Ebola and Infectious diseases, Food and Drugs, Recalls #4

Message boards : Politics : Ebola and Infectious diseases, Food and Drugs, Recalls #4
Message board moderation

To post messages, you must log in.

Previous · 1 . . . 10 · 11 · 12 · 13 · 14 · 15 · 16 . . . 31 · Next

AuthorMessage
Darth Beaver Crowdfunding Project Donor*Special Project $75 donorSpecial Project $250 donor
Avatar

Send message
Joined: 20 Aug 99
Posts: 6728
Credit: 21,443,075
RAC: 3
Australia
Message 1809785 - Posted: 17 Aug 2016, 1:39:02 UTC - in response to Message 1809550.  
Last modified: 17 Aug 2016, 1:42:00 UTC

Which is fine and dandy for that type of mozzie. However the USA also has https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aedes_albopictus which also carries Zika and other nasties.
Source: http://www.cdc.gov/zika/vector/range.html


Please read your source carefully and try not to be Alarmist

Aedes albopictus
A female Aedes albopictus mosquito feeding on a human host
•These mosquitoes live tropical, subtropical, and temperate climates, but can live in a broader temperature range and at cooler temperatures than Aedes aegypti.
Because these mosquitoes feed on animalsas well as people, they are less likely to spread viruses like Zika, dengue, chikungunya and other viruses.


Australia also has many types of mozzies

Aedeomyia catasticta Ad. venustipes Aedes aculeatus Ae. alboannulatus Ae. albopictus
Ae. alternans Ae. australis Ae. bancroftianus Ae. biocellatus Ae. burpengaryensis
Ae. camptorhynchus Ae. dobrotworskyi Ae. eidsvoldensis Ae. flavifrons Ae. funereus
Ae. gahnicola Ae. imperfectus Ae. kochi Ae. lineatopennis Ae. mallochi
Ae. multiplex Ae. nivalis Ae. normanensis Ae. notoscriptus Ae. palmarum
Ae. procax Ae. purpureus Ae. ratcliffei Ae. rubrithorax Ae. rupestris
Ae. sagax Ae. scutellaris Ae. theobaldi Ae. tremulus Ae. turneri
Ae. vigilax Ae. vittiger Ae. wattensis Ae. sp. Marks' no. 51 Ae. sp. Marks’ no. 52
Anopheles amictus An. annulipes An. atratipes An. bancroftii An. farauti
An. hilli An. meraukensis An. novaguinensis An. pseudostigmaticus An. punctulatus
An. stigmaticus Coquillettidia linealis Cq. variegata Cq. xanthogaster Culex annulirostris
Cx. australicus Cx. bitaeniorhynchus Cx. cylindricus Cx. edwardsi Cx. fergusoni
Cx. globocoxitus Cx. halifaxii Cx. molestus Cx. orbostiensis Cx. palpalis
Cx. postspiraculosus Cx.pseudomelanoconia Cx. quinquefasciatus Cx. sitiens Cx. squamosus
Cx. sp. Marks’ no. 32 Culiseta antipodea Cs. inconspicua Cs. weindorferi Mansonia uniformis
Mimomyia elegans Toxorhynchites speciosus Tripteroides atripes Tp. magnesiana Tp. marksae
Tp. tasmaniensis Uranotaenia lateralis Ur. pygmaea


But it's only 1 that's causing the problem trials are on going with others and this is a new type of treatment first trial was aprox 18 months ago
ID: 1809785 · Report as offensive
Profile Gary Charpentier Crowdfunding Project Donor*Special Project $75 donorSpecial Project $250 donor
Volunteer tester
Avatar

Send message
Joined: 25 Dec 00
Posts: 30608
Credit: 53,134,872
RAC: 32
United States
Message 1809808 - Posted: 17 Aug 2016, 3:54:55 UTC - in response to Message 1809785.  

