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Found this pretty informative answer to one of the questions I had (mainly, whether Zika had always been this bad, or had mutated in some way to make it worse).

Found this pretty informative answer to one of the questions I had (mainly, whether Zika had always been this bad, or had mutated in some way to make it worse). http://biology.stackexchange.com/questions/42891/did-the-zika-virus-mutate http://biology.stackexchange.com/questions/42891/did-the-zik... TLDR: It's likely it's spreading so quickly because there's no natural resistance in the areas where there have been outbreaks, though this isn't proven.

transfire 10y ago
It's spreading probably b/c it has been purposefully transplanted to push the hype machine. Not only is Zika non-lethal, they have yet to prove any link to any serious symptoms.* For the vast majority it is no worse than catching a cold and you are over it in a week, and subsequently immune. Hence it is it's own vaccine. All this hype is for various nefarious purposes of making $$$ (and possibly I fear testing DNA transmission). $1.9 billion for what? Toxoplasmosis is worse than Zika and 200,000 people in the U.S. alone get that a year. Where's the money to stop that? * https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/06/160624150813.htm https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/06/160624150813.h...
- chki 10y ago
  Wait, you think zika has been "purposefully transplanted to push the <<hype machine>>"? What does that mean? Do you think there is an evil pharmaceutical concern out there that just infects people with a virus? And by the way: The non-lethal symptoms that are "not proven" include serious birth defects which means infected mothers can not get healthy children for an unknown time period. I think it might therefore be seen as a serious health issue.
  - ConfuciusSay02 10y ago
    There are hundreds if not thousands of diseases that cause vastly more harm to humans than Zika, but the absurd level of fear-mongering and media sensationalism about Zika is really off the charts. We can be sure that once the pharma companies receive their corrupt tax payer dollars, the Zika story will evaporate from the airwaves, much like H1N1, Sars, Swine, etc.
    - bad_user 10y ago
      It's something weird with how outbreaks get reported. Guess it generates eyeballs. Remember the panic over the avian flu? It proved to be much less dangerous than ordinary influenza. But people love a world ending story.
      - ConfuciusSay02 10y ago
        It's all about funding from the government: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/07/health/zika-virus-budget-ebola.html http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/07/health/zika-virus-budget-e... More media hype means an excuse for giving away tax payer dollars to crony pharma companies.
- nommm-nommm 10y ago
  That's not what a vaccine is.

transfire 10y ago

It's spreading probably b/c it has been purposefully transplanted to push the hype machine. Not only is Zika non-lethal, they have yet to prove any link to any serious symptoms.* For the vast majority it is no worse than catching a cold and you are over it in a week, and subsequently immune. Hence it is it's own vaccine. All this hype is for various nefarious purposes of making $$$ (and possibly I fear testing DNA transmission). $1.9 billion for what? Toxoplasmosis is worse than Zika and 200,000 people in the U.S. alone get that a year. Where's the money to stop that? * https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/06/160624150813.htm https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/06/160624150813.h...

chki 10y ago
Wait, you think zika has been "purposefully transplanted to push the <<hype machine>>"? What does that mean? Do you think there is an evil pharmaceutical concern out there that just infects people with a virus? And by the way: The non-lethal symptoms that are "not proven" include serious birth defects which means infected mothers can not get healthy children for an unknown time period. I think it might therefore be seen as a serious health issue.
- ConfuciusSay02 10y ago
  There are hundreds if not thousands of diseases that cause vastly more harm to humans than Zika, but the absurd level of fear-mongering and media sensationalism about Zika is really off the charts. We can be sure that once the pharma companies receive their corrupt tax payer dollars, the Zika story will evaporate from the airwaves, much like H1N1, Sars, Swine, etc.
  - bad_user 10y ago
    It's something weird with how outbreaks get reported. Guess it generates eyeballs. Remember the panic over the avian flu? It proved to be much less dangerous than ordinary influenza. But people love a world ending story.
    - ConfuciusSay02 10y ago
      It's all about funding from the government: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/07/health/zika-virus-budget-ebola.html http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/07/health/zika-virus-budget-e... More media hype means an excuse for giving away tax payer dollars to crony pharma companies.
nommm-nommm 10y ago
That's not what a vaccine is.