Dänk 42Ø
2016-09-15 23:58:42 UTC
http://www.marca.com/en/olympic-
games/2016/08/24/57bdace7468aeba4188b458b.html
Not a single case of Zika virus was recorded during the Olympic Games in
Rio de Janeiro despite what Brazilian authorities describe as the alarmist
predictions of health agencies. The city's mayor Eduardo Paes revealed
that not one of the 8,651 people who visited public hospitals and health
centres during the Olympics, including 2,133 foreigners, had symptoms of
Zika.
Zika is now being considered an STD by heath authorities, and men andgames/2016/08/24/57bdace7468aeba4188b458b.html
Not a single case of Zika virus was recorded during the Olympic Games in
Rio de Janeiro despite what Brazilian authorities describe as the alarmist
predictions of health agencies. The city's mayor Eduardo Paes revealed
that not one of the 8,651 people who visited public hospitals and health
centres during the Olympics, including 2,133 foreigners, had symptoms of
Zika.
women -- even those who show mild or no symptoms -- can transmit it to
each other. How long women are infectious is still unknown, but the
virus has been found to persist in semen for at least six months.
So while Zika may have started out as a mosquito-borne virus, this
international event may be the beginning of a worldwide epidemic. Like
HIV, initial symptoms are often unnoticeable, meaning the virus has a
chance to spread far and wide before any realizes what's happening.
Zika, originally thought to only cause birth defects, is now causing
permanent neurological symptoms in adults. People are complaining of
joint pain, loss of motor control, and more.
Still, I agree that the USA should contribute to containing the outbreak
only if other countries chip in. Whenever a deadly outbreak of Ebola,
etc. breaks out, it is our CDC that gets called in to fight it, and it
is our taxpayers who pay for it.