Please read your source carefully and try not to be Alarmist

Please do so yourself next time you post about AGW

It lives in the USA and transmits. Just because it isn't "the worst" case doesn't mean it can be swept under the rug.
ID: 1809808 · Report as offensive
Darth Beaver Crowdfunding Project Donor*Special Project $75 donorSpecial Project $250 donor
Avatar

Send message
Joined: 20 Aug 99
Posts: 6728
Credit: 21,443,075
RAC: 3
Australia
Message 1809810 - Posted: 17 Aug 2016, 4:29:49 UTC - in response to Message 1809808.  
Last modified: 17 Aug 2016, 4:43:24 UTC

Gary I'm not American ...AGW ??? It lives in the USA and transmits.????

You American tend to abbreviate to many things so please explain for us dummy's .

If your talking about the type of mozzie we also have that species in ozz as well as many others .

Your a smart man so please read up on the Wallaby bacteria and you will get a idea just how different it is to a vaccine and why I believe it is vastly superior to them . It will not matter the type of mozzie if we use this tecH correctly

But the real threat is from the Drug company's peddalling B/S so they can keep getting research money for something that at best only works for a few years a vaccine .

malaria is a good example where antibiotics and vaccines have had little to no effect on stopping the spread and infection of it . It also has become resistant to said treatments .

Edit: It's also (Malaria) a cash cow for the Drug Company's and has been for decades in the Tropics
ID: 1809810 · Report as offensive
Profile Gary Charpentier Crowdfunding Project Donor*Special Project $75 donorSpecial Project $250 donor
Volunteer tester
Avatar

Send message
Joined: 25 Dec 00
Posts: 30608
Credit: 53,134,872
RAC: 32
United States
Message 1809817 - Posted: 17 Aug 2016, 5:05:54 UTC - in response to Message 1809810.  

Gary I'm not American
That's obvious so why do you persist in telling Americans what to do and how great your country and people are?

...AGW ???

AGW is a subject you post passionately about. I'm sure a cut and paste into Google or whatever your favorite search engine is would lead you to the answer.
https://www.google.com/search?q=agw&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8

It lives in the USA and transmits.????

If your talking about the type of mozzie we also have that species in ozz as well as many others .

Your a smart man so please read up on the Wallaby bacteria and you will get a idea just how different it is to a vaccine and why I believe it is vastly superior to them . It will not matter the type of mozzie if we use this tecH correctly

Wallaby bacteria? That would be an AGW subject. Did you mean Wolbachia?

The USA has a few mozzie's that transmit some nasty things too
https://www.cdc.gov/westnile/resources/pdfs/mosquitospecies1999-2012.pdf
Not all of them are going to be controlled the same way. Not all may be able to be controlled with an infection. So you still need a vaccine and antivirals to control. There is no eliminate as long as the planet has anti vaxxers.
ID: 1809817 · Report as offensive
Darth Beaver Crowdfunding Project Donor*Special Project $75 donorSpecial Project $250 donor
Avatar

Send message
Joined: 20 Aug 99
Posts: 6728
Credit: 21,443,075
RAC: 3
Australia
Message 1809823 - Posted: 17 Aug 2016, 6:05:13 UTC - in response to Message 1809817.  

Unread Message 1809817 - Posted: 17 Aug 2016, 5:05:54 UTC - in response to Message 1809810.


Gary I'm not American
That's obvious so why do you persist in telling Americans what to do and how great your country and people are?


...AGW ???

AGW is a subject you post passionately about. I'm sure a cut and paste into Google or whatever your favorite search engine is would lead you to the answer.
https://www.google.com/search?q=agw&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8


It lives in the USA and transmits.????

If your talking about the type of mozzie we also have that species in ozz as well as many others .

Your a smart man so please read up on the Wallaby bacteria and you will get a idea just how different it is to a vaccine and why I believe it is vastly superior to them . It will not matter the type of mozzie if we use this tecH correctly

Wallaby bacteria? That would be an AGW subject. Did you mean Wolbachia?

The USA has a few mozzie's that transmit some nasty things too
https://www.cdc.gov/westnile/resources/pdfs/mosquitospecies1999-2012.pdf
Not all of them are going to be controlled the same way. Not all may be able to be controlled with an infection. So you still need a vaccine and antivirals to control. There is no eliminate as long as the planet has anti vaxxers.


Why off cause I meant Wolbachia .

I would not know about the disease in your country however I'm talking about only the ones where it is working or shows good promise of working

As for the vaccines . A vaccine for Chikungunya is useless for Zika ...NO !!

