Mankind’s destruction of the ecosystem causing rapid spread of Zika virus that causes horrific birth defects
by: Daniel Barker
NaturalNews.com
Wednesday, January 27, 2016
Call it Mother Nature’s revenge …
The spread of a once-rare disease that causes birth defects – and which may also be linked to cases of another paralyzing disease – is almost certainly related to mankind’s destruction of ecosystems.
The disease – Zika virus – is spreading rapidly throughout the world, with more than a dozen cases having now been reported in the United States. The mosquito-borne Zika virus has been linked to a rise in cases of microcephaly, a horrific birth defect that causes babies to be born with unusually small heads and brain damage.
Scientists are also investigating a possible link between the virus and the contraction of Guillain-Barre syndrome, a disease that can cause paralysis and long-term nerve damage.
From The Washington Post:
“The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which reported this week that a dozen cases of Zika virus have been confirmed in the United States, is expanding its advisory that pregnant women should avoid travel to countries currently seeing high rates of infection.
“The agency’s initial list contained 14 countries, but the CDC on Friday added eight more — in South America, the Caribbean and Polynesia — as places where the reach of the virus is growing.”
Zika virus has infected more than one million people in Brazil, and is expected to spread throughout the Americas, even though the disease was virtually unheard of in the Western Hemisphere until recently. In fact, although the virus was discovered in animals well over half a century ago, no human cases were reported before 2007.
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