Zika virus joins list of diseases brought by illegals. U.N. declares outbreak an international emergency

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'Zero confidence' in Obama to stop Zika virus
Immigration expert: 'We have got to be careful who we let into the United States'
Published: 10 hours ago
 

The World Health Organization now calls the Zika virus a global emergency and a 30-year immigration official says the U.S. response should be obvious, but he suspects President Obama will do virtually nothing to stop the virus from entering the U.S.

On Monday, World Health Organization Director-General Margaret Chan referred to Zika as an “extraordinary event.”

“I am now declaring that the recent cluster of microcephaly and other neurological abnormalities reported in Latin America following a similar cluster in French Polynesia in 2014 constitutes a public health emergency of international concern,” Chan said.

The emergency declaration now puts Zika in the same category as Ebola. It also frees up research and aid to tackle the problem.

Get the stunning new e-book free from WND, “Emerging Diseases,” by Jane Orient, M.D.

Most cases of Zika are believed to be transmitted by mosquito. Adults appear to handle the symptoms without many problems, but pregnant women are at great risk of passing it along to their unborn children. That can trigger microcephaly, which means babies have small heads and underdeveloped brains.

But there’s still a lot we don’t know, according to Michael Cutler, who served 30 years with the Immigration and Naturalization Service, the forerunner to Immigration and Customs Enforcement. In fact, he told WND and Radio America there’s no guarantee that mosquitoes are the only way to transmit the virus.

“I don’t know that that’s accurate,” Cutler said. “I don’t know that the scientific community knows that that’s the sole way for the transmission of this disease.”

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He said Americans need answers, and they need them soon.

“We need to know how it’s transmitted,” he said. “If it doesn’t ever get transmitted person-to-person, that’s one thing. But if there’s potential that humans can pass the virus, whether it’s through intimate contact, not-so-intimate contact, whatever the problem is, then we need to understand that we have got to be careful as to who we let into the United States.”

Cutler said the the safest way to proceed while those questions are answered is to give blood tests to everyone entering the United States at every airport, seaport and border crossing. He admitted it would be a huge logistical undertaking, but U.S. immigration has a history of investigating and quarantining people entering the U.S. if they are suspected of carrying a serious disease.

He flagged such cases decades ago while processing incoming passengers at John F. Kennedy International Airport.

"If we saw somebody showing obvious signs of illness, they were immediately referred to public health," he said. "They would them make the call about whether the person should be put into quarantine.

"It's very difficult to set up, and then you've got the additional aliens who run the border. For all the talk we've heard about not vetting the Syrian refugees, let's remember that aliens who evade the inspections process are not being vetted at all," Cutler said.

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He said, beyond answering the scientific questions, government policy also needs to be set.

"I would hope our officials move swiftly to determine just how easily the Zika virus can be transmitted and if, in fact, it can be transmitted person-to-person. Between now and that determination, it's up to the administration, it's up the president to determine the policies," said Cutler, who made it clear he expects Obama to look the other way.

"I have zero confidence in this president, this administration, to do anything that might impede the flow of foreign nationals into the United States," Cutler said.

He said the past seven years make previous administrations that were weak on immigration enforcement pale by comparison.

"Everything this administration has done has been to basically dismantle our immigration system, our laws and our borders," Cutler said. "This isn't the first administration to do it. I wasn't happy with the Bush administration, either. But this administration has absolutely taken the door off the hinges."

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Zika virus joins list of diseases brought by illegals
U.N. declares outbreak an international emergency
Published: 10 hours ago

 
UNITED NATIONS – In the wake of the World Health Organization’s decision Monday to declare the Zika virus outbreak in Brazil an international health emergency, a glance at available evidence suggests open borders contribute to the vulnerability of the United States to the virus.

In November 2014, WND reported dengue hemorrhagic fever had joined Chagas disease, Enterovirus D-68 and Chikungunya – as well as drug-resistant tuberculosis and malaria – on the list of diseases brought to the United States by illegal aliens, including through the several surges of “unaccompanied minors” that the Obama administration had admitted without health screening.

Get the stunning new e-book free from WND, “Emerging Diseases,” by Jane Orient, M.D.

In an international press conference Monday, the WHO director-general, Dr. Margaret Chan, made clear the outbreak of the Zika virus in Brazil had been declared an international health emergency because of a suspected causal relationship. The virus is responsible for a surge in a birth defect called “microcephaly” in which a pregnant woman infected with the virus produces a fetus with an abnormally small head and, in come cases, potentially debilitating brain damage.

In Brazil, more than 3,500 cases of microcephaly – more than 20 times the norm – have been reported during the current outbreak.

