dengue fever, as well as Chikungunya
Man this year is just downed aircraft and diseases
[QUOTE=Lizzrd;45542583]It doesn't just spread mosquito to people, it spreads from people to people[/QUOTE] [Quote]Health officials said the virus is not contagious from person to person[/quote] ?
[QUOTE=Str4fe;45542669]?[/QUOTE] That's what [I]they[/I] [B]want[/B] you to think! :tinfoil:
[QUOTE=Str4fe;45542669]?[/QUOTE] [url]http://www.webmd.com/news/20140617/chikungunya-virus-questions-answers[/url] [url]http://wwwnc.cdc.gov/travel/yellowbook/2014/chapter-3-infectious-diseases-related-to-travel/chikungunya[/url] A bit confusing all in all. I'm no virologist, someone else figure this one out.
Such is life in New Jersey. Our Lord and Savior Chris Christie will stop the epidemic before it spreads further.
[QUOTE=Doneeh;45544540]Such is life in The Zone.[/QUOTE] FTFY Fucking ford dumping paint 'n shit giving everyone cancer. Fucking mountain men inspire a [URL="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1206543/"]certain movie[/URL]. Fucking hurricanes. Fucking roads eaten through by salt and ice.
[QUOTE=Psychokitten;45542648]Mosquitos are scum. If it weren't for the fact that a bunch of cool animals feed off of them, I'd be all for their complete eradication. As things are, removal of select species that carry dangerous diseases is the way to go. That's what we've been trying to do for years with [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aedes_aegypti"]Aedes aegypti[/URL], the species that carries Yellow and Dengue fever, as well as Chikungunya[/QUOTE] I thought it was the commonly held (scientific) opinion that mosquitoes serve no purpose in the ecosystem?
[QUOTE=Jsm;45545097]I thought it was the commonly held (scientific) opinion that mosquitoes serve no purpose in the ecosystem?[/QUOTE] Certain types of mosquitos - there's plenty non bloodsucking mosquitos than can fill the niche of the bloodsucking ones.
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