ZIKA IN FLORIDA!!! GOV. CONFIRMS LOCAL TRANSMISSION

[JimMIA]

While true that article is a bit misleading. At this time the warning is ONLY for that one neighborhood.

The washington post article has the following headline: "CDC issues a travel advisory to Florida, which has 10 new cases of Zika."

However, the CDC has the following travel advisory: "Advice for people living in or traveling to Wynwood, a neighborhood in Florida. The Florida Department of Health has identified an area in one neighborhood of Miami where Zika is being spread by mosquitoes. This guidance is for people who live in or traveled to this area any time after June 15 (based on the earliest time symptoms can start and the maximum 2-week incubation period for Zika virus)."

Which headline do you think is going to get the most media attention?

True the warning will likely be expanded but at this time it is only for that neighborhood.

True, but I don't write headlines for the Washington Post.

Wynwood is a very popular tourist area in Miami. It's an art and design district with trendy restaurants and bars, just north of downtown. It's also a densely-populated area whose population explodes during business hours, and stays packed until pretty late at night. It's the kind of area where a few infected people could really have access to many times the resident population of that area. All 14 of the cases in Florida have come from mosquito bites in this small area.

We'll have to see if this can be contained. I think it might because the County has been spraying heavily in that area since the first cases were discovered. The first CDC scientists are here and the full team arrives later today. Hopefully they'll be able to nip this in the bud.

 

[JimMIA]

Holy moly, talk about overreaction. Ten people got bit by a mosquito and have cold/flu like symptoms? That requires federal assistance?

They're not asking for the National Guard. They are asking for, and receiving, highly trained scientists from the CDC who have the specialized knowledge of epidemiology to help state and local officials combat this problem. Nobody wants hundreds of horrifically affected babies here in the US like they have in Brazil.

 

[Mackenzie Click-Mickelson]

True, but I don't write headlines for the Washington Post.

Wynwood is a very popular tourist area in Miami. It's an art and design district with trendy restaurants and bars, just north of downtown. It's also a densely-populated area whose population explodes during business hours, and stays packed until pretty late at night. It's the kind of area where a few infected people could really have access to many times the resident population of that area. All 14 of the cases in Florida have come from mosquito bites in this small area.

We'll have to see if this can be contained. I think it might because the County has been spraying heavily in that area since the first cases were discovered. The first CDC scientists are here and the full team arrives later today. Hopefully they'll be able to nip this in the bud.

Well I wasn't saying you were...I'm trying to find a good way of saying this..I mean no offense but it can create more panic when people post articles that are specifically designed to create more panic which that headline absolutely was designed to do since it generalized the situation making it seem as though the whole state was a no no for travel.

This happened a ton with the alligator attacks and has happened with the various Zika threads. If one were just to read what you posted they might take it to mean "omg no travel to FL" when in reality the CDC at this point is only advising against that one neighborhood and in fact the CDC's website has a map detailing the neighborhood's boundaries.

Again I mean no offense but I felt that it needed clarification. I apologize if you didn't think it needed clarification.

 

[Bluestars]

The disturbing part is that many infected people have no symptoms and it can contracted sexually. There are most likely many more cases than reported. Pregnant women not only need to be concerned for themselves, they need to be concerned about possibly contracting it from their partner.

 

[declansdad]

Not 100% effective

Nothing ever is.

 

[mummabear]

Nothing ever is.

I'm guessing for the time being anyone not going into a Zika infected area would be