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Musing of  local environmentalist Kammie Holder.

Many laughed at me when I did the 350PPM ride to highlight the optimal Carbon Dioxide emission the earth needs to return to for global warming to be under control, yet it’s what COP21 was about in 2015.

Many laughed at the tour I did of illegal dump sites where 100 tyres with mosquitoes where found.

Zika is upon us with the US CDC issuing a travel advisory against countries with cases. Unfortunately, many are not reporting that this mosquito born disease also causing paralysis in adults.  Hopefully, some day the lazy indifferent decision makers will learn the importance of the proactive approach. I guess they are waiting until the planes start arriving empty to act.

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178 responses to “Kammie Holder Laments Barbados’ Lazy Response to Zika Threat”

  1. Hants Avatar
    Hants

    @Georgie Porgie,

    YOUR MEDICAL EXPERTISE IS NOT NEEDED.

    BARBADOS HAS HAD A MOSQUITO PROBLEM FOR AT LEAST THE LAST 63 YEARS.

    WE WERE TAUGHT THE BASICS IN PRIMARY SCHOOL. WE GREW UP WITH PUBLIC HEALTH INSPECTORS DEALING WITH THE PROBLEM.

    BARBADOS HAS A MINISTER OF HEALTH. LET HIM DEAL WITH PROBLEM.

  2. Well Well & Consequences Avatar
    Well Well & Consequences

    Simple…it has the potential to bring down the healthcare systems and economies if not controlled….for sure

  3. Well Well & Consequences Avatar
    Well Well & Consequences

    Mosquitos tend to release some sort of saliva before they draw blood from their victims, it’s easy for them to pull in any and every virus from an infrcted person and go merrily on their way infecting everyone they draw blood from…nasty piece of work.

  4. ac Avatar
    ac

    Gp ac was especially looking to read your medical expertise on this subject.any way that is life

  5. Georgie Porgie Avatar
    Georgie Porgie

    re Hants January 25, 2016 at 10:00 PM #
    @Georgie Porgie,

    YOUR MEDICAL EXPERTISE IS NOT NEEDED.

    BARBADOS HAS A MINISTER OF HEALTH. LET HIM DEAL WITH PROBLEM.

    u r right there hantsie
    hope u r enjoying the cricket and the australian open
    hope sharapova get knock out tonight
    have nevr forgotten or forgiven hr for hr upstart win in 2004 at wimbledon

  6. Hants Avatar
    Hants

    @Georgie Porgie,

    JUST WATCHED SERENA DEMOLISH SHARPOVA.

  7. Georgie Porgie Avatar
    Georgie Porgie

    Hants January 25, 2016 at 11:54 PM #
    @Georgie Porgie,

    JUST WATCHED SERENA DEMOLISH SHARPOVA.

    i enjoyed it !

  8. Hants Avatar
    Hants

    @GP watching Federer vs Berdych. This should be a good match.

  9. caribbeantradelaw Avatar
    caribbeantradelaw

    @David,
    “With concerns spreading after a travel advisory for pregnant women was issued by the United States Centres for Disease Control, both the Caribbean Tourism Organisation (CTO) and the Caribbean Hotel &Tourism Association (CHTA) reported travel cancellations to the region due to the Zika virus.”

    Source:http://www.nationnews.com/nationnews/news/77116/zika-bite

  10. Well Well & Consequences Avatar
    Well Well & Consequences

    It’s frightening, not only for young and/or pregnant females, but just the mere fact that Zika has been reportedly found in sperm and there was a confirmed person to person transfer…..that is enough to halt all travel plans to the tropics for a while, until these current studies are concluded..

  11. David Avatar
    David

    Yesterday Sue Springer raised concerns as well. This is not a BU thing as the yardfowls would wholesale every argument, this is a real concern for one legged economy.

  12. Bush Tea Avatar
    Bush Tea

    If this Zika virus results in smaller brains…
    Perhaps it has been around this world for a VERY long time…
    and we are only now ‘discovering’ it.
    Perhaps it is already endemic in Barbados…
    That would explain quite a lot… 🙂

    @ Simple Simon
    Your mosquito mobility theory is flawed…
    What stops a St Philip quito from biting AC (when she is by the Froon)..
    who then drives down to Moon town and get bitten down there…?
    and another bite when she visits Pornville?