Same thing with antivirals for the same illness

However if they stall just a bit then low and behold there suddenly be a whole new market for the antivirals for Zika and Dengue

Or am I being paranoid again ?

And to not even try and see if Wolbachia works ! well as another says , Fill in the blanks !

Gary I here on the news Blah , Blah Florida and just think wow even the Brazilians get it but the States . Not my country is better just what the hell is wrong with America As Kong stated it's based on science you lot started and you have illnesses we don't so can research what we can't here not stall bicker and argue over who is better but ..

Gets on board and help out and own your cures
ID: 1809823 · Report as offensive
Profile Lynn Special Project $75 donor
Volunteer tester
Avatar

Send message
Joined: 20 Nov 00
Posts: 14162
Credit: 79,603,650
RAC: 123
United States
Message 1809948 - Posted: 17 Aug 2016, 18:06:04 UTC - in response to Message 1809823.  

NPR.

Florida Keys Opposition Stalls Tests Of Genetically Altered Mosquitoes

The fight against the Zika virus has a new weapon: the genetically engineered mosquito. It's recently been approved by federal regulators and may soon be available in parts of the U.S. that are confronting the virus, like Puerto Rico and Miami.

The Florida Keys do not have a Zika problem at the moment, but on Aug. 5 the Food and Drug Administration approved trial releases of these mosquitoes in the Keys.

http://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2016/08/17/490313999/opposition-in-florida-puts-tests-of-genetically-altered-mosquitoes-on-hold
ID: 1809948 · Report as offensive
Profile Lynn Special Project $75 donor
Volunteer tester
Avatar

Send message
Joined: 20 Nov 00
Posts: 14162
Credit: 79,603,650
RAC: 123
United States
Message 1809950 - Posted: 17 Aug 2016, 18:07:40 UTC - in response to Message 1809948.  

Malaria Might Help Some People Survive Ebola

Virologists cleaning up after the Ebola epidemic in West Africa say they've discovered something surprising and promising: People who had malaria when they caught Ebola were more likely to survive the deadly infection.

People infected with malaria when they caught Ebola were, on average, 20 percent less likely to die from their Ebola infections, the National Institutes of Health team reported.

http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/ebola-virus-outbreak/malaria-might-help-some-people-survive-ebola-n631966
ID: 1809950 · Report as offensive
Mark Stevenson Crowdfunding Project Donor*Special Project $75 donorSpecial Project $250 donor
Volunteer tester
Avatar

Send message
Joined: 8 Sep 11
Posts: 1736
Credit: 174,899,165
RAC: 91
United Kingdom
Message 1810146 - Posted: 18 Aug 2016, 14:39:34 UTC

Ebola nurse faces disciplinary action


This story about Ebola nurce Paulins Cafferkey has jsst broken , if it's true she's a stuip woman !

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-37121505
Life is what you make of it :-)

When i'm good i'm very good , but when i'm bad i'm shi#eloads better ;-) In't I " buttercups " p.m.s.l at authoritie !!;-)
ID: 1810146 · Report as offensive
Profile Lynn Special Project $75 donor
Volunteer tester
Avatar

Send message
Joined: 20 Nov 00
Posts: 14162
Credit: 79,603,650
RAC: 123
United States
Message 1810184 - Posted: 18 Aug 2016, 18:01:21 UTC - in response to Message 1810146.  

Just a study.

Zika can infect adult brain cells, not just fetal cells, study suggests

The more researchers learn about the Zika virus, the worse it seems.

A growing body of research has established that the virus can cause severe birth defects — most notably microcephaly, a condition characterized by an abnormally small head and often incomplete brain development. The virus also has been linked to cases of Guillain-Barre syndrome in adults, a rare autoimmune disorder that can result in paralysis and even death.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/to-your-health/wp/2016/08/18/zika-can-infect-adult-brain-cells-not-just-fetal-cells/
ID: 1810184 · Report as offensive
Profile Lynn Special Project $75 donor
Volunteer tester
Avatar

Send message
Joined: 20 Nov 00
Posts: 14162
Credit: 79,603,650
RAC: 123
United States
Message 1810441 - Posted: 19 Aug 2016, 18:04:45 UTC - in response to Message 1810184.  