What do YOU think? How worried are you about Zika virus? Sound off in today’s WND poll

’60 percent of USA at risk’

The Zika virus is spread by mosquitoes of the Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus species, the same breeds responsible for transmitting dengue hemorrhagic fever and other diseases, including Chikunguya, a disease that brings paralyzing joint pain and yellow fever. Chikunguya has been reported in 12 states, predominately in the Southeast.

As WND reported in October 2014 the dengue hemorrhagic fever mosquito surfaced in San Diego and Los Angeles. It is suspected that the disease-bearing mosquitoes were brought in the clothing and baggage of the “unaccompanied minors.”

In a bulletin published on the website of the Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta, last updated on Jan. 25, 2015, the CDC acknowledges the transmission of the Zika virus in the United States is expected to increase, not only from travelers returning from certain areas of Central and South America – including Brazil, the Caribbean and Mexico – but also through mosquitoes in the country.

On Jan. 26, the National Institutes of Health warned the Zika virus could eventually reach regions in the United States in which 60 percent of the population lives, with local mosquitoes picking up the virus from infected travelers and spreading it to other people.

Get the stunning new e-book free from WND, “Emerging Diseases,” by Jane Orient, M.D.

WHO declares international health emergency

“I convened an Emergency Committee, under the International Health Regulations, to gather advice on the severity of the health threat associated with the continuing spread of Zika virus disease in Latin America and the Caribbean,” said WHO Director-General Chan on Monday.

“In assessing the level of threat, the 18 experts and advisers looked in particular at the strong association, in time and place, between infection with the Zika virus and a rise in detected cases of congenital malformations and neurological complications,” Chan said.

She said experts agreed that “a causal relationship between Zika infection during pregnancy and microcephaly is strongly suspected, though not yet scientifically proven.”

“All agreed on the urgent need to coordinate international efforts to investigate and understand this relationship better,” she said.

Chan noted the lack of vaccines and reliable diagnostic tests as well as the absence of population immunity in the newly affected countries was factors contributing to the WHO Emergency Committee’s decision.

The WHO warned the Zika virus is “spreading explosively in the Americas,” including Central America, South America and the United States, with the possibility of up to 4 million cases being reported in the coming year.

“As long as we don’t have a vaccine against Zika virus, the war must be focused on exterminating the mosquito’s breeding areas,” said President Dilma Rousseff, according to the Associated Press.

On Jan. 15, the CDC issued a travel alert (Level 2-Practice Enhanced Precautions) for people traveling to regions and certain countries where Zika virus transmission is ongoing: Brazil, Colombia, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Martinique, Mexico, Panama, Paraguay, Suriname, Venezuela and Puerto Rico.

“Pregnant women in any trimester should consider postponing travel to the areas where Zika virus transmission is ongoing. Pregnant women who must travel to one of these areas should talk to their doctor or other healthcare provider first and strictly follow steps to avoid mosquito bites during the trip,” the CDC warned. “Women trying to become pregnant should consult with their healthcare provider before traveling to these areas and strictly follow steps to prevent mosquito bites during the trip.”

Read more at http://www.wnd.com/2016/02/zika-virus-joins-list-of-diseases-brought-by-illegals/#2Wm57j7e5kBWKCMd.99

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'Emerging Diseases' takes on MERS, Ebola, more
'Dreaded infectious diseases' now emerging, e-book warns
Published: 11 hours ago

 

Whooping cough, smallpox, measles and tuberculosis, once enough to send American communities into paroxysms of fear through their very mention, are essentially exterminated, right?

And the U.S. is largely protected from exotics like Ebola, Chikungunya, Chagas disease, Dengue fever and others by distance and time, correct?

Not really, as Jane Orient, M.D., explains in the new free e-book from WND, “EMERGING DISEASES.”

“The dreaded infectious diseases of the past may be forgotten,” she writes, “but they are not gone, and diseases that are new, at least to the United States, are emerging.”

One of the newest is MERS, the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome, which was first found in the Arabian Peninsula but already has spread to at least 20 other nations, including the United States.

Before that, it was Ebola, which is blamed for killing thousands horrifically on the African continent. It spread fear throughout America and the rest of the world.

There also was a recent measles epidemic, worries about the side effects of vaccines, rare diseases brought into America by illegal aliens, and ominously drug-resistant strains.

Orient, president of the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons, warns there’s danger in letting such issues “drop off our radar.”

“Unfortunately, much of our public heath establishment has been diverted into protecting us against sugary soft drinks, rather than infectious disease threats,” she writes. “And public trust is being eroded by politicization of the issues and conflicts of interest.”

