WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Top health officials expressed heightened concern on Monday about the threat posed to the United States by the Zika virus, saying the mosquito that spreads it is now present in about 30 states and hundreds of thousands of infections could appear in Puerto Rico.
At a White House briefing, they stepped up pressure on the Republican-led Congress to pass approximately $1.9 billion in emergency funding for Zika preparedness that the Obama administration requested in February. read more
“heightened concern on Monday about the threat posed to the United States by the Zika virus,”
Translated,we need more money to suck the blood out of the taxpayer – that’s the only threat.
Hello! Symptoms! Drastic disease out there! Worse than we thought! No symptoms mentioned! Great job Washington!
Ohhhh? Maybe symptoms are quite generic, like sore throat, red eyes, or chronic headache.
Then there would be a mass exodus on doctors. Oh! but what would be the problem with that?
Obamacare.
Not that I thought an epidemic would be able to be taken care of our old healthcare system, but democrats are afraid that there will be a run on healthcare so they are not releasing the symptoms like the days of 2011.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wF8LvA2iL-s
Yep Time to go – the next president needs to chop about 98% off of the EPA budget and make DDT legal again. The more I read and hear about this, the more I’m convinced it is just a dramatic excuse to get more money for Obama crap. He probably has some pet project he wants to do before he leaves but doesn’t have money in the budget.
From what I can tell, zika has been around for pretty much ever. If the problem is that it is spreading because the mosquito population is growing, kill more mosquitoes. O says he wants to fund rapid vaccine development which sounds more like a payoff / kickback scheme to me. Sad, but I have absolutely zero trust in anything the govt. wants to do these days – even supposedly prevent a disease epidemic.
“U.S. officials warn OBAMA ‘scarier’ than initially thought”
I thought all along they were keeping Zika on the back burner in case Killery got indicted. Instant pandemic, wall to wall Zika and no perp walk.
“$1.9 billion in emergency funding for Zika preparedness that the 0bama administration requested”
how did they know what the costs would be from a pandemic before it even happens, or is this just a down payment to be increased later as needed?
funny they know they need 1.9 billion.
just how do they know that?
you can’t believe a thing out of politicians.
The next time there’s an Ebola outbreak, let’s ghost the Olympics there! Brilliant.
Host the Olympics. Who decides this crap? I’m putting my tinfoil hat back on.
Wasn’t is Jeb Stewart who said “Keep up the skeer” (scare)? Every summer there’s a new boogieman to keep everyone stressed and terrified. Bullshit. Always something else to prevent everyone from feeling ok. It’s the way of the progressive libtard.
Well if it’s that big of a deal then close the borders and annihilate the mosquitos. Or STFU.
“The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary.”
— H. L. Mencken
Nothing to worry about. Our Gov has things under control.
They are taking no chances with our health. Just yesterday they implemented rigorously harsh control measures.
On the radio, no less, we were told travelers infected with Zika are being advised to put mosquito repellent on to help prevent local uninfected mosquitoes from picking it up.
What could go wrong with such a fool proof, pull-all-stops program like that?
$1.9Billion? Sheesh, I remember when DDT was about $2 a gallon.
Time to bring out the fake vaccine and make it mandatory for all US Citizens.
“Vaccines are just one answer to population control.”
— Bill Gates, Gates Foundation
http://www.gatesfoundation.org/How-We-Work
Wait for the house-to-house “Mosquito Searches” coming later this Summer.
“We found no ‘skeeters, but look at all these guns and ammo!”
Trust me on this. 🙁
There’s a dozen on my cousin
Can’t you hear them suckers buzzin
Are they sure they know the true source of the latest Zika strain. Has the first Sasquatch had her lasted shots, flea and tick dip yet? That should take care of this potential pandemic.