Florida health officials had earlier denied reports that Zika was spreading locally in Miami Beach. The local spread — meaning none of those infected had traveled to Zika-affected regions — strongly suggests that mosquitoes in the area have become infected with the virus and are biting people and spreading it.

http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/zika-virus-outbreak/zika-infects-5-miami-beach-governor-rick-scott-says-n634491
ID: 1810441 · Report as offensive
Profile Lynn Special Project $75 donor
Volunteer tester
Avatar

Send message
Joined: 20 Nov 00
Posts: 14162
Credit: 79,603,650
RAC: 123
United States
Message 1810789 - Posted: 20 Aug 2016, 18:31:12 UTC - in response to Message 1810441.  

A new type of head lice that has shown to be resistant to the usual forms of treatment have been discovered in infestations recorded in 48 states, according to researchers, giving parents something else to think about as the school year gets underway.

How do you find, treat, avoid the new 'super lice'?


http://www.ajc.com/news/news/national/how-do-you-find-treat-avoid-new-super-lice/nsJhc/
ID: 1810789 · Report as offensive
Darth Beaver Crowdfunding Project Donor*Special Project $75 donorSpecial Project $250 donor
Avatar

Send message
Joined: 20 Aug 99
Posts: 6728
Credit: 21,443,075
RAC: 3
Australia
Message 1810853 - Posted: 20 Aug 2016, 22:51:30 UTC - in response to Message 1810789.  

A new type of head lice that has shown to be resistant to the usual forms of treatment have been discovered in infestations recorded in 48 states, according to researchers, giving parents something else to think about as the school year gets underway.


NEWS FLASH

"Good news for the local hair dressing trade as people are forced to march there children down to the hair dresser to have there heads shaved to combat Super Lice . The work load is so heavy there is a boom in apprenticeships . Youth unemployment has vastly improved and all thanks to the new Super Lice ,"

News Flash

Donald Trumps takes credit for new Super Lice and the sudden boom in youth employment his quote " I told you all to trust me I will fix all problems . I had one of my Company's develop this Super Lice so we can get the country moving and get our youth back to work "
ID: 1810853 · Report as offensive
Profile Lynn Special Project $75 donor
Volunteer tester
Avatar

Send message
Joined: 20 Nov 00
Posts: 14162
Credit: 79,603,650
RAC: 123
United States
Message 1811081 - Posted: 21 Aug 2016, 18:08:08 UTC - in response to Message 1810853.  

NIH official: Don’t expect ‘broad’ Zika outbreak despite Florida cases; disease could hang around

The National Institutes of Health’s director of infectious diseases said Sunday he still doesn’t expect widespread transmission of the Zika virus in the continental U.S., though states like Louisiana and Texas should brace themselves for the type of small, mosquito-borne outbreaks that have struck South Florida.

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/aug/21/nih-official-dont-expect-broad-zika-outbreak-despi/
ID: 1811081 · Report as offensive
Profile Lynn Special Project $75 donor
Volunteer tester
Avatar

Send message
Joined: 20 Nov 00
Posts: 14162
Credit: 79,603,650
RAC: 123
United States
Message 1811082 - Posted: 21 Aug 2016, 18:09:17 UTC - in response to Message 1811081.  

Zika may damage brain cells in adults, say scientists

WASHINGTON, DC, United States (Xinhua) — The Zika virus is known to cause microcephaly and other brain abnormalities in developing foetuses, but new research in mice out last Thursday showed that adult brain cells critical to learning and memory may be vulnerable to infection as well.

http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/news/Zika-may-damage-brain-cells-in-adults--say-scientists_71223
ID: 1811082 · Report as offensive
Profile Lynn Special Project $75 donor
Volunteer tester
Avatar

Send message
Joined: 20 Nov 00
Posts: 14162
Credit: 79,603,650
RAC: 123
United States
Message 1811083 - Posted: 21 Aug 2016, 18:10:24 UTC - in response to Message 1811082.  

Greece bans blood donations in 12 districts over malaria - reports

Twelve districts of Greece have banned blood donations because of malaria, with four cases this year contracted domestically, local media report.

In the 61 other cases recorded, the sufferers became infected on the Indian subcontinent and African states, where the disease is endemic.

