Tuesday, January 26, 2016

Halting the spread of Zika into the United States










     Do you remember  the tragic moment  when multiple people were infected with the virus known as Ebola. Well, The United States are faced with a new virus that's known as Zika, your probably wondering what is Zika and how did it get into the United States? Zika virus is spread to people through mosquito bites. This virus began in Brazil people from Brazil enter the U.S unawaire of the virus. The most common symptoms of Zika virus disease are fever, rash, joint pain, and  itchy red eyes. The illness is usually mild with symptoms lasting from several days to a week. How is the United States gonna solve this problem?  "At a lab in Texas, a scientist pipettes 3 milliliters of sheep's blood into a tiny bowl, heats it to 98.6 to replicate the temperature of human blood, and spikes it with the dreaded Zika virus." says, CNN.


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6 comments:

  1. It's scary how many new diseases are coming into the U.S. every year.

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  2. Hopefully we're prepared to contain or treat this virus.

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  3. This lowkey makes me scared. I hope we can get it together and be prepared.

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  4. Scary to think that we done even have a treatment for this yet!!

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  5. Wow to think we don't have a cure for this yet is horrifying. - Kayleigh S.

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