Gutierez, Zika Virus, and Democrats

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Luis Gutierrez Wants GOP’s ‘Dirty, Filthy Hands Off of Planned Parenthood’

"Rep. Luis Gutierrez (D-IL) tells Democracy Now! viewers that he wants Democrats to come together to ensure abortion business Planned Parenthood is protected from defunding by Republicans."

“We can come together, immigrants – man, my daughters they have so many more rights today – and I want to make sure they (GOP) keep their dirty, filthy hands off of Planned Parenthood and we don’t have somebody on the Supreme Court that’s going to turn the clock around,” Gutierrez, a Hillary Clinton supporter, told Bernie Sanders supporter, actor Danny Glover."


Gutierez and despicable liberal POSes like Gutierez want to ensure the BUSINESS of abortions keep receiving tax dollars despite tax payer opposition to funding the murdering of babies.

Their complete disregard for human life was demonstrated recently when Liberals blocked / defeated Zika Virus funding because it did not contain the un-related liberal demand to continue funding abortions / Planned Parenthood.

Got Zika? F* You! No abortions no Zika Funding!

(Zika Virus funding has already been secured by none other than President Barak Obama, though! He LIED his ass off by saying he was taking $500 million from Ebola Funding to go to Zika Virus funding....only to have the money 'disappear days later. After the media dug for the real story they reported how Obama gave the money to the UN instead to help fund their new Global Warming initiative. Yeah, Obama STOLE $500 million from tax payers....so if you get the Zika Virus and can't get help thank Barry for taking the money dedicated to helping you and giving it to the UN instead...or you can always blame Gutierez and the Libs for attempted extortion/black mail by demanding no money to Zika unless they get millions for their abortion BUSINESS!


Luis Gutierrez: GOP’s Dirty, Filthy Hands Off Planned Parenthood

Senate Democrats Block Zika Funding Because It Doesn’t Fund Planned Parenthood - Breitbart

Planned Parenthood Thanks Senate Democrats for Putting Abortion Ahead of Zika Virus Funding | LifeNews.com

 

[Katzndogz]

I was for abortion. Then I was against it. After more thought, I'm for it. I want the daughters of Luis Guitierrez to kill their babies. All of them. Immigrants should learn first thing, first step across the border is that they should be killing their children.

 

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dont worry about zika... everybody died from ebola.

 

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Senate fails for third time to pass Zika funding bill...

Zika outbreak: US Congress blocks Zika funding bill
Wed, 07 Sep 2016 - The US Senate fails to pass a funding bill to help fight the Zika virus for a third time over language targeting pro-abortion group Planned Parenthood.

The US Senate has failed to pass a funding bill to help fight the Zika virus for a third time. Senate Democrats blocked the $1.1bn (£820m) bill after Republicans sought to stop funding for pro-abortion group Planned Parenthood. Lawmakers say they hope the issue will be resolved later this month as part of a bipartisan spending package. The 52-46 Senate vote came as Florida health officials announced seven more locally transmitted cases of Zika. Florida has now reported 56 locally transmitted cases of Zika, which is often spread by mosquitoes. State officials have called on lawmakers to release funds to help fight the spread of the disease, which is linked to severe birth defects in pregnant women.

The Republican-backed Senate bill included a provision that would have prevented Planned Parenthood in Puerto Rico from receiving new funding to fight the spread of the virus, which can be sexually transmitted. Puerto Rico has been one of the hardest hit regions with Zika in recent months. Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid, a Democrat from Nevada, said Republicans were "more interested in attacking Planned Parenthood" than "protecting women and babies from this awful virus". Senate Democrats blocked similar funding measures in June and July before Congress left for the summer recess.

The Aedes aegypti mosquito which transmits Zika virus​

What is Planned Parenthood?