    Ya think these lotta shiite posts from AC are easy to assemble…?
    …and Bushie understand that ‘quitos are attracted to certain smells…

    @ David
    Bushie is a born skeptic…
    This blitz by CNN /BBC /WHO against Zika sounds like a cover for some sinister shiite.
    Do you realise that no SCIENTIFIC link has yet been established between Zika and the brain disorder? It remains pure speculation…
    One wonders what vaccination / drug has been unleashed in Brazil recently…..???

  13. millertheanunnaki Avatar
    millertheanunnaki

    @ Bush Tea January 26, 2016 at 8:18 AM
    “Bushie is a born skeptic…
    This blitz by CNN /BBC /WHO against Zika sounds like a cover for some sinister shiite.
    Do you realise that no SCIENTIFIC link has yet been established between Zika and the brain disorder? It remains pure speculation…
    One wonders what vaccination / drug has been unleashed in Brazil recently…..???”

    Born skeptic, maybe. But you might just be onto to something. How come the Chikungunya virus is no longer a health threat? Have the mosquitoes that spread that virus died out like the Bajan raccoon?
    Is this a marketing campaign by the South & Central America based pharmaceutical companies to push sales of some vaccine or quack medication?

    Here is a ‘real scientific’ fact Bushie. It is known that mosquitoes are allergic to people who smoke marijuana or ingest in whichever form. Now that should do something for the marijuana business.
    Why not promote the growth of the plant for local consumption which would have a twofold effect?
    One, to immediately reduce the indigenous mosquito population whose DNA Simple Simon has mapped out and found it to be susceptible to ‘smoke’.
    The second would be to revitalize the dying sugarcane fields now acting as dumping grounds and incubators for the dreaded mosquitoes and other vermin which will eventually move to vulnerable urban areas and carry out (under cover and with the obvious help of stupid brass bowls) health terrorism.

  14. Vincent Haynes Avatar
    Vincent Haynes

    millertheanunnaki January 26, 2016 at 8:42 AM #

    Chuckle…..excellent solutions and like BT,I too am a skeptic.

    SS confirmed that it has been around for a long time,so why has it decided just before Rio 2016 to be fruifull and multiply a 100 fold?

    I recall in the ’90’s coming back from a meeting in Guyana on opening my suite bag some big able mozzies came out,so SS theory on travel does hold water.

  15. Well Well & Consequences Avatar
    Well Well & Consequences

    http://ow.ly/XxRFv

    Like the Bushman..I too am sceptical, in the 40s and 50s Africa was used, and still is, to experiment on everything. Hitler and his mad scientists played a huge role, experiments which are still used today.

    Something is way off.

    Simple…..I been searching for your statistics re microcephaly in the US annually and unable to findbit, can you post that info…..more and more frightenibg info is coming out and it appreas someone knew about all this prior to 2015.

  16. Well Well & Consequences Avatar
    Well Well & Consequences

    There’s Another Devastating Condition That May Be Linked To Zika Virus
    While the connection between the two conditions is “highly likely,” it’s difficult to confirm the link.
    01/25/2016 01:00 pm ET
    Associated Press JENNY BARCHFIELD AND MARCOS ALEMAN

    TEAM STATIC VIA GETTY IMAGES

    RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Two Latin American countries are investigating whether outbreaks of the mosquito-borne Zika virus are behind a rise in a rare and sometimes life-threatening nerve condition that can cause paralysis and leave victims on life-support.

    The Zika virus has already been tentatively linked to a rash of microcephaly, a birth defect in which babies are born with unusually small heads. And while the mechanics of how the virus may affect infants remain murky, authorities in Brazil, Colombia and El Salvador are urging women to avoid the risk by postponing pregnancies.

    The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention advised pregnant women to reconsider travel to countries with Zika outbreaks, and on Friday it expanded the warning to 22 destinations, most in Latin America and the Caribbean.

    The rise in cases of Guillain-Barre has also alarmed health officials region-wide. The nerve disorder causes muscle weakness that generally begins in the legs and spreads to the arms and face, and can cause numbness, trouble walking and even limb paralysis. While most people recover in weeks or months, in severe cases the muscles used for breathing weaken so much that patients require life-support.

    Anyone of any age can get Guillain-Barre, although it is very rare. It is thought to be triggered by an infection — something as simple as food poisoning — and happens when the immune system attacks the body’s own nervous system.

