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posted by CoolHand on Saturday August 20 2016, @11:47AM   Printer-friendly
from the not-just-on-the-copacabana dept.

Zika is growing stronger in Miami, FL:

Mosquitoes have begun spreading the Zika virus in a second part of Miami — the popular tourist destination of Miami Beach — Florida officials announced Friday. As a result, the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention expanded its advice to travelers, advising pregnant women to avoid the parts of Miami Beach where the virus is spreading. In addition, women and men who have traveled to the area should wait at least eight weeks to try to get pregnant even if they didn't catch Zika during their visit.

The agency also went a step further, advising pregnant women and their sexual partners "who are concerned about potential Zika virus exposure" that they "may also consider postponing nonessential travel to all parts of Miami-Dade county." That decision to issue a warning about the entire city was prompted by the agency's concern that there may be other outbreaks in other parts of Miami-Dade that haven't been identified yet, CDC Director Thomas Frieden told reporters during a briefing.

From the Governor's office:

Today, Governor Rick Scott announced that the Florida Department of Health (DOH) has learned through one of their investigations that five individuals that have already been confirmed as cases of local transmissions of Zika are connected to the Miami Beach area. DOH believes that active transmission of this virus are only occurring in the area of Miami Beach between 8th and 28th streets (see map below). This is the second area that has been identified as a location where local transmission is occurring and is just under 1.5 square miles.

Release at the CDC.

Previously:
CDC: Up to 157 Pregnant Women in the U.S. Have Zika Virus
"High Likelihood" of Local Zika Virus Transmission in Florida
Quick Summary of Zika in the U.S.


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  • (Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday August 20 2016, @03:27PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday August 20 2016, @03:27PM (#390585)

    So nobody had heard of zika until about a year ago. Now, Puerto Rico alone is at significant risk of a 25% infection rate by the end of 2016. [wsj.com] In part due to global warming, the climate in the majority of mainland population centers makes them at risk for zika transmission. [cdc.gov]

    Meanwhile, it turns out that one of the most effective ways to reduce carbon usage is to stop breeding. [npr.org] Without going full hermit and living in a cave, any one american can reduce their carbon load by no more than 500 tons over their entire lifetime. But simply not having a child is 19x more effective at about 9,500 tons.

    We are on track to hitting a 2 degree increase in average temps by 2050 at the latest and that means tons of natural disasters that will make this week's Louisiana flooding look like a spring shower. At this rate, we'll hit a 4 degree increase by 2100. 4 degrees will make the world effectively uninhabitable for humans. We're talking worse than the most post-apocalyptic, mad-max style world wrecking. Zika scaring people into not having more kids may be the single most effective brake on unchecked carbon emissions.

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  • (Score: 2) by takyon on Saturday August 20 2016, @03:46PM

    by takyon (881) <reversethis-{gro ... s} {ta} {noykat}> on Saturday August 20 2016, @03:46PM (#390589) Journal

    The Earth has feedback loops capable of restoring the climate to its former state. There's no need to worry about global warming.

    Unfortunately, the main mechanism is that it kills all humans with superbugs. Teehee.

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