Dengue fever outbreak spreads in Japan – just in time for GM mosquitoes and experimental vaccines
by: Jonathan Benson
NaturalNews.com
Monday, September 15, 2014
Dozens of people in Japan have contracted a potentially deadly illness that hasn’t been seen in the country for nearly 70 years. Reports indicate that visitors to Yoyogi Park, one of Tokyo’s most popular leisure spots, have been falling ill with dengue fever, a mosquito-transmitted illness that mostly occurs in the more tropical regions of Southeast Asia but now appears to be on the move.
Local officials closed the park after some 55 people, according to USA Today, fell ill with the disease, which can lead to severe fever, joint pain and chronic headaches. In more extreme cases, dengue can cause persistent bleeding that, in a worst-case scenario, results in death.
The last time dengue hit Japan was in 1942, when an epidemic broke out in the Nagasaki-Sasebo region of the country. The origin of the resultant string of infections, which lasted until 1945, is believed to have been sailors who fell sick during a long voyage, upon which they brought the disease back to their home country.
Fast forward 69 years and dengue has suddenly reemerged, seemingly out of nowhere. A teenage girl was the first to contract it, according to The Telegraph, followed by many others, including Saaya and Eri Aoki, two glamor models, have since gotten it. All of these individuals are said to be in stable condition, but officials are warning that anyone who develops a fever after being bitten by mosquitoes should seek medical assistance.
Though it isn’t contagious, dengue can spread very quickly when a mass of mosquitoes transfers it to humans in a densely populated area. Dengue also has no known cure, so patients who contract it have no choice but to let it run its course, a painful process that some say is truly indescribable.
“My head hurt so bad that I wouldn’t wish it on my worst enemy,” stated Jeanette Potter, a New York woman who contracted dengue back in 2010 during a vacation to Key West, Florida, to CNN. “Your bones just hurt. That’s why it’s called breakbone disease. It’s indescribable. I can’t even articulate the crazy pain that you’re in. You feel like you’re heavy and out of your body.”
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