    Researchers have been wary of Zika since French Polynesia noted a jump Guillain-Barre and microcephaly cases in tandem with an outbreak of the dengue-like virus, though the populations were far smaller than in the recent outbreaks.

    The World Health Organization said authorities in El Salvador reported 46 cases of Guillain-Barre in just five weeks, from Dec. 1 to Jan. 6. The full-year average for the country is 169 cases. Of 22 patients for whom there was information, at least 12 had experienced a rash-fever illness in the 15 days prior.

    Brazilian officials are also probing a near-simultaneous rise in Guillain-Barre and Zika, which was first identified in the country last May. It is believed that Zika may have arrived through a tourist at the 2014 World Cup or an international canoeing event the same year.

    Amid a Zika outbreak in the northeastern city of Salvador during last year’s rainy season, the Couto Maia Hospital saw an unprecedented rise in Guillain-Barre.

    “Zika was really bad here from February to July and then all but disappeared in August. In May, June and July, we had 24 patients come in with Guillain-Barre, and none since August,” said Antonio Bandeira, an infectious disease specialist at the hospital. In a normal year, he sees just two or three such cases.

    Most of the patients had also experienced Zika-like symptoms, which can include fever and red splotchy skin, Bandeira said.

    Meanwhile the Hospital da Restauracao in Recife treated about six times the normal number of Guillain-Barre cases, neurologist Maria Lucia Ferreira said. Of the 94 patients treated there during the rainy season, 50 of them died.

    However the scope of the problem remains unclear, as Guillain-Barre has been so rare that Brazil’s Health Ministry does not track the exact number of cases.

    Albert Ko, a professor of epidemiology at the Yale School of Public Health, said a link between Zika and Guillain-Barre is “plausible and highly likely.” But the difficulty of diagnosing Zika and the fact that Guillain-Barre can set in weeks later have made it tough to confirm the link.

    “While many of us are convinced and believe it’s highly plausible that Zika virus caused this epidemic of Guillain-Barre, and can cause it anywhere the virus is being transmitted, we still lack really firm evidence to make that diagnosis,” said Ko, who has conducted research in northeastern Brazil for two decades.

    Zika originated in Africa and expanded to parts of Asia. When it was first detected in Brazil, health officials were not initially alarmed since the virus appeared to be like a less potent form of dengue. But then came the spike in microcephaly: Since October the country has recorded 3,893 suspected cases, compared with fewer than 150 for all of 2014.

    Brazilian officials say they are convinced of a link. International health bodies say it is not yet scientifically established, but they are on alert. The CDC said Friday it issued its travel advisory “out of an abundance of caution.”

    Earlier this week El Salvador recommended women avoid getting pregnant for the next two years, and some are taking that advice.

    “We were very lucky. My son was born before this,” said Fatima Mejia, who took her 17-day-old infant to a clinic outside the Salvadoran capital for a checkup. “I’m not going to get pregnant until this passes. I’m not going to risk a child.”

    In Colombia, Deputy Health Minister Fernando Ruiz said his country has recorded 13,531 suspected cases of Zika and that could hit a half-million this year. At least 560 involve pregnant women, though there have been no detected cases of microcephaly.

    Ruiz said there have been 12 cases of people with Guillain-Barre who also experienced Zika-like symptoms.

  17. Well Well & Consequences Avatar
    Well Well & Consequences

    It’s very important to be informed…

    4 Facts About The First U.S. Baby Born With Zika Virus Defects
    There is no risk the virus will spread in Hawaii from this case.
    01/20/2016 12:00 pm ET
    Associated Press AUDREY McAVOY

    FOGSTOCK VIA GETTY IMAGES
    HONOLULU (AP) — Health officials say a baby born in a Hawaii hospital is the first in the U.S. with a birth defect linked to the Zika virus, a tropical illness currently found in Latin American and Caribbean countries.

    The Hawaii state Department of Health said the baby’s mother likely contracted the disease while living in Brazil last year and passed it on while her child was in the womb.

    Here are some questions and answers about the case.

    IS THERE A RISK THE VIRUS WILL SPREAD IN HAWAII?

    Not from this case.

    The Zika virus is spread when a mosquito bites an infected person and then bites someone else. It is not transmitted from person to person.

    Dr. Sarah Park, the Hawaii state epidemiologist, said Tuesday the mother no longer had the virus when she arrived in Hawaii and the baby no longer had it at the time of birth. There was no chance a mosquito could have bitten them and spread it to others.

