barry complains about zika and gop and $ When he just sent 500 million to Iran

[tyroneweaver]

Talks transparency, bad decisions.

errr right.

 

[ScienceRocks]

When did our own people become so unimportant to you republicans. You do know that Bush spent 5 trillion dollars on the iraq war that turned out to be a cluster fuck. 500 million to iran is no effin excuse to not help Americans.

 

[waltky]

Baby dies of zika-related microcephaly in Texas...

Texas Baby Confirmed to Have Died of Zika-linked Microcephaly
August 09, 2016: Officials in Texas say a baby whose mother traveled to El Salvador while pregnant has died shortly after birth, in a case attributed to the Zika virus.

Dr. Umair Shah, executive director of Harris County Public Health, announced Tuesday that the infant, who died a few weeks ago, had microcephaly, a medical condition linked to the Zika infection. Test results Friday confirmed the mother's Zika infection. Texas health officials say there have been no reported cases of Zika transmitted by mosquitoes in Texas. This was the second Zika-related death in the United States. The first was an elderly man who died in Utah in June, while battling a Zika infection, as well as other health conditions. The man is believed to have been infected with the virus while traveling abroad, although health officials have not specified where.

Dallas County Mosquito Lab microbiologist Spencer Lockwood sorts mosquitoes collected in a trap in Hutchins, Texas, that had been set up near the location of a confirmed Zika virus infection​

In Florida, where Zika also is a concern, Governor Rick Scott says four new cases, suspected to have been transmitted by mosquitoes, have been reported in Miami. The four cases all are in an area of less than 2 square kilometers. Scott said Tuesday that the number of locally transmitted cases is 21. He has called on Congress to return from summer recess to approve emergency funding to help Florida deal with the health crisis.

An inspector with the Miami-Dade County mosquito control department, looks for standing water as he inspects an empty lot, Aug. 2, 2016, in the Wynwood neighborhood of Miami, Florida.​

U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton has echoed that call, saying Tuesday during a visit to Miami that Congress should return and either pass the legislation that was not decided on before it left for recess, or create a bipartisan compromise bill allocating funds to fight the disease. In the Cayman Islands, national health officials say they have confirmed the first locally contracted case of Zika virus. The patient is a man who first reported Zika symptoms in late July. He had not traveled to any countries where Zika is known to be present.

Texas Baby Confirmed to Have Died of Zika-linked Microcephaly

 

[waltky]

Zika state of emergency declared in Puerto Rico...

US Declares State of Emergency in Puerto Rico for Zika Virus
August 13, 2016 - The U.S. government declared a state of emergency in Puerto Rico on Friday responding to widespread transmission of the Zika virus.

Following his visit to the island territory this week, U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy predicted that one fourth of Puerto Rico's 3.5 million residents will be infected by the end of 2016. Puerto Rico reported 1,914 new cases in the past week, bringing the total to 10,690 since the first case reported in December. More than 1, 000 of the total cases have been pregnant women.

But experts fear the real number of infections may be higher. As many as eight of 10 people show no symptoms when infected and thus would not go to the doctor.

An Aedes aegypti mosquito sits inside a glass tube at the Fiocruz institute where they have been screening for mosquitos naturally infected with the Zika virus in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.​

The state of emergency, requested by Governor Alejandro Garcia Padilla, will allow the U.S. to allocate emergency funding to combat the virus in Puerto Rico, as well as deploy medical staff. "Zika poses a hidden threat to future generations of Puerto Ricans, and I feel the responsibility to do everything in my power to fight the spread of it," Padilla said.

Although the virus is relatively mild in most cases, pregnant women who are infected with Zika risk giving birth to babies with a congenital defect called microcephaly, which causes an abnormally small head.

US Declares State of Emergency in Puerto Rico for Zika Virus

 

[occupied]

Are you suggesting we should steal money from other nations to solve our public health problems? Only total dumbasses don't know we were giving them back some of their own money. Zika should be a non-partisan no brainer but republicans still managed to drop the ball. Assholes could have went back to their districts over the summer recess and said they have devoted resources to fight the disease. Apparently republicans would rather say no to the president than do something good and pure.