Orient’s special new e-book – titled “EMERGING DISEASES: Protecting Your Family from Pandemics, Viral Threats, and Rogue Vaccines” – is being made available FREE, exclusively to WND News Alert subscribers. A subscription to the free WND service will also give you access to other valuable free products like this one, plus all future giveaways – and we have many in store. So if you’re not yet subscribed to WND’s free news alerts, do so now and get instant access to “EMERGING DISEASES.”

The e-book discusses the threats right now from Ebola, Chikungunya, Dengue, Chagas, tuberculosis, smallpox, whooping cough, measles, and more.

“There is ultimately no substitute for the traditional public health methods of identification, isolation and contact tracing,” she writes.

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Suggestions for individuals?

“Keep on your shelf some older medical textbooks. You might be the first to recognition a condition that your physician has never seen or even heard of,” she advises.

And, importantly, “Find a physician you trust who is open to innovation and to individualized assessment of risks and benefits of vaccines. A physician needs to be working for you, not for an Obamacare ‘accountable care organization’ (ACO), a managed care organization, or a big institution such as a hospital.”

Orient earned undergraduate degrees in chemistry and mathematics from the University of Arizona and her MD from Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons. She’s been in solo practice since 1981.

Read more at http://www.wnd.com/2016/02/emerging-diseases-takes-on-mers-ebola-more/#ESqgc8xKWglHglJA.99

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UNITED NATIONS – In the wake of the World Health Organization’s decision Monday to declare the Zika virus outbreak in Brazil an international health emergency, a glance at available evidence suggests open borders contribute to the vulnerability of the United States to the virus.

In November 2014, WND reported dengue hemorrhagic fever had joined Chagas disease, Enterovirus D-68 and Chikungunya – as well as drug-resistant tuberculosis and malaria – on the list of diseases brought to the United States by illegal aliens, including through the several surges of “unaccompanied minors” that the Obama administration had admitted without health screening.

In an international press conference Monday, the WHO director-general, Dr. Margaret Chan, made clear the outbreak of the Zika virus in Brazil had been declared an international health emergency because of a suspected causal relationship. The virus is responsible for a surge in a birth defect called “microcephaly” in which a pregnant woman infected with the virus produces a fetus with an abnormally small head and, in come cases, potentially debilitating brain damage.

In Brazil, more than 3,500 cases of microcephaly – more than 20 times the norm – have been reported during the current outbreak.

’60 percent of USA at risk’

The Zika virus is spread by mosquitoes of the Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus species, the same breeds responsible for transmitting dengue hemorrhagic fever and other diseases, including Chikunguya, a disease that brings paralyzing joint pain and yellow fever. Chikunguya has been reported in 12 states, predominately in the Southeast.

As WND reported in October 2014 the dengue hemorrhagic fever mosquito surfaced in San Diego and Los Angeles. It is suspected that the disease-bearing mosquitoes were brought in the clothing and baggage of the “unaccompanied minors.”

In a bulletin published on the website of the Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta, last updated on Jan. 25, 2015, the CDC acknowledges the transmission of the Zika virus in the United States is expected to increase, not only from travelers returning from certain areas of Central and South America – including Brazil, the Caribbean and Mexico – but also through mosquitoes in the country.

On Jan. 26, the National Institutes of Health warned the Zika virus could eventually reach regions in the United States in which 60 percent of the population lives, with local mosquitoes picking up the virus from infected travelers and spreading it to other people.

WHO declares international health emergency

“I convened an Emergency Committee, under the International Health Regulations, to gather advice on the severity of the health threat associated with the continuing spread of Zika virus disease in Latin America and the Caribbean,” said WHO Director-General Chan on Monday.

“In assessing the level of threat, the 18 experts and advisers looked in particular at the strong association, in time and place, between infection with the Zika virus and a rise in detected cases of congenital malformations and neurological complications,” Chan said.

She said experts agreed that “a causal relationship between Zika infection during pregnancy and microcephaly is strongly suspected, though not yet scientifically proven.”

“All agreed on the urgent need to coordinate international efforts to investigate and understand this relationship better,” she said.

Chan noted the lack of vaccines and reliable diagnostic tests as well as the absence of population immunity in the newly affected countries was factors contributing to the WHO Emergency Committee’s decision.

The WHO warned the Zika virus is “spreading explosively in the Americas,” including Central America, South America and the United States, with the possibility of up to 4 million cases being reported in the coming year.

“As long as we don’t have a vaccine against Zika virus, the war must be focused on exterminating the mosquito’s breeding areas,” said President Dilma Rousseff, according to the Associated Press.

On Jan. 15, the CDC issued a travel alert (Level 2-Practice Enhanced Precautions) for people traveling to regions and certain countries where Zika virus transmission is ongoing: Brazil, Colombia, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Martinique, Mexico, Panama, Paraguay, Suriname, Venezuela and Puerto Rico.

