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deerlady83Stassa Edwards
1/17/16 12:39pm
Another reason to be afraid of skeeters besides I develop hives when they bite me.
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  NewPhoneWhoDis(SantaClausa)deerlady83
  1/17/16 12:48pm
  When they bite me, the bump turns purple and lasts for months! I still have the outline of a mosquito bite on my leg from August. It's ridic.
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  AllieCat ❤️'S hats on cats-is probable weirdodeerlady83
  1/17/16 12:52pm
  Move to LA! It’s magical to live in a land where Mosquitos don’t exist.
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dermeisterStassa Edwards
1/17/16 12:32pm
Can anyone provide evidence that mosquitos do anything useful other than spread horrible diseases and at the least annoy everyone?
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  Ladyheatherlee 2016 Editiondermeister
  1/17/16 12:46pm
  Seriously. The WORST. The only creature on earth that I actually enjoy killing.
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  VonQuesodermeister
  1/17/16 1:01pm
  
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SqarrStassa Edwards
1/17/16 12:24pm
Zika can cause microcephaly, a serious birth defect in which a baby is born with a small head and, often times, brain damage.

Fuck me, that’s horrible.
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  Jan74Sqarr
  1/17/16 2:18pm
  There is a vaccine now on trial though. If it goes well, in a couple of months it will be given to all fertile age women here in Brazil.
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  SqarrJan74
  1/17/16 2:21pm
  Thank fuck for that!
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Brene BrawnStassa Edwards
1/17/16 12:24pm
Sending all the love to that mama in Hawaii. There is so much pressure and guilt with parenting— I can't imagine the heartbreak she is feeling.
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  spotofluffBrene Brawn
  1/17/16 1:46pm
  So terrible. I can’t imagine how many times she will think “if only I hadn’t...”
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  FdgarrettBrene Brawn
  1/17/16 11:15pm
  My son has Microcephaly and all the severe, lifelong disabilities that go with it. His was due to birth hypoxia & it wasn’t anything I did wrong but it doesn’t matter. He’s 8 years old now and there are very few days that go by where I’m not thinking about how I should have known the doctor/hospital were botching his delivery & if I had just spoken up more maybe he would be able to walk and talk and eat and do all the normal things he’ll never be able to do. I hate seeing this in the news because I know it means there will be babies and new parents (entire families) suffering like we have.
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meronymeStassa Edwards
1/17/16 1:39pm
We’ve had a lot of success with planting citronella plants around our doors. Lemon Balm is also supposed to work. My dad works outside a lot and keeps those little OFF! clip-ons on him at all times. We live in Louisiana and there is always the threat of West Nile here, so we like to stay vigilant. Also, as I commented in another reply, Purell or GermX, applied to bites, takes the sting and itch right out.
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  JuneBugmeronyme
  1/17/16 1:44pm
  Are citronella plants a hardy plant? Because I have a hard enough time keeping hostas alive.
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  The Vaccinator, RNmeronyme
  1/17/16 11:58pm
  I hadn’t thought of that! What plants do you have?
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MalcireStassa Edwards
1/17/16 2:37pm
“including Puerto Rico”

So the CDC doesn’t understand the Puerto Rico is part of the US?
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  A Small TurnipMalcire
  1/17/16 8:58pm
  They do. If you read the CDC’s report, they clearly address Puerto Rico’s potential risks separately from their articles on the Zika virus in Central America, South America and Mexico. The New York Times explicitly refers to Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands as US territories in its article. Probably not a good idea to take a line from Jezebel and assume that it’s quoted directly from the source.
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  MalcireA Small Turnip
  1/17/16 9:20pm
  Fair point. And thanks for the clarification.
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Das, evil rabbit and obnoxious (half)germanStassa Edwards
1/17/16 1:52pm
This particular epidemic may have started in May, but the Zika virus itself didn’t first appear then; it’s been in Brazil for hundreds of years. It came over with the first slave ships from Africa.

We’ll be seeing more and more epidemics like this as climate change gets worse. In Brazil there have been both huge rains (leading to giant pools of standing water) and droughts (leading people who don’t have reliable access to clean running water to store fresh water in open containers, which is why the police are going door-to-door searching for jars and buckets of standing water). The mosquitoes which carry the virus are thriving now thanks to this.
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  accordingtoDas, evil rabbit and obnoxious (half)german
  1/17/16 6:00pm
  I hope the police are armed with those anti-mosquito tablets they toss in water treatment ponds?
  
  who am I kidding, of course they aren’t….
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  Abyss_accordingto
  1/17/16 10:24pm
  Depends. Are they cheaper than bullets?
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Tammy2Stassa Edwards
1/17/16 1:18pm
Damn, cruise lines must be shitting themselves. You can't cruise in the third trimester I believe, but they regularly touch almost all of these places. Why would anyone really want to take the risk?
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  Set Fire to the Room--do it now (fiends NOT friends)Tammy2
  1/17/16 1:41pm
  The Brazilian economy as a whole, really. The Rio Olympics start in 200 days. Obviously the Games themselves are so far down on the list of priorities that they’re almost not worth talking about, but the economic consequences of the disease itself and the travel warning on top of it, coupled with Games. . . what a disaster Brazil.
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The Vaccinator, RNStassa Edwards
1/17/16 11:56pm
Well that is pretty awful. Hopefully there’ll be a vaccine soon and hopefully people can keep the mozzies away. In other mozzie news, at least we’ll be getting a Dengue Fever vaccine soon.

Protect yourself against mosquito bites when in dengue-prone areas. Suggestions include:

Avoid outdoor activity, particularly around dusk and dawn when mosquitoes are most active.

Wear socks, long pants and long-sleeved shirts when outdoors.

Wear mosquito repellent that contains the active constituents DEET (N,N-Diethyl-m-toluamide) or picaridin. Reapply regularly and make sure you follow directions for safe use on the label. Safe during pregnancy.

Apply a product, such as permethrin, to your clothes or bedding.

Use a bed net.

Stay in air-conditioned accommodation with flyscreens on the windows.
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You are not approvedStassa Edwards
1/17/16 7:11pm
Yup, Latin America and the Caribbean, one big homogeneous country, with no differences or borders or different countries or climates or governments. Or people or cultures or anything for that matter.

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  A Small TurnipYou are not approved
  1/17/16 9:14pm
  The CDC has issued separate (and independently updated) reports on the Zika outbreak in Central America, South America, the Caribbean and the commonwealth of Puerto Rico. They’ve provided specific travel advisories for folks to read depending on where they are (or where they’re headed). This is not being handled monolithically.
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  You are not approvedA Small Turnip
  1/17/16 10:22pm
  you’re right. Read the headline and got annoyed ahead of time like pavlov’s dog. Silly me used to ‘murican sillyness.
  
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