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duz posted:Amusingly that wouldn't actually be that bad in developing countries. The upsides of ddt outweighs the negatives there. Oh, I most definitely agree. DDT's super effective against mosquitos and it's retarded that it's banned in a lot of places.
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Yeah, DDT is pretty good and it wouldn't have been such a huge issue if people were using it for legitimate pest control instead of going insane and spraying it all over fruit crops and poo poo, to the point where it could have very negative side effects on the environment. I don't think DDT use to kill mosquitoes was ever an issue.
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# ? Feb 2, 2016 20:58 |
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DDT's should definitely be allowed in Olympic Wrestling.
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# ? Feb 2, 2016 21:17 |
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Confirmed case in Texas.
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# ? Feb 3, 2016 00:28 |
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...a sexually communicable disease that causes birth defects? That's just hosed up, nature
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Iowa Snow King posted:...a sexually communicable disease that causes birth defects? Probably at the worst possible time too, unless the effects of the virus in those first couple weeks of pregnancy just cause the embryo to become non-viable.
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Iowa Snow King posted:...a sexually communicable disease that causes birth defects? If God really exists, he has a sick, sick sense of humor.
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Yardbomb posted:So it's unanimous, we cleanse the world of mosquitoes, gently caress em. I'm on board with this proposition.
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# ? Feb 3, 2016 02:38 |
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Children of Men is a documentary.
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# ? Feb 3, 2016 03:28 |
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Iowa Snow King posted:...a sexually communicable disease that causes birth defects? It gets better http://time.com/7554/a-brief-history-of-sex-at-the-olympics/ http://espn.go.com/olympics/summer/2012/story/_/id/8133052/athletes-spill-details-dirty-secrets-olympic-village-espn-magazine Everythings coming up Milhouse for Brazil
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Isn't very possible that the kids being born with these underdeveloped brains are the result of outside environmental factors? Haven't the births of these children been localized in Brazil? Can we safely say it's not just something in the water? I mean before now it didn't look like Zika had been connected to these types of defects.
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sparatuvs posted:Isn't very possible that the kids being born with these underdeveloped brains are the result of outside environmental factors? Haven't the births of these children been localized in Brazil? Can we safely say it's not just something in the water? I mean before now it didn't look like Zika had been connected to these types of defects. Last year Brazil's total number of babies with microphaly was 300. This month the number is 3000 and all but 10 had the Zika virus. It's a pretty strong correlation. quote:Can you bring me up to date on what is going on there?
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sparatuvs posted:Isn't very possible that the kids being born with these underdeveloped brains are the result of outside environmental factors? Haven't the births of these children been localized in Brazil? Can we safely say it's not just something in the water? I mean before now it didn't look like Zika had been connected to these types of defects. It may be more complicated than Zika infection during pregnancy -> fetus born with small head, however, there is a statistically significant enough correlation as to imply that a causative relation could exist, therefore additional research is required in order to establish whether a causative relation exists.
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quote:Brazil president Dilma Rousseff’s chief of staff Jaques Wagner addressed the concerns Monday, telling reporters there was no risk of cancelling the Games. Unless you catch the disease, take it back to your country, and pass it to mosuitos or through sex which in turn would cause pregnancies. Then I guess you are a risk. Please don't cancel the Olympics. quote:But the organisers played down such fears, saying the Games will be held in Brazil’s winter when the cooler, drier weather will reduce the number of mosquitoes. Also it's going to involve telling people in Brazil not to have sex. Hahahahhahahahahahahaha. No.
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Iowa Snow King posted:...a sexually communicable disease that causes birth defects? Well, humanity had a good run. This is legitimately scary in a way that Ebola, SARS, etc never really were. I can't imagine how expecting parents or people who are trying to conceive must be feeling right now in any of the places that are afflicted or areas that might be vulnerable once the seasons start changing. I hope they get a vaccine out soon or something.
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Lid posted:Last year Brazil's total number of babies with microphaly was 300. The issue is though that there has been no cases of babies born with microphaly who have been linked Zika outside of Brazil, yet. As to why this is, is unknown at this time. Its led to questions of what is different with Brazil, is it just greater incidence of Zika or some other factor. Until a link is found or cases of microphaly with Zika outside of Brazil there will be scare stories with I believe no factual basis e.g. that it was being caused by GM mosquitoes released in Brazil to fight the Dengue virus.
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Rap Record Hoarder posted:Well, humanity had a good run. Agreed, but so far SARS is to me still the scariest possible pandemic disease from the last couple of years. Does anyone know which arthropods can function as a vector and their geographical spread?
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IAMNOTADOCTOR posted:Does anyone know which arthropods can function as a vector and their geographical spread? CDC lists it as just the Aedes genus of Mosquitoes. http://www.cdc.gov/zika/transmission/index.html Did see a composite image a few days ago that combined all the spreads in this paper: http://elifesciences.org/content/4/e08347 Guess that many have been created by the CDC or WHO, so it might be available on their sites. But the images in that paper show the geographic spreads involved. ukle fucked around with this message at 14:27 on Feb 3, 2016 |
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Zika virus is way less scary than the other two major diseases spread by Aedes, yellow fever and dengue. The people who actually have to worry about this are women in countries with restrictive abortion laws. I study Aedes mosquitoes for a living, so I'd be happy to answer any questions people have about them.