“Pregnant women in any trimester should consider postponing travel to the areas where Zika virus transmission is ongoing. Pregnant women who must travel to one of these areas should talk to their doctor or other healthcare provider first and strictly follow steps to avoid mosquito bites during the trip,” the CDC warned. “Women trying to become pregnant should consult with their healthcare provider before traveling to these areas and strictly follow steps to prevent mosquito bites during the trip.”

http://www.wnd.com/2016/02/zika-virus-joins-list-of-diseases-brought-by-illegals/

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Zika virus joins list of diseases brought by illegals

    U.N. declares outbreak an international emergency

    Published: 2 days ago
    Jerome Corsi

    UNITED NATIONS – In the wake of the World Health Organization’s decision Monday to declare the Zika virus outbreak in Brazil an international health emergency, a glance at available evidence suggests open borders contribute to the vulnerability of the United States to the virus.

    In November 2014, WND reported dengue hemorrhagic fever had joined Chagas disease, Enterovirus D-68 and Chikungunya – as well as drug-resistant tuberculosis and malaria – on the list of diseases brought to the United States by illegal aliens, including through the several surges of “unaccompanied minors” that the Obama administration had admitted without health screening.

    In an international press conference Monday, the WHO director-general, Dr. Margaret Chan, made clear the outbreak of the Zika virus in Brazil had been declared an international health emergency because of a suspected causal relationship. The virus is responsible for a surge in a birth defect called “microcephaly” in which a pregnant woman infected with the virus produces a fetus with an abnormally small head and, in come cases, potentially debilitating brain damage.

    In Brazil, more than 3,500 cases of microcephaly – more than 20 times the norm – have been reported during the current outbreak.

    ’60 percent of USA at risk’

    The Zika virus is spread by mosquitoes of the Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus species, the same breeds responsible for transmitting dengue hemorrhagic fever and other diseases, including Chikunguya, a disease that brings paralyzing joint pain and yellow fever. Chikunguya has been reported in 12 states, predominately in the Southeast.

    As WND reported in October 2014 the dengue hemorrhagic fever mosquito surfaced in San Diego and Los Angeles. It is suspected that the disease-bearing mosquitoes were brought in the clothing and baggage of the “unaccompanied minors.”

    In a bulletin published on the website of the Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta, last updated on Jan. 25, 2015, the CDC acknowledges the transmission of the Zika virus in the United States is expected to increase, not only from travelers returning from certain areas of Central and South America – including Brazil, the Caribbean and Mexico – but also through mosquitoes in the country.

    On Jan. 26, the National Institutes of Health warned the Zika virus could eventually reach regions in the United States in which 60 percent of the population lives, with local mosquitoes picking up the virus from infected travelers and spreading it to other people.

    WHO declares international health emergency

    “I convened an Emergency Committee, under the International Health Regulations, to gather advice on the severity of the health threat associated with the continuing spread of Zika virus disease in Latin America and the Caribbean,” said WHO Director-General Chan on Monday.

    “In assessing the level of threat, the 18 experts and advisers looked in particular at the strong association, in time and place, between infection with the Zika virus and a rise in detected cases of congenital malformations and neurological complications,” Chan said.

    She said experts agreed that “a causal relationship between Zika infection during pregnancy and microcephaly is strongly suspected, though not yet scientifically proven.”

    “All agreed on the urgent need to coordinate international efforts to investigate and understand this relationship better,” she said.

    Chan noted the lack of vaccines and reliable diagnostic tests as well as the absence of population immunity in the newly affected countries was factors contributing to the WHO Emergency Committee’s decision.

    The WHO warned the Zika virus is “spreading explosively in the Americas,” including Central America, South America and the United States, with the possibility of up to 4 million cases being reported in the coming year.

    “As long as we don’t have a vaccine against Zika virus, the war must be focused on exterminating the mosquito’s breeding areas,” said President Dilma Rousseff, according to the Associated Press.

    On Jan. 15, the CDC issued a travel alert (Level 2-Practice Enhanced Precautions) for people traveling to regions and certain countries where Zika virus transmission is ongoing: Brazil, Colombia, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Martinique, Mexico, Panama, Paraguay, Suriname, Venezuela and Puerto Rico.

    “Pregnant women in any trimester should consider postponing travel to the areas where Zika virus transmission is ongoing. Pregnant women who must travel to one of these areas should talk to their doctor or other healthcare provider first and strictly follow steps to avoid mosquito bites during the trip,” the CDC warned. “Women trying to become pregnant should consult with their healthcare provider before traveling to these areas and strictly follow steps to prevent mosquito bites during the trip.”

    http://www.wnd.com/2016/02/zika-viru...t-by-illegals/