The districts affected stretch from the Peloponnese to Thessaloniki.

Domestic cases were first reported four years ago - nearly four decades after the disease was wiped out in Greece.

Budget cuts saw municipal spraying schemes to combat mosquito-borne diseases being cut back.

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-37148958
ID: 1811083 · Report as offensive
Profile janneseti
Avatar

Send message
Joined: 14 Oct 09
Posts: 14106
Credit: 655,366
RAC: 0
Sweden
Message 1811123 - Posted: 21 Aug 2016, 20:52:11 UTC - in response to Message 1811083.  

Not only Zika but Malaria as well!
Could it be related to global warming and when mosquitos thrives in a warmer and more humid climate?
Silly me. Of course it is.
The last case of malaria in Sweden occurred in 1933 and before that it was a rather common disease.
ID: 1811123 · Report as offensive
Profile Lynn Special Project $75 donor
Volunteer tester
Avatar

Send message
Joined: 20 Nov 00
Posts: 14162
Credit: 79,603,650
RAC: 123
United States
Message 1811450 - Posted: 22 Aug 2016, 17:56:04 UTC - in response to Message 1811123.  

:-(

R.I.P.

Smallpox eradication 'giant' Donald Henderson dies at 87


US doctor and epidemiologist Donald Henderson, who led a successful campaign to wipe out smallpox worldwide, has died at the age of 87.

Hailed as a "giant" in the field of public health for his work in the 1960s and 70s, Henderson died of complications after breaking a hip.

One of the world's deadliest diseases, smallpox killed hundreds of millions of people in the last century alone.

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-37149900
ID: 1811450 · Report as offensive
Profile Lynn Special Project $75 donor
Volunteer tester
Avatar

Send message
Joined: 20 Nov 00
Posts: 14162
Credit: 79,603,650
RAC: 123
United States
Message 1811456 - Posted: 22 Aug 2016, 18:07:01 UTC - in response to Message 1811450.  

As globe-threatening yellow fever epidemic explodes in Congo, people ask ‘where is the vaccine?’

KINSHASA, Congo — Here in Kinshasa, they’re using bug spray to repel a pandemic.

At first glance, it looks like a bloody ambush on civilians: Dozens in uniform are storming into a bustling marketplace bearing on their shoulders what look like bazookas.



https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2016/08/22/as-congos-globe-threatening-yellow-fever-pandemic-explodes-they-ask-where-is-the-vaccine/
ID: 1811456 · Report as offensive
Darth Beaver Crowdfunding Project Donor*Special Project $75 donorSpecial Project $250 donor
Avatar

Send message
Joined: 20 Aug 99
Posts: 6728
Credit: 21,443,075
RAC: 3
Australia
Message 1811680 - Posted: 23 Aug 2016, 2:56:31 UTC

I hope it doesn't come here I people aren't vaccinated here for yellow fever so someone better start making another 22 mil doses just in case it does come here .
ID: 1811680 · Report as offensive
Profile Lynn Special Project $75 donor
Volunteer tester
Avatar

Send message
Joined: 20 Nov 00
Posts: 14162
Credit: 79,603,650
RAC: 123
United States
Message 1811915 - Posted: 23 Aug 2016, 22:05:23 UTC - in response to Message 1811680.  

Florida announces Zika case hundreds of miles from Miami

Florida officials on Tuesday announced the first case of Zika transmitted by mosquitoes in Pinellas County, located some 265 miles (425 km) from Miami, where the first locally transmitted U.S. cases were reported.

Steve Huard, acting spokesman for Florida Department of Health in Pinellas County, said the case involves a woman without a significant travel history, indicating the virus was contracted locally.

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-zika-florida-idUSKCN10Y1OO
ID: 1811915 · Report as offensive
Previous · 1 . . . 10 · 11 · 12 · 13 · 14 · 15 · 16 . . . 31 · Next

Message boards : Politics : Ebola and Infectious diseases, Food and Drugs, Recalls #4


 
©2024 University of California
 
SETI@home and Astropulse are funded by grants from the National Science Foundation, NASA, and donations from SETI@home volunteers. AstroPulse is funded in part by the NSF through grant AST-0307956.