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China's Own "Ebola" Claims Another 1826 Cases
While Ebola is getting all the headlines, China is dealing with "the worst outbreak in decades" of Dengue Fever. As ITAR-TASS reports, the outbreak of the mosquito-borne disease in China has killed six people and infected more than 27,200 according to Chinese health officials. Just today, the epidemic has infected 1,826 more people in the Guangdong Province alone. But it's not just China, last month Malaysia reported that dengue fever deaths had more than tripled in 2014, while Japan recently saw its first outbreak in 70 years with many contracting the illness at Tokyo's popular Yoyogi Park.
An outbreak of mosquito-borne dengue fever in China has killed six people and infected more than 27,200, a Chinese health authority spokeswoman said on Thursday.
Song Shuli, spokeswoman of the National Health and Family Planning Commission, said that this year witnessed an apparent increase of dengue cases with most of them found in China's southern regions, including Guangdong, Fujian, Yunnan and Guangxi.
Unusually high temperatures and humid weather have contributed to a mosquito population in South China five times as high as normal, fuelling the outbreak, health officials said.
Spread by mosquitoes, the disease thrives in tropical mega cities thanks to rapid urbanization and population movement. Climate change is also a factor, giving rise to longer periods that infected mosquitos can survive.
Chinese authorities have attributed the outbreak to high temperatures and wet weather, and increasing travel to dengue-prevalent places.
The number of mosquitoes is also said to have increased five-fold.
The outbreak is also thought to have been exacerbated by the week-long holiday celebrating China's National Day. Daily health reports indicate that there are more than 1,000 new infections a day.
And it's getting worse (as Xinhua notes)
A total of 1,826 new cases of dengue were confirmed in south China's Guangdong Province on Wednesday, local authorities said on Thursday.
The provincial health and family planning commission reported that the number of dengue infections rose to 26,270, with the capital, Guangzhou, hit worst with 22,378 cases.
The disease, which has killed six people, has been detected in 20 prefecture-level cities in the province, where the outbreak this year is believed to be the worst in two decades.
The government and public have sprayed insecticide to kill the mosquitoes that spread the virus.
"We are screening 500 to 600 people for dengue symptoms each day now."
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The potentially fatal disease causes high fever and severe joint pain. It affects from 50 million to 100 million people in tropical and subtropical regions every year, estimates the World Health Organization.
Apart from China, dengue fever cases have been reported in Malaysia, Japan and Venezuela.
Last month Malaysia reported that dengue fever deaths had more than tripled in 2014, while Japan recently saw its first outbreak in 70 years with many contracting the illness at Tokyo's popular Yoyogi Park.
There is currently no vaccine available for dengue
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CDC HealthMap for last 3 months Dengue Fever reports...
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Wow every government in the world has developed their own engineered bio-weapon for their own sheeps to get infested in.....the powers to be are basically ordering a cull on their own citizens. Overpopulation is a b1tch.
Meh.
Dengue Fever has a mortality rate of only about 2.5%. That's even less than the standard influenza that strikes the US every year (about 3%).
Even SARS has an 11% mortality rate.
Ebola, on the other hand is between 50% and 70% fatal...
Here's a cool simulation of the spread of several dangerous diseases:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/special/health/how-ebola-spreads/
Fat sheeple are an Epidemic... -_-
Where is DDT when you need it? Oh that's right, environmentalists perpetuated a fraud upon the world and had DDT outlawed.
Forward (over the cliff)!
LOL. Mosquitos were long resistant by the time DDT was withdrawn. Withdrawn or not, DDT wouldn't make a bit of difference.
Exactly. Dengue is an awful and painful disease, but you can't compare it to ebola. You beat me to it.
Debilitating and VERY painful - it's not called "Break Bone Fever" for no reason. It may not be lethal, but the effects on a society of a widespread outbreak could (and certainly would) be devastating, since recovery is slow.
Long duration of incapacitance, and don't be so sure re. mortatily - up to 30% in children I note. http://www.denguefever.org.in/effects-of-dengue.htm
This agent was a "popular" area of study, as a potential biological weapon. The vector - Aedes aegyptiii - reproduces prolifically, and is a very reliable, high inoculum potential vector.
A significant Dengue outbreak in a major Industrial civilisation would certainly have a negative effect on "productivity", and in the Military, on the ability to effectively operate.
People have either forgotten about things like the black plague or think it can't happen here. We live in a globalized world where a minor disease can easily become a pandemic and to top it off and guarantee maximum destruction we have the modern socialist battlecry "its not my fault and its not my problem, let XXX fix it" with XXX being the most incompetent person they could elect.
besides, 23,000 cases is lightweight.
Last winter, Brazil saw more than 200,000 cases in the first seven weeks
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-21585328
The typical Keynesian response to this outbreak would be to PRINT.
That seems to be the solution to all the ills of the world.
END THE CRIMINAL OPERATION called the Federal Reserve.
What if Eboma, Mr.Quince's successors etc. are minimising Ebola containment as part of an economic war strategy against the Chinese on continental Africa...fink about it..our new overlords have invested heavily in resource rich Africa as the final frontier & it would not help their balance sheet if squillions of "employees" were wiped out... Peace prizes all round please?
You realize that the FED hasn't printed too much in the conventional sense (ie: paper money)? Though there likely has been spillover affects into the cash economy. What it has been actively involved in, is transferring bank/shareholder liabilities (impaired assets) off their balance sheets for cash. It has basically propped up an otherwise failing market and deflationary cycle at the expense of the US taxpayer. It's reinflated the financial markets.
