Author Topic: Zika virus found in Florida blood bank (Read 921 times)

Croix de Fer · « **on:** October 24, 2016, 08:47:56 PM »

http://www.cidrap.umn.edu/news-perspective/2016/10/zika-virus-found-florida-blood-bank-mosquitoes

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Despite increased surveillance, spraying, and testing, Florida is still experiencing signs of widening Zika virus transmission, based on positive blood bank samples and detection of another positive mosquito pool.

Also, Public Health England found Asian Tiger mosquito eggs in southeast England, a first for that country.

Pool, blood bank detections

According to the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, an eighth pool of mosquitoes has tested positive for Zika virus in Miami Beach, one of two active transmission zones in Miami-Dade County. The positive sample was from a trap located at 1236 Drexel Ave in Miami Beach.

Despite testing 5,400 mosquito samples across the state, all eight positive traps have come from Miami Beach. According to an online statement, the department said "Miami-Dade County's Mosquito Control team will continue to conduct inspections to reduce mosquito breeding and perform spray treatments as necessary in a minimum of 200-yard radius around the trap location."

In addition to the positive mosquito pool, a Seattle Times story yesterday confirmed that Zika virus had been found in a few units of donated blood in Florida. The Food and Drug Administration confirmed this discovery but did not say how many units had been detected.

In July, blood donations stopped in Broward and Miami-Dade counties until Zika testing began. Earlier this year, it was estimated that 1% of all blood donations in Puerto Rico were positive for Zika virus, and many have suggested that a similar trend will be seen in Florida.

In August, FDA officials urged at-risk states (Florida, Texas) to begin testing blood bank donations for Zika virus.

More cases in Miami

The Florida Department of Health (Florida Health) said today there were three new travel cases of Zika in Florida, one in a pregnant woman. There were also two new non-travel related cases, both tied to the Miami Beach transmission zone.

There are now 745 travel-related infections in Florida, and 165 locally acquired cases of Zika. The number of infections involving pregnant women has climbed to 110.

Asian Tiger mosquitoes in the UK

Finally today comes reports out of Kent that the eggs of the Asian Tiger mosquito (Aedes albopictus) were found for the first time in the United Kingdom. The Asian Tiger mosquito can carry Zika virus, and dengue. Though native to Asia, the bug has been imported to other parts of the world through trade.

Public Health England found 37 Ae albopictus eggs in a trap near a service station in Folkestone, which is in southeast England. Writing in ProMED Mail, the online reporting system of the International Society for Infectious Diseases, Jolyon Medlock, PhD, head of medical entomology and zoonoses ecology for Public Health England said, "Owing to the warmer climate in southern England, the ability for eggs to overwinter, and the connectivity of the lorry/coach park, the potential for establishment and further dissemination requires careful consideration."

songbird · « **Reply #1 on:** October 25, 2016, 01:23:40 PM »

I hope they are testing for AIDS and STD's. I read about Zika and as far as I could see, a person who gets it, does not suffer much and gets through it better than flu.

What I think needs to be said, is what causes half brain babies, which is drugs that bring on ovulation, like Clomide. This has been proven and it continues to be prescribed like M & M's!

Nadir · « **Reply #2 on:** October 25, 2016, 05:31:09 PM »

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(NaturalNews) The establishment mainstream media continue to parrot the same hysteria regarding the Zika virus – that it's causing birth defects – but there is so much information intentionally being left out. The mainstream media's false narrative is causing the public to fear a benign, asymptomatic viral infection, as the true origins of birth defects and brain damage go unstudied. Also, the mainstream media fails to tell the whole story of why Zika has become such a big problem in Brazil in recent years and how the outbreak is connected to the release of genetically modified mosquitoes in 2012.

Why is Zika being blamed for birth defects?
As Zika becomes the newest health scare, health authorities are urging women to delay pregnancy. News reports are multiplying the scare tactics, warning people not to travel or procreate. Pictures of babies with shrunken heads and small brains are flashed across the screen as Zika virus is blamed for causing a record number of birth defects called microcephaly.

The birth defect is real, with affected newborns' heads measuring 32 centimeters or less in circuмference, but the causes are not fully understood. The causes are varied and more likely resemble chemical toxicity, vaccine damage, pesticide exposure and drug interactions.

