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ellenrr

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5. True, why should we believe scientists when we could have your opinion...

Reply to Travis_0004 (Reply #1)

Fri Jan 29, 2016, 09:10 AM

Jan 2016

based on... your opinion.

Scientists and people like Bill McKibben-- well, what does he know?

"The Zika virus foreshadows our dystopian climate future"
Bill McKibben

"I’ve spent much of my life chronicling the ongoing tragedies stemming from global warming: the floods and droughts and storms, the failed harvests and forced migrations. But no single item on the list seems any more horrible than the emerging news from South America about the newly prominent Zika disease.

Spread by mosquitoes whose range inexorably expands as the climate warms, Zika causes mild flu-like symptoms. But pregnant women bitten by the wrong mosquito are liable to give birth to babies with shrunken heads. Brazil last year recorded 4,000 cases of this “microcephaly”. As of today, authorities in Brazil, Colombia, Jamaica, El Salvador and Venezuela were urging women to avoid getting pregnant."

http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/jan/25/zika-virus-brazil-dystopian-climate-future

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Zika Virus [View all] ellenrr Jan 2016 OP

The virus has been around since 1947 Travis_0004 Jan 2016 #1

Too soon to quantify factors, perhaps, but MANY disease Hortensis Jan 2016 #2

women in El Salvador have been advised not to get pregnant til 2018 ellenrr Jan 2016 #4

Hmmm, Zika as a MAJOR social change vector too? Hortensis Jan 2016 #7

Maybe they think nearly all women of childbearing age will have had Zika by then. winter is coming Jan 2016 #13

It is pretty self limiting nadinbrzezinski Jan 2016 #16

Climate change -- not "global warming" leads to wetter and hotter climates ellenrr Jan 2016 #3

Hi Ellenrr...can you please describe the difference for me? nt clarice Feb 2016 #25

difference between what? ellenrr Feb 2016 #28

Yes....thank you ..nt clarice Feb 2016 #29

Ellen? nt clarice Feb 2016 #26

True, why should we believe scientists when we could have your opinion... ellenrr Jan 2016 #5

Glad we have you to tell us how things really work. Katashi_itto Jan 2016 #6

Antimedia is not a reliable source lapislzi Jan 2016 #8

oh, that's right- the New York times is a reliable source... ellenrr Jan 2016 #10

NYT is more reliable than an anti-vax conspiracy theory website lapislzi Jan 2016 #12

Have you not heard of Judith Miller? maybe you should educate yourself Just a little ellenrr Jan 2016 #20

Please don't talk down to me. lapislzi Feb 2016 #22

Antimedia is wrong on this one nadinbrzezinski Jan 2016 #14

hoping this won't lead to another "Silent Spring" amborin Jan 2016 #9

yes - more spraying us with poisons-- ellenrr Jan 2016 #11

I know - this greatly concerns me as well Flaxbee Jan 2016 #15

Why are people ignoring CLIMATE CHANGE? Duppers Jan 2016 #17

Duppers...when did Global warming get changed to Climate change?........ clarice Feb 2016 #27

Origin of Zika Virus Outbreak in Brazil May Be Linked to Major Sporting Events kiva Jan 2016 #18

Here is a link to the WHO fact sheet Marrah_G Jan 2016 #19

Thank you for posting this link. nt ZombieHorde Feb 2016 #21

Zika is a potential risk for all - spike in Guillain Barre paralysis is occuring flamingdem Feb 2016 #23

What kind of lives can babies born with this be expected to have? smirkymonkey Feb 2016 #24