* A healthcare non-profit-making group with 59 affiliates and 700 clinics around the US
* The largest single provider of abortion in the US
* Its clinics provide many other healthcare services including cancer screening
* Dates back to 1916 when social activist and nurse Margaret Sanger opened the first birth control and family planning centre in Brooklyn, New York
* In the 1960s and 1970s, Planned Parenthood affiliates were at the fore of many court fights to make abortion legal

A controversial service

Before the vote, Republican Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell blamed his Democratic counterparts. "It's hard to explain why, despite their own calls for funding, Democrats would block plans to keep women and babes safe from Zika," he said. Republican House Speaker Paul Ryan has indicated that lawmakers will work to include funding for Zika in a budget deal or a continuing resolution that Congress must pass to avoid a government shutdown at the end of September. The political gridlock comes after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced that it had spent nearly all of the $22m (£16m) allocated to the agency in the fight against Zika. As of late August, there were more than 2,700 cases in US states and more than 14,000 in US territories, most of which were reported in Puerto Rico.

Zika outbreak: US Congress blocks Zika funding bill - BBC News

 

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Paralytic disease associated with zika...

Evidence Mounting Zika Virus Causes Paralytic Disease
October 06, 2016 | WASHINGTON — Researchers have discovered the strongest evidence yet linking the Zika virus to the paralytic illness Guillain-Barre syndrome. During the height of the viral epidemic the incidence of Guillain-Barre was 100 times the number of cases usually seen.

Guillain-Barre is a normally rare condition that affects the peripheral nervous system, the nerves in arms and legs that are responsible for sensation and movement. The immune system attacks the fatty myelin coating of the nerves that protect and speed signals from the brain to the limbs. Zika is in a family of viruses transmitted by mosquitoes called flavivirus, including dengue fever, yellow fever, Japanese encephalitis and chikungunya.

Aedes aegypti mosquitos, potential carriers of the Zika virus, are photographed in a laboratory at the University of El Salvador, in San Salvador, Feb. 3, 2016. Researchers have found that during the height of the viral epidemic the incidence of the paralytic illness Guillain-Barre was 100 times the number of cases usually seen.​

Normally, there are between one and two cases of Guillian-Barre per hundred thousand adults according to Carlos Pardo, a neurologist and pathologist at Johns Hopkins University in Maryland and lead author of a study published this week in the New England Journal of Medicine. But at the height of the Zika epidemic between January and June in Colombia, where the study was conducted, hospitals were seeing 10 to 15 cases per week.

Pardo and colleagues from six institutions in the U.S., Central and South America established the first biological evidence connecting Zika to Guillain-Barre. Investigators recruited 68 patients but because of research limitations were only able to look for evidence of Zika in 42 patients complaining of symptoms of Guillain-Barre syndrome. They underwent a genetics test looking for Zika RNA.

A mother holds her son who is 4-months old and born with microcephaly, in Olinda, near Recife, Brazil, Feb. 11, 2016. Researcher Carlos Pardo says that during the height of the Zika outbreak the magnitude of the paralytic disease Guillain-Barre was similar to that of microcephaly but went underreported.​

Seventeen - or 40 percent - of patients showed the virus’ genetic footprint. Pardo’s team also conducted blood and urine tests on each patient. Investigators were able to culture the virus in the urine and found immune system-produced antibodies against Zika in the blood samples. The most positive results were in the urine.

Underreported

 

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Microcephaly Found in Older Babies Exposed to Zika...

Study: Microcephaly Found in Older Babies Exposed to Zika
November 28, 2016 - Older babies in Brazil that were exposed to the Zika virus in the womb have been diagnosed with microcephaly, or an unusually small head and brain, even though the defect was not visible at birth.

A study published in the U.S. journal Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report involved 13 babies in two Brazilian states born with small heads, but not small enough to be diagnosed with microcephaly. The babies tested positive for Zika. Imaging scans of the babies’ heads soon after birth showed brain abnormalities. Researchers then followed the infants. Around the time of their first birthday, 11 of the 13 babies were diagnosed with microcephaly. Their heads and brains had not developed in proportion to their growth and size. While pregnant, their mothers had been infected with Zika, a mosquito-borne illness that has swept across the Americas.