It has priced most average folks out of investments though, and life has been much less manageable due to general economic sluggishness.
Japan is another matter. The Japanese government is virtually bankrupt, and probably would have already defaulted. The last resort is to legitimately scalp the average citizen by viciously raising taxes and seniorage through debasing the Yen. The Euro is going to rip apart too as members fragment.
The issue isn't just the Fed in an isolated sense. It is the Fed + every other central bank around the world. Cumulatively they could undermine the entire global economy through their retardation. Don't get me wrong, the global system is the stuff of madmen, put in place by elitists who are out to feather their nests. Chances are the outcome has been primed and in the making for a while.
Hedge. Hedge for safety. Do your best for you and your families. This is not a time to rely on past systems, or expect anyone to come to your aid on a federal level. Individualism is key to making a future. Individuals and small communities. The people worst affected by this post-financial crisis nonsense because if you are feeling the pinch, you can bet your neighbor is too and that is the best way to survive. Pool resources, be smart, build friendships and alliances and move forward into the future.
the main problem with PRINT is not the inflation aka theft, but that it enables the very few to control the labor aka the productive human energy of others without any cost. in short, this is SLAVERY, slavery of the entire mankind with only a handful of selected masters.
He's gonna DO IT!
China? What about Mexico? That CDC map seems to suggest a little action there as well.
What fucking climate change?? Outside of the urban heat islands there is no fucking climate change for over a decade or two. The bigger problem is the creation of small pools of standing water when they have built all the shit they have. Of course, nobody gets dengue there since nobody lives in those pits. Yeah, at the margin, cities will have a bit more due to the heat island shit, but that is all.
Symptoms of "Dengue Fever" from WebMD, via google.
These include dengue hemorrhagic fever, a rare complication characterized by high fever, damage to lymph and blood vessels, bleeding from the nose and gums, enlargement of the liver, and failure of the circulatory system. The symptoms may progress to massive bleeding, shock, and death. So, ebola. Just how in the hell do we know for sure that one isn't the other? Do we really think overpopulated countries with NO thought of individual rights is testing 27,000 people? Really? Good one. Strong immune systems and staying as far away from others as you can seems to be the best medicine."staying as far away from others as you can seems to be the best medicine."
No need to leave home, we have the interweb !
Dengue Fever? Isn't there an iPhone app for that?
No need to show California on the map. Skeetas need water to live.
So this is not like dance fever then.........
No, that would be Tarantism; from which the Tarentella was derived:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarantism
Had it in Thailand a couple months ago.
Worst..shit..ever
Kaboom! There goes the neighborhood.
Interesting how catastrophes come in waves. Last time it was planes into buildings, US weapons grade anthrax and highway shooters. Now it's a global Ebola outbreak, two outbreaks in Africa, Enterovirus and the stock market.
It is clear from these charts that unfettered illegal immigration will continue to keep us safe.
Well at least Africa can be thankful for one thing: a comparative lack of dengue fever.
I am surprised Mexico has so many cases, hadn't heard about it there at all until now.
They've got germs.
We've got Eric Frein. All we need is 500 more Eric Frein's on the list. 10 per state.
Surprisingly, Phoenix is suffering from mosquitos now.
I've meaured 12.45 inches of rain since July 3rd in my rain gauge here in Tempe. Like being in Wisconsin summer now with mid 80s and mosquitos.
Three hurricanes from Mexico bringing rain will do that. Too bad little of it hit California
Madrid hospital staff quit over Ebola fears
"While no official numbers were available, Elvira González of the SAE nurses’ union, said fear of Ebola had caused some staff to refuse to treat certain patients, while others had resigned their posts."
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/oct/10/madrid-hospital-staff-quit-...
Is Mother Nature just feelig a bit too "overcrowded"......and she is doing something about it?
I will be watching Katerina Vittozzi in Liberia, lets see if we can actually get a picture of an actual ebola patient..
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xqEOwjJzZo8
Typical priming for the Big One .
See
http://andreswhy.blogspot.com/2006/05/birdflu-survival-up.html
"China's Own "Ebola" Claims Another 1826 Cases"
Dengue cannot be compared to Ebola. The death rate from dengue is much lower and there's plenty of prevention available, eg: using skin sprays during the day, mosquito nets and electric mosquito burners using "allethrin" tabs at night.
Again, more sensationalism from ZH. Where's the Fonz? Kito is so right!
Governments are great at keeping accurate stats on one thing when they're in power
Body counts
>bodies = lost productivity, revenue and taxes
"Chinese authorities have attributed the outbreak to high temperatures and wet weather... The number of mosquitoes is also said to have increased five-fold."
This is what climate change looks like.
nb - Climate change does NOT mean that all parts of the Earth simply get hotter.
lame article. So FOX News.
Tyler your stock price just went down a few points posting this shite.
For the Sheeple out there antiviral herbs and full fats is what you need not vaccinations and pharmaceuticals. How many times do I have to tell you people....STABBING OR STUFFING SYNTHETIC SHITE INTO YOUR NATURAL SYSTEM DOES NOT FIX/REPAIR?HEAL IT.
....back to normal programming peasantz!
Didn't Monsanto develop a GMO Dengue Mosquito used in trials in the Florida Everglades? Very suspicious.