    One of the mosquitoes that can carry the virus, Aedes aegypti, is not common in Hawaii. It has been found in some pockets of the islands and is blamed for an ongoing outbreak on the Big Island of the dengue virus, which is spread the same way as Zika. Dengue can cause high fever, headache, nausea and other symptoms.

    HAVE PEOPLE IN THE UNITED STATES CONTRACTED THE VIRUS BEFORE?

    The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said at least 26 travelers returning to the U.S. have been diagnosed with Zika since 2007 — all of them believed to have caught it overseas. In addition, a person in Puerto Rico who had not traveled was diagnosed with the illness. On Tuesday, Illinois said two pregnant women tested positive for the virus after traveling to countries where Zika is found. Physicians are monitoring their health and pregnancies.

    Since 2014, the state of Hawaii has documented six people as having caught the virus in other countries, but there is no sign the disease spread to other people in the islands.

    HOW DOES THE VIRUS AFFECT PEOPLE?

    Zika causes only a mild illness in most people. Those infected can show fever, rash and joint pain that may last several days to a week.

    In Brazil, which is combatting a large outbreak, there has been a significant increase in cases of a birth defect linked to Zika. The birth defect is called microcephaly and involves babies being born with smaller than expected heads that may not have developed properly. Dr. Cynthia Moore of the CDC told reporters during a conference call last week that it’s hard to predict at birth how the condition will affect a child. But in severe cases, babies with microcephaly may have seizures, vision problems and developmental disabilities.

    FELIPE DANA/AP
    In this Dec. 22, 2015 photo, Luiza has her head measured by a neurologist at the Mestre Vitalino Hospital in Caruaru, Pernambuco state, Brazil. Luiza was born in October with a head that was just 11.4 inches (29 centimeters) in diameter, more than an inch (3 centimeters) below the range defined as healthy by doctors. Her rare condition, known as microcephaly, often results in mental retardation.

    WHAT ARE MEDICAL EXPERTS ADVISING PEOPLE TO DO?

    The CDC has issued an alert asking women at any stage of pregnancy to postpone travel to 14 destinations in Latin America and the Caribbean.

    The agency also has advised U.S. travelers to take steps to protect themselves against mosquito bites if they visit places in Latin America or the Caribbean where Zika has been spreading. The advice includes wearing long sleeves and long pants and using insect repellent.

    Park said the Hawaii case is a reminder that there’s potential for diseases to be introduced to new areas.

    “It’s a global village, people travel easily from various areas. You can’t just say that we’re so far away from where the disease is normally recognized that there’s no possibility of ever seeing it where we live,” Park said.

    She urged people in Hawaii to get rid of potential mosquito breeding sites around their property.

    Copyright 2016 The Associated Press.

  18. Vincent Haynes Avatar
    Vincent Haynes

    Interesting report from BBC on the Brazil situation.

    http://bbc.in/1SgVdpg

  19. Well Well & Consequences Avatar
    Well Well & Consequences

    Miller….I went into Barbados when the Chikungunya was wreaking havoc, had nerve paralysis because of the pre existing nerve condition, then found out afterward that the virus stays in the body for 2 whole years, after infection….ya know I am avoiding Zika like the plague, something else is afoot.

    Appears chikungunya did not create enough havoc for someone.

  20. ac Avatar
    ac

    Oh yea of little faith. Though i walk through the valley of death i fear no evilness.

  21. Well Well & Consequences Avatar
    Well Well & Consequences

    Update:

    “The U.S. Embassy in Bridgetown alerts U.S. citizens that the Center for Disease Control (CDC) has upgraded its Zika virus advisories to include Guadeloupe and St. Martin. For the full text, please visit the CDC website. To obtain CDC travel notices, call the CDC at 1-800-CDC-INFO (1-800-232-4636) from within the United States, or 1-404-639-3534 from overseas or visit the CDC website.”

  22. Well Well & Consequences Avatar
    Well Well & Consequences

    AC….faith is fine, but action ìs better. Here is something to really fight against.

  23. Donna Avatar
    Donna

    Simple Simon did not say to keep your surroundings mosquito free will ELIMINATE the risk of being bitten. She said it would REDUCE it. It’s all about the odds. I keep my premises mosquito free as well as those of my immediate surrounding neighbourhood and wear natural repellant for suspect places. My son and I NEVER had any of these diseases whilst last year his school, teachers and pupils alike were dropping like flies. So what SS says must have some merit.