A baby's head is measured by a neurologist at the Mestre Vitalino Hospital in Caruaru, Pernambuco state, Brazil​

Ernesto Marques, who was not involved in the study, is an infectious diseases specialist at the University of Pittsburgh in Pennsylvania. For the last two years, Marques has studied microcephaly caused by Zika in newborns. "What [the study] means is that even babies that were born with brains or cranium with normal diameter, they still may have the congenital disease … that's just not as visible," Marques said. Microcephaly causes severe neurological problems, including seizures, eye and hearing problems, and motor difficulties similar to cerebral palsy.

There is no known treatment for Zika, or a way to prevent microcephaly in susceptible infants. Researchers do not know how the virus causes microcephaly, though some have speculated the brain damage is caused by an immune response to Zika. Marques says the infection may interfere with biological pathways and hormones that promote normal brain growth and development. In babies who are suspected of having the condition, Marques says it's important to identify those with vision and hearing problems as soon as possible.

Microcephaly, illustrated on CDC website​

Noting that sight and sound stimulate brain development, Marques said, "The diagnosis of visual issues and hearing issues in those babies is very important to treat … in order to minimize the damage or impact of the other neurological problems these babies have." There are eyeglasses and other devices to enhance sight and hearing in babies, potentially limiting the severity of microcephaly. Unlike babies who are born with microcephaly, researchers say older infants appear to have less severe brain damage. Researchers note the study was small, so it's impossible to say how often microcephaly might be diagnosed in older infants affected by Zika.

Study: Microcephaly Found in Older Babies Exposed to Zika

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Texas Reports First Case of Zika Spread by Local Mosquitoes
November 28, 2016 - Texas health officials on Monday reported the state's first case of Zika likely spread by local mosquitoes, making Texas the second state within the continental United States to report local transmission of the virus that has been linked to birth defects.

The case involved a woman living in Cameron County near the Mexico border who is not pregnant, the Texas Department of State Health Services said. Pregnancy is the biggest concern with Zika because the virus can cause severe, life-long birth defects, including microcephaly, in which a child is born with an abnormally small head, a sign its brain has stopped growing normally. Texas said it currently has no other suspected cases of local Zika transmission, but officials there plan to step up efforts to watch for the virus.

238 cases of Zika in Florida

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said it was coordinating with state and local officials to increase surveillance efforts and "vector control activities" such as spraying for adult mosquitoes and applying larvicide to kill emerging mosquitoes. Texas is one of several U.S. states where Aedes aegypti mosquitoes, which carry Zika, are present. Florida's Miami Dade County has been battling Zika within local mosquito populations since mid-summer. As of today, the state has had 238 cases of locally transmitted Zika. “We knew it was only a matter of time before we saw a Zika case spread by a mosquito in Texas,” Dr. John Hellerstedt, Texas Department of State Health Services commissioner, said in a statement. “We still don't believe the virus will become widespread in Texas, but there could be more cases, so people need to protect themselves from mosquito bites, especially in parts of the state that stay relatively warm in the fall and winter.”

Dr. Aileen Marty, professor of Infectious Diseases at Florida International University, explains the use of insect repellent towelettes in Miami. There have been 238 cases of Zika reported in Florida.​

Zika expected in Texas

Dr Amesh Adalja, an infectious diseases expert at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, said local transmission in Texas was “totally expected.” Both dengue and chikungunya, two closely related viruses, have already spread locally in Texas, and the state “is a well-established home” of Aedes mosquitoes. “What this case underscores is the risk of local transmission in any area in which Aedes mosquitoes are present and the urgent need to continue aggressive vector control measures to minimize the impact of such local introductions,” he said.