Of the initial 4,180 suspected cases of microcephaly, only 270 cases have been confirmed by Brazil's Health Ministry as actual microcephaly. Of the 270 cases, medical researchers could only correlate six cases of microcephaly to the Zika virus. This means 264 confirmed microcephaly cases didn't even show a trace of Zika virus! So why is Zika virus being blamed for the birth defect?

Is Zika a bio-weapon?
Zika was first isolated in 1947 by scientists working for the Rockefeller Foundation. Zika was "discovered" in a rhesus monkey that was being held in captivity. Many people still wonder if Zika was created in the lab for experimental purposes.

Learn more: http://www.naturalnews.com/052863_Zika_virus_Tdap_vaccine_GMO_mosquitoes.html#ixzz4O8ejVDfC

Croix de Fer · « **Reply #3 on:** October 25, 2016, 08:31:38 PM »

The first "recent" wave of outbreaks of Zika virus occurred in French Polynesia in 2013, and they were the largest outbreaks in history before the current Brazil epidemic, but the people in French Polynesia have no history of using Clomide or other drugs that purportedly "cause" microcephaly, nor are the genetically modified mosquitos in French Polynesia. Southeast Asia and parts of the U.S. are also getting hit with Zika infections, but there is no evidence of those drugs and GM skeeters causing the infections, and I don't even think there are GM skeeters present in those two latter regions of the world.

Nadir · « **Reply #4 on:** October 25, 2016, 10:55:05 PM »

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I hope they are testing for AIDS and STD's. I read about Zika and as far as I could see, a person who gets it, does not suffer much and gets through it better than flu.

What I think needs to be said, is what causes half brain babies, which is drugs that bring on ovulation, like Clomide. This has been proven and it continues to be prescribed like M & M's!

Ascent, Songbird seems to be saying that, in spite of the fact that evidence and law suits have shown that Clomide can and does cause microcephaly (and a host of other serious birth defects), the blame for microcephaly is being applied, probably without adequate research, to the Zika virus.

It seems to me that the use of Clomide would be concentrated in the western world with its high rate of infertility and subfertility.

Besides microcephaly can occur independent of Zika virus and without the use of Clomide.

But Clomide is a different subject altogether and shouldn't be allowed to derail the thread. It's like with the epidemic of breast cancer which is hardly ever given two of its chief causes: the contraceptive pill and abortion.

Croix de Fer · « **Reply #5 on:** October 26, 2016, 08:12:42 AM »

Guillain-Barre syndrome has occurred in the outbreaks in French Polynesia, Brazil and, possibly, the U.S / SE Asia.

G-B is one of the pathogenic clinical symptoms of the recent Zika infections the past 3 years.

G-B is not a known side-effect of Clomid usage.

songbird · « **Reply #6 on:** October 26, 2016, 03:50:26 PM »

When ZikA Virus comes up, what is the first thing we think of? The media is taking us to half brain babies.

Zika virus can be bought online and it shows that Zika has been around since 1957 (?).

Why do we hear in the media that it is linked to half brain babies 60 years later!

I am thinking, to those who link Zika with half brain babies, prove it. How do we know if these mothers of half brain babies are having them because of other reasons, other then a skeeter bite.

songbird · « **Reply #7 on:** October 26, 2016, 03:52:39 PM »

When ZikA Virus comes up, what is the first thing we think of? The media is taking us to half brain babies.

Zika virus can be bought online and it shows that Zika has been around since 1957 (?).

Why do we hear in the media that it is linked to half brain babies 60 years later!

I am thinking, to those who link Zika with half brain babies, prove it. How do we know if these mothers of half brain babies are having them because of other reasons, other then a skeeter bite.

Nadir · « **Reply #8 on:** October 26, 2016, 10:58:03 PM »

Zika: message to purveyors of medical fraud

by Jon Rappoport

June 7, 2016

The Zika-microcephaly connection is scientific nonsense. Let me run it down for you.

My analysis is beyond, “But Expert A says…” I am not dealing in appeals to authority, but instead the standards of evidence anyone can see if he opens his eyes.

First of all, the latest figures out of Brazil, the so-called epicenter of the microcephaly tragedy, reveal the following: 854 confirmed cases of microcephaly; and of those, 97 cases show the presence of the Zika virus.

Inference? Zika is not the cause of microcephaly. If it were, researchers would be able to detect it in all, or the overwhelming percentage of, microcephaly cases.