  24. Donna Avatar
    Donna

    And the garbage keeps piling up unchecked. Even after everbody and he granmudder had the chikungunya last year. I believe prevention is still better than cure. I haven’t seen a health inspector since a few years ago when the one responsible for my area went on vacation and was replaced by the rare conscientious man in the department. I don’t know what she looks like and I have been at home almost all day every day for over five years.

  25. Well Well & Consequences Avatar
    Well Well & Consequences

    That Chikungunya aka Contortion wss something, I had dengue over 30 years ago and it wss something but not compared to Chikungunya….it will take a rare breed of fighters to get that disease gone before it takes hold.

    If they leave it alone….oh well.

  26. ac Avatar
    ac

    Does any one remember the last outbreak that occured a few years ago which was supposed to wipe humanity off the face of the earth. Oh yea of little faith

  27. Simple Simon Avatar
    Simple Simon

    @Well Well & Consequences January 26, 2016 at 10:38 AM “Simple…..I been searching for your statistics re microcephaly in the US annually and unable to find it, can you post that info.”

    Dear Well Well:

    Here is the information which you requested:

    http://www.childrenwithmicro.org/
    Foundation for Children with Microcephaly

  28. David Avatar
    David

    It comes as the health minister admits the country is "losing badly" in its fight against the ‪#‎Zika‬ virus.

    Brazil to deploy army in fight against virus

  29. Well Well & Consequences Avatar
    Well Well & Consequences

    Thanks Simple…..25 thousand such births annually is a lot despite the population size.

  30. FearPlay Avatar
    FearPlay

    The Ministry of Health should set up a Zika website showing a map of where there are reported cases. People living in the surrounding area can then take extra precautions such as spraying, destroying breeding areas around their homes and using insect repellants in addition to their usual precautions.

  31. ac Avatar
    ac

    All this comotion. Any body remember the hype and hysteria surrounding the Ebola virus. I also remember that America refused to close it borders. In any event the world survived one of the most deadly virus and so would it survive tge Zika virus

  32. Donna Avatar
    Donna

    The world will survive but will we in Barbados? Probably. But we will be far worse off if we don’t act now. Do not trivialize the seriousness of this. Advisories have been issued. Cancellations will come. The sector which your government is depending on for recovery will lose some ground.

    Denying it is an act of a fool. A swift and sustained national cleanup with enforced and appropriate penalties for offenders would be the act of a wise man. Why that alone could win your people another election! They might even get my vote! So…. there could still be political gain. Stop working on the automatic mode of trying to fool the people! My head is big and contains a normal-sized brain. There are still enough of us to recognize a job well done…and vote in the party that does it!

  33. David Avatar
    David

    Barbados and a few other countries in this region have been placed on travel advisory lists by key source market for tourists. Cases of Zika have been found in Barbados. The whole island is concerned, even ministry of health officials and we have yardfowls on BU who would trivialize those who are expressing concern about the virus, to fog, clean the garbage, keep the place clean…

  34. ac Avatar
    ac

    The Ebola virus a now after thought brought the world to a stage of despair and confusion .people giving information most of what was misinformation. In the final analysis all govts worldwide worked together for a “good” a good that made way for meaningful discussions and solution. Yes there is always a green light at the end of the tunnel after all the waste is filtered and remove and empty rhetroic and political dialogue no longer leads the way.

  35. David Avatar
    David

    aedesaegyptimosquitoweb

    27 samples sent to be tested for Zika

    THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH is awaiting the results of 27 samples that were sent to the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) in Trinidad for confirmatory testing of Zika. Three cases of the Zika virus were confirmed in Barbados on January 14. As it continues to monitor the disease, the Ministry of Health is encouraging members of the public… Read More

  36. ac Avatar
    ac

    The Ministry of health has already put sytems in place which should control any further advancement or larger increase in the out break of the virus. However the lot of political goobly junk emmited by the blp foot soldiers only serves the purpose to scare and cast fear to a politically charged enviroment

  37. Kammie Holder Avatar
    Kammie Holder

    I know of one person with Zika who tells me she would not wish this disease on her worst enemy. The Future Centre Trust has coordinated with their volunteers a reconnaissance of the island with the view of uncovering illegal dump sites. Twenty-Three (23) sites of illegal dumping have been uncovered and uploaded to an interactive which will be shared as a public service via http://www.trashout.me

  38. ac Avatar
    ac

    Good! that is the wway a society is superposed to work by getting involved with practical and sustainable solutions for the better

  39. Hopi Avatar
    Hopi

    Why go going ape-shit over Zika? This is nothing more than biological warfare unleashed upon the nation of Brazil BECAUSE Brazil had the gall to rescind a US$2 Billion contract with Israel to provide security for the upcoming games. But it must be spread to other nations so it does warrant suspicion. Look for the unleashing of ISIS and other terror attacks in Brazil very soon as well.