Trapping, testing mosquitoes

Officials in Cameron County and the City of Brownsville have assessed the woman's home and have begun trapping and testing mosquitoes to understand how widespread the virus is in local mosquito populations. The city recently sprayed for mosquitoes in the area, and will continue to take action to reduce the mosquito population, state and local officials said. “Even though it is late in the mosquito season, mosquitoes can spread Zika in some areas of the country,” CDC Director Tom Frieden said in a statement. “Texas is doing the right thing by increasing local surveillance and trapping and testing mosquitoes in the Brownsville area.”

No vaccine or treatment

There is no vaccine or treatment for Zika, which causes mild fever, rash and red eyes. An estimated 80 percent of people infected have no symptoms, making it difficult for individuals to know whether they have been infected. The connection between Zika and microcephaly first came to light last year in Brazil, which has since confirmed more than 2,000 cases of the birth defect. In adults, Zika infections have also been linked to a rare neurological syndrome known as Guillain-Barre, as well as other neurological disorders.

Texas Reports First Case of Zika Spread by Local Mosquitoes

 

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One-dose Zika vaccine developed...

One-Dose Zika Vaccine Protects Laboratory Animals
February 02, 2017 | WASHINGTON — An experimental Zika vaccine has been shown to be 100 percent effective in protecting laboratory animals from the virus, according to researchers from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania.

Scientists say one dose of the vaccine prevents transmission of the Zika virus in the animals tested, and it appears to be a potentially powerful weapon in the global war against Zika.

Messenger RNA delivers

The so-called mRNA vaccine uses genetic material from the Zika virus to protect against the mosquito-borne illness. It stands for messenger RNA, which in the body translates DNA, the blueprint for life, into proteins that carry out various biological functions. The mRNA vaccine is different from others that stimulate the immune system by using weakened or killed pathogens. Drew Weissman is an mRNA vaccinologist at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. He developed the vaccine in collaboration with researchers at a number of institutions.

A woman stands near a poster explaining the Zika virus at the Ministry of Health office in Jakarta, Indonesia​

Weissman and colleagues modified tiny strands of viral RNA that hold the genetic codes for making Zika viral proteins. While RNA that’s simply injected into the body may be recognized as foreign by the immune system and swept away, the scientists developed a delivery system for the mRNA vaccine that allows it to slip unnoticed into cells, where the genetic machinery quietly makes viral proteins. These harmless proteins enhance the immune system, so it is primed to recognize and destroy a Zika infection, if one is encountered.

One dose may be enough

Weissman says everyone would be vaccinated against the virus in areas where Zika is endemic. A single shot of the vaccine protected mice and macaque monkeys for an extended period of time in an environment where they were exposed to Zika, Weissman said. “What we saw when we looked at both mice and macaques is that we could give a single dose — and very low dose — of modified RNA and get complete protection,” he said. “And in mice we looked out to five months, and the protection remained potent at five months after a single immunization.” In monkeys, the vaccine has only been observed for five weeks, but the protection seems to be holding. The study was published in the journal Nature.

Weissman’s vaccine was made from a Zika virus strain isolated in a 2013 outbreak. The mosquito-borne illness has hit the hardest in Latin America, causing birth defects in the babies of pregnant women. “So I think the great advantage is that unlike other vaccines described so far,” Weissman said, “you could go into a country or a region and give a single immunization and be done. So it doesn’t require any infrastructure to track down people that didn’t receive a second immunization. It doesn’t require a second immunization, so it’s going to be much easier and cheaper to vaccinate a large area.” Weissman hopes to begin clinical trials of the mRNA vaccine within 18 months.

One-Dose Zika Vaccine Protects Laboratory Animals

 

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Zika microcephaly in Mexico...

Mexico confirms first case of microcephaly from Zika
Saturday 4th February, 2017: Mexico has confirmed the first case of microcephaly linked to the Zika virus, the health ministry said on Friday.

The affected child, a girl, was born prematurely on Nov 5, 2016, and died at the moment of birth, the ministry said in a statement.

Between November 2015 and this January, 7,634 cases of Zika infection have been confirmed, the ministry added.

Mexico confirms first case of microcephaly from Zika