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Troutful posted:Zika virus is way less scary than the other two major diseases spread by Aedes, yellow fever and dengue. The people who actually have to worry about this are women in countries with restrictive abortion laws. Do you think their tiny brains are developed enough to feel fear if we slowly tortured them all to death?
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Troutful posted:Zika virus is way less scary than the other two major diseases spread by Aedes, yellow fever and dengue. The people who actually have to worry about this are women in countries with restrictive abortion laws.
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Troutful posted:Zika virus is way less scary than the other two major diseases spread by Aedes, yellow fever and dengue. The people who actually have to worry about this are women in countries with restrictive abortion laws. Na deformed babies are worse than a fever, sorry the world disagrees. Also actually help US officials if you know so much because this is going to be ebola scare all over again.
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# ? Feb 3, 2016 19:12 |
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I'd also point out that there are vaccines for yellow fever and dengue, whereas there is not for Zika.
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ukle posted:CDC lists it as just the Aedes genus of Mosquitoes. Thanks, informative. Troutful posted:I study Aedes mosquitoes for a living, so I'd be happy to answer any questions people have about them. Physiologically speaking, what are the major differences between the Aedes genus of mosquitos and other mosquito species that make it the primary vector for dengue, zika etc?
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# ? Feb 3, 2016 21:33 |
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Can't we just release our genetically modified sterile mosquitoes and be done with it yet?
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# ? Feb 3, 2016 21:49 |
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Mozi posted:Can't we just release our genetically modified sterile mosquitoes and be done with it yet?
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# ? Feb 3, 2016 22:07 |
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Finally, we can kill earth's biggest pests in one fell swoop.
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Boogaleeboo posted:Do you think their tiny brains are developed enough to feel fear if we slowly tortured them all to death? And if not, how difficult would it be to fix that?
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A Buttery Pastry posted:The sterility gene hitches a ride on a mosquito-born parasite, ends up in the human body, turn all infected men sterile. good
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Ah, a fellow Nordic supremacist.
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I guess i am an idiot but can someone explain to me what Zika virus does. from what it sounds like in the media, if you get infected, your kids are going to be malformed and intellectually disabled. these is apparently especially the case with already pregnant women. is that true?
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frajaq posted:I love Zika Virus, it's an excellent excuse for the Olympics to not happen here, gently caress the olympics Even though it brings bad things we already spent a billion bucks on infrastructure. If we waste that the loving opposition will grab on it like a rabid dog. Frig off. Also the Zika itself is not that dangerous if you aren't pregnant, the symptoms are not even that bad when compared to Dengue and Yellow Fever, which I got and it sucked rear end!
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TheLovablePlutonis posted:Even though it brings bad things we already spent a billion bucks on infrastructure. If we waste that the loving opposition will grab on it like a rabid dog. Frig off. Also the Zika itself is not that dangerous if you aren't pregnant, the symptoms are not even that bad when compared to Dengue and Yellow Fever, which I got and it sucked rear end! Considering sexual transmission is a Zika vector, I'd take issue with the assertion that it's not that dangerous if you aren't pregnant. Let's put it this way - if you're a woman trying for a baby with a man, would him having Zika concern you?
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A Buttery Pastry posted:The sterility gene hitches a ride on a mosquito-born parasite, ends up in the human body, turn all infected men sterile. I fail to see a downside at this point
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ukle posted:The issue is though that there has been no cases of babies born with microphaly who have been linked Zika outside of Brazil, yet. As to why this is, is unknown at this time. Its led to questions of what is different with Brazil, is it just greater incidence of Zika or some other factor. Until a link is found or cases of microphaly with Zika outside of Brazil there will be scare stories with I believe no factual basis e.g. that it was being caused by GM mosquitoes released in Brazil to fight the Dengue virus. I've heard that the microcephaly numbers for Brazil pre-Zika were probably massively undercounted compared to the rate in countries like the US, so the microcephaly increase probably isn't nearly as extreme as it looks. However, Brazil's current number of microcephalic babies is still apparently abnormally high, even taking that into account.
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davebo posted:Super looking forward to my honeymoon in Costa Rica this March with my fiance who's trying to conceive. At least the map CNN had up earlier today showed every country except Nicaragua and Costa Rica as red, so I'm sure the mosquitoes just stop at the border. There's been a case of a Boston man who was in Costa Rica who has come up positive for Zika after reporting low-grade fever and myalgia - apparently went on a trip end of December, admitted to hospital early January.
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I've been reading that only 6% of mosquitos worldwide are members of species that carry diseases that affect humans. Wiping out those species and replacing them with other mosquito species seems like a good plan.
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Dapper_Swindler posted:I guess i am an idiot but can someone explain to me what Zika virus does. from what it sounds like in the media, if you get infected, your kids are going to be malformed and intellectually disabled. these is apparently especially the case with already pregnant women. is that true? That's a good question. Unfortunately, it's not well understood. There is a significant correlation between incidence of birth defects and zika infection; the mechanisms of zika infection are not well studied, and the scope of neurological affects are, as of yet, unknown.
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There's also a genus of mosquito that doesn't drink blood at all and also as a larva primarily feeds on other mosquito larva, so that's a fun option.
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http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/feb/05/zika-virus-saliva-urine-transmission-kissingquote:Zika virus found in saliva but scientists split on transmission via kissing Zika is more and more turning into what the paranoid beliefs of AIDS were.
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