    When the “powers that shouldn’t be are ready to unleash sickness in Barbados they’ll do so” and Bajans will just accept the bile that’s spewed from the CDC.

  40. Hopi Avatar
    Hopi

    ‘doesn’t warrant’

  41. ac Avatar
    ac

    dont know about biological warfare! all i know is that mosquitoes breed all over the world

  42. Bush Tea Avatar
    Bush Tea

    Any country that is unfortunate enough to have a citizen as stupid as AC is …MUST of necessity suffer some kind of severe penalty….
    Even in a country of certified brass, this Accredited Cretin stands out as an idiot of biblical proportions…

    @ David
    If you continue to resist banning AC, then you should know that the blood of all bajan brass bowls will be on you and BU…..(especially you ..cause Bushie feels sure that the BU ‘better half’ would ban the idiot in a heartbeat…)

    @ Donna
    Simple Simon is a big girl …and a tough Bajan lady ….. she can handle the whacker.
    In fact, she seems to carry a wicked ‘lens herself
    (don’t be fooled with the newspaper in her hand – the collins wrapped in dat…. 🙂 )

  43. Donna Avatar
    Donna

    Bushie,

    I did say you were bored with making mock sport at ac and were looking for a bigger challenge. I know that she is packing and doesn’t need my help. But we girls have got to stick together! At least sometimes.

  44. Hants Avatar
    Hants

    “. Aedes aegypti and a couple of other species of Aedes day-biting mosquitoes are the main vectors and these are known to exist in every country in the Americas except for Canada and Chile.

    We won’t rest on our laurels in Canada. We have to keep trapping mosquitoes, seeing what we’ve got in case the distribution of the vector or the mosquito changes

  45. Donna Avatar
    Donna

    Now Kammie and his friends have identified the illegal dump sites we can give the offenders ten days to cease and desist from their illegal dumping on these sites. That will give them enough time to identify new sites to dump on. By order of the Minister of Health.

    Meanwhile all unruly students who refuse to follow teachers’ and principals’ orders and pick up someone else’s garbage will be suspended until they do so. By order of the Minister of Education.

  46. Sargeant Avatar
    Sargeant

    @David
    Barbados and a few other countries in this region have been placed on travel advisory lists by key source market for tourists. Cases of Zika have been found in Barbados.
    ++++++++++++
    It is Puerto Rico, I didn’t see it on any travel advisory.

  47. Bush Tea Avatar
    Bush Tea

    LOL @ hants
    “…We have to keep trapping mosquitoes, ”
    +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
    What trapping what mosquitoes what??!!
    You think ‘quitoes’ are idiots?
    Canada and Chile are just too damn cold for any sensible mosquitoes.
    But…
    When Global warming kicks in …and things warm up, especially the lotta water wunna got up there…wunna going see some fun when the big breed mosquitoes move in for wunna virgin Canadian blood….

  48. David Avatar
    David

    @Sargeant

    Check this link.

    http://www.cdc.gov/zika/index.html

  49. ac Avatar
    ac

    the only suspicion i sensed that in the height of the Tourist season when all major carribbean markets are doing well that the CDC would issue a stern warning about Zika . Yet when Ebola was rampant across the world america did not see it necessary to close their borders , Their might be a truth to conspiracy but formulated out of financial manipulation working to the benefit of america interest.Yes this is a dog eat dog world we live in and the big dog on the block does not entertain readily when the small dog sniffs on his plate
    Although these warnings might be warranted and necessary there seem to carry a red flag of preservation especially when statistical evidence of proof is yet to reveled substantial findings of significant infected populace infected with to the Zika virus similar to that of the Ebola virus

  50. David Avatar
    David

    CTO reporting cancellations to the Caribbean. Let us hope it is not too bad for Barbados.

    http://stluciatimes.com/2016/01/26/travel-cancellations-due-zika

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