I’m not making this up. There are standards of proof and evidence. They dictate which inferences are possible, and which are not. 97 out 854 is a dud. Back to the drawing board. 757 microcephaly cases show no trace of Zika.

More here:
jonrappoport.wordpress.com/2016/06/07/zika-message-to-purveyors-of-medical-fraud/

songbird · « **Reply #9 on:** October 27, 2016, 05:16:07 PM »

Thank you so much, Nadir! Now, what are these pregnant women getting into for half brain babies.

"The Price of Ovulation", by Terence Mix (lawyer) is a very good book. Names of pharmaceutical companies, names, studies done or never done and excuses. This lawyer took Merrill Dow to court for damages done by clomiphene in the 70's and won $. Then he did his best to get it off the market. Answer: well it is dispensed like M&M's to this day!

Women continue to cry for babies with PCOS. Many, I understand. So, it is obvious to me, the evil world of pharmaceutical companies and their mad scientist know how to bring on abnormal babies, purposely. It is obvious, they don't care. Some are darwinists. The mutation of genes.

Some good scientist heard how evil scientist would say: We might have a % of people to die when we experiment and isn't it worth it?" The good scientist would rebuke them and leave.

Very sad!

Croix de Fer · « **Reply #10 on:** October 27, 2016, 09:55:09 PM »

Study released about 2 weeks ago:

ZIKA virus reveals broad tissue and cell tropism during the first trimester of pregnancy.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27759009

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The outbreak of the Zika Virus (ZIKV) and its association with fetal abnormalities have raised worldwide concern. However, the cellular tropism and the mechanisms of ZIKV transmission to the fetus during early pregnancy are still largely unknown. Therefore, we ex vivo modeled the ZIKV transmission at the maternal-fetal interface using organ culture from first trimester pregnancy samples. Here, we provide evidence that ZIKV strain circulating in Brazil infects and damages tissue architecture of the maternal decidua basalis, the fetal placenta and umbilical cord. We also show that ZIKV replicates differentially in a wide range of maternal and fetal cells, including decidual fibroblasts and macrophages, trophoblasts, Hofbauer cells as well as umbilical cord mesenchymal stem cells. The striking cellular tropism of ZIKV and its cytopathic-induced tissue injury during the first trimester of pregnancy could provide an explanation for the irreversible congenital damages.

I'll be happy to post more very recent studies about Zika virus.

Zika is real. The issue is its unnatural tropism and pathogenicity in patients and its vector competence, which is unseen prior to 3 years ago up to today, and, in my opinion, this is a clue to the current Zika strains (African - most pathogenic that's circulating the Americas, and Asian that's also circulating in our hemisphere) being genetically engineered.

Even when microcephaly is not present, there can still be neurological and ocular damage to babies from Zika virus infection.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27759862

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A 6-day-old female baby with known diagnosis of congenital Zika infection was referred for ophthalmologic examination. The mother (37 years old) was referred for a pruritic rash, conjunctival hyperemia, and malaise at 12 weeks of gestation while still living in Venezuela. Upon arrival to Miami, Zika virus (ZIKV) exposure was confirmed during prenatal screening. At birth, due to the known exposure, a complete congenital ZIKV workup was performed, including brain ultrasound and MRI, which disclosed calcifications in the frontal lobe. Fundus examination revealed a hypopigmented retinal lesion in the left eye that was docuмented with retinal imaging.

Nadir · « **Reply #11 on:** October 28, 2016, 12:15:14 AM »

Ascent, I don't say that Zika is not real. I have no way of judging whether it is or not. Neither whether or not it is genetically engineered. I am just making the point that this Zika virus is being used to frighten women into not becoming pregnant and/or to abort if they do and I also think there is too much hype about it, along with a series of other new (manufactured?) viruses.

But these quotes sound pretty inconclusive.

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The outbreak of the Zika Virus (ZIKV) and its association with fetal abnormalities have raised worldwide concern. However, the cellular tropism and the mechanisms of ZIKV transmission to the fetus during early pregnancy are still largely unknown. Therefore, we ex vivo modeled the ZIKV transmission at the maternal-fetal interface using organ culture from first trimester pregnancy samples. Here, we provide evidence that ZIKV strain circulating in Brazil infects and damages tissue architecture of the maternal decidua basalis, the fetal placenta and umbilical cord. We also show that ZIKV replicates differentially in a wide range of maternal and fetal cells, including decidual fibroblasts and macrophages, trophoblasts, Hofbauer cells as well as umbilical cord mesenchymal stem cells. The striking cellular tropism of ZIKV and its cytopathic-induced tissue injury during the first trimester of pregnancy could provide an explanation for the irreversible congenital damages.

The "worldwide concern" is actually caused by the mainstream media not the virus itself.

"First trimester pregnancy samples" come from a dead baby. Was this baby aborted because the mother had contracted Zika virus, and how many others were aborted before they got a suitable "sample"?

Also you left out the heading in the second. That heading says:

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First Travel-Associated Congenital Zika Syndrome in the US: Ocular and Neurological Findings in the Absence of Microcephaly.

The causes of microcephaly in most babies are unknown. Some babies have microcephaly because of changes in their genes. Other causes of microcephaly can include the following exposures during pregnancy: infections during pregnancy, such as rubella, toxoplasmosis, or cytomegalovirus, severe malnutrition, exposure to harmful substances, such as alcohol, certain drugs, or toxic chemicals and interruption of the blood supply to the baby’s brain during development. http://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/birthdefects/microcephaly.html

Croix de Fer · « **Reply #12 on:** October 28, 2016, 09:04:02 AM »

I didn't have to post the heading because I STATED the following, "Even when microcephaly is not present, there can still be neurological and ocular damage to babies from Zika virus infection", and I supported it with the study.

What also escapes your grasp is the fact that Zika, in these past 3 years, is still responsible for more cases of mircocephaly than alcohol abuse and those other causes in your article, regarding populations of regions hit by the outbreaks. Also, nobody is saying Zika causes microcephaly 100% of the time, nor do a majority of Zika cases cause microcephaly, nor is the implication there. You're arguing with a strawman.

Moreover, the point is that Zika is known to cause brain abnormalities and other symptoms, but the exact mechanism of this pathogenicity is still largely a mystery. The latter doesn't rule out the former. The evidence is strong that Zika causes these birth defects and even potentially fatal symptoms (encephalitis) in adults, but the exact cellular processes are not yet known.

songbird · « **Reply #13 on:** October 29, 2016, 10:57:02 AM »

I still believe it is a scare tactic for abortion. Also, can anyone prove that the mosquitos have something man-made to bring on brainless to half brain babies?

In the 70's studies were done on what was causing half brain to brainless babies. It was clomiphene. And it was proven! And NO ONE, not FDA, took it off the market!

It is proven that radiation makes women ovulate. Radiation is in pill and injections.
There is not enough studies to prove that Zika is causing brainless/half brain babies.

We also know that many women are with PCOS, Poly cystic ovaries. The drug of choice is clomiphene and metformin. Both are and have been shown to be human tetrogenic. These women are not being told the effects of these drugs and they have a right to know.

It is also possible to be given an injection, without knowing all ingredients. We had a flu shot 4 years ago that stated it was a 3 part when it had a 4th part known as "other". It was brought up in a CE course by pharmacists and others that refused to have the shot when their hospital establishment called for Mandated shots which is against our state laws. (CE are courses to keep licenses).

Remember, Zika virus has been out since 1957 (?). Half brain babies mentioned or recorded then up to now (?).

Man does know how to transmit virus and germ warfare as we know. I still believe it is paranoia.

songbird · « **Reply #14 on:** October 29, 2016, 11:43:33 AM »

Richardson-Merrell pharmaceutical is behind Clomephen /clomid in 1970's. I do not know if there has been a change of hands.

Richardson-Merrell also was pushing for thalidomide in the 60's. Only the generic name was Kevadon. Richardson-Merrell submitted an application one month after Frances O. Kelsey joined the FDA.

Frances was pressured after 6 months to approve and she said, no that she was searching for any studies or reports of Kevadon. Kevadon was used for insomnia and morning sickness. A year passed and she was pressured from Richardson-Merrell to approve of Kevadon. She said, no. Finally she ran across ten thousand babies in Germany with flippers for hands, no legs and they found Kevadon was the fault. Thalidmide.

Frances was awarded the Distinguished Federal Civilian Service award, August 1962.

And what of Richardson-Merrell with Clomiphene, nothing!! And yet it is not only connected to half brain and brainless babies, but autism was another to consider.

Know that those in the field beg for studies to be done for the effects of drugs and that money must come from the federal(?). And if the money is there for a study, the federal is also looking for the end result that they want.

IMO zika is a scare and the whole truth is not coming out.