WTF is happening to Florida?

[EndlessWire]

I'm just alarmed at hearing that Florida is afflicted with malaria, dengue, and leprosy! Despite their poor selection of a governor, Floridians may need some drastic intervention with some Federal assistance to stop these diseases.

I think that mosquitoes and heat are the culprits. Could hurricanes spread these vectors all around in a kind of soup? My gawd, Florida, I thought your alligators and snakes were frightening enough to stay away, but this is terrible! My heart goes out to you.

I recall that the island of St. Maarten, which is an island administered in halves by two different countries, was vainly attempting to eradicate mosquitoes with spraying. The problem was, the other country half was not trying at all. So, dengue fever is/was rampant. It seems like a little cooperation would have helped.

I don't know about the wisdom of spraying poison all around town, but maybe genetic engineering could help?

Despite the fact that Repubs want to destroy the CDC, I don't think we can ignore these threats.

Leprosy?? How do you even catch it enough to generate a statistic on that? Whatsup with that?

Sleep under netting, Florida...maybe bring masks back as a stylish statement of defiance. Is it still legal to wear a mask in public?

[RandySF]

1. COVID is also back on the rise on Fl.

[MLAA]

2. Hmmmm if it had been a blue state we'd hear it was God's retribution!

[jimfields33]

3. Most are vaccinated from leprosy through the BCG shot.

[marybourg]

4. Per the CDC:

“This vaccine is not widely used in the United States “.

[Celerity]

7. yes

https://www.cdc.gov/tb/topic/basics/vaccines.htm

[obamanut2012]

13. That is not a shot generally used in the US

[EndlessWire]

20. I read that it is only

50% effective. Leprosy seems easy to cure and control. Should this vaccine be readily offered for preventive measures?

A lot of times, countries require vaccinations for entering visitors. Should Florida have a recommended list of vaccinations beyond childhood vaccinations?

I am planning for a raft of vaccinations, including shingles. Never considered BCG, however. Could you catch leprosy at an airport?

[Bev54]

32. I don't think it is caused by mosquitos either, it is bacterial

[rzemanfl]

5. Armadillos harbor leprosy.

Florida has armadillos because a number of them got loose in the state a long time ago.

[EndlessWire]

14. Wouldn't you have to

sleep with an armadillo in your bed to catch it?

[Meadowoak]

22. Well, it is Florida.

[EndlessWire]

24. LOL! n/t

[MorbidButterflyTat]

42. Love it

[rzemanfl]

25. From what I read, any contact might cause it. n/t

[haele]

6. Waiting for Cholera and Yellow Fever to complete the return to the Antebellum period.

Florida, transitioning from 2023 to 1824...

Haele

[Hekate]

12. Well spotted

[FSogol]

16. We got vaccinated for Yellow Fever for a trip to SA a while back. Most health departments

carry that vax for travelers.

[hatrack]

18. AKA "The Good Old Days": see also puerperal fever, sepsis, tetanus, smallpox, polio, chancroid

.

[marybourg]

27. 2 things my grandmother (born ca. 1892) had

that we never hear about today, thanks to antibiotics, I guess: goiter and mastoiditis.

[hatrack]

29. I think goiter is dietary - iodine deficiency, maybe?

[marybourg]

31. Yes, you're right. It's why they now put

iodine in salt. They didn’t do that back in the old country when grandma was a kid.

I’m sure some MAGAT will eventually object to the adulteration of salt with iodine, just as their predecessors did decades ago with fluoride in drinking water.

[roamer65]

34. That's just one major hurricane away.

[RandySF]

8. Florida had an epidemic of dead foster children under Jeb! Bush.

[2naSalit]

9. Governor diaster is what happened.

Never underestimate the vast damage one asshole can cause.

[Timeflyer]

10. Mosquitos are the deadliest animal on earth throughout history--humans come in second.

[Hekate]

11. Antivaxxers made the vaccination of public schoolchildren a Bad Thing. With the COVID pandemic,

….the issue of vaccinations became an increasing part of the culture wars & the culture wars went into overdrive. It didn’t matter how many people died because they ate horse-wormer instead of getting a jab — they asserted their freedom to be blithering idiots.

Nobody on “that side” understands even the basics of science any more, and they don’t “believe in” the concept of public health measures.

They are going to be very hard to help.

[Initech]

30. Anti-vaxxers are fucking moronic trolls no one should listen to.

Yeah we get it - you're asking "the questions", but that doesn't mean that anyone cares, or wants to hear your bullshit. We can also blame Trump for hawking bogus COVID cures like Ivermectin and propping up unbelievably stupid people like Stella Immanuel, the anti-vax "doctor" (term used loosely) saying that COVID came from lizard people. And then it being echoed through shit programs like Joe Rogan and Tucker Carlson. Holy shit, we really do live in the stupid time line. Only a matter of time before Congress turns into the House Of Representin'.

[Bev54]

37. Unfortunately the antivaxers started before covid.

My ex D-I-L refused to get the children vaccinated because she read it caused autism even though it was pointed out that it was debunked. I remember my son had to go to court to get them vaccinated. That likely helped when he got 50/50 custody with him getting primary care. Funny thing she did not complain at all about covid vaccinations.

[Fullduplexxx]

15. Shithole country .....um.... state

M

[CurtEastPoint]

17. Wait. Didn't Satan pick an eminently qualified Surgeon General? Lapadoo?

https://www.politico.com/news/2023/04/24/florida-surgeon-general-covid-vaccine-00093510

[TreasonousBastard]

19. Which half of St Maarten? When I was there, the food was better...

in the French sector, but I had a lot more fun in thé Dutch.

[EndlessWire]

23. I believe the Dutch side

was spraying, but the French side wasn't doing anything.

[Initech]

35. St. Maarten is a place I would very much like to visit!

[MineralMan]

21. Florida is on a path to being under water.

As the sea level rises, it won't be possible to avoid that. Worse, as the temperature rises, it will become more and more tropical, and tropical stuff is going to continue to come to that state, including diseases, etc.

If I lived there, I'd be selling and moving somewhere else while it's still economically possible. At some point, property values are going to go down in Florida...way down. Maybe sooner than people think.

[PortTack]

40. It's like post Katrina. Ppl say they aren't leaving FL. It's just crazy. Those multi million $ homes

Are not going to be worth anything. One medium size hurricane with no insurance…what are they thinking?

[MineralMan]

41. I don't know.

My wife's sister and her husband live in Cape Coral. They are just now moving back into their house after the last hurricane caused major damage. They have no plans to move. I don't get it at all.

[MOMFUDSKI]

26. Guv sucks.

I can’t begin to tell you how many people have said they want to leave the State. Count me among them. I would go back home to Milwaukee area but the thought of winter holds me back.

[roamer65]

36. Eventually it won't.

I plan on staying in Michigan now, near the fresh water.

[Initech]

28. Let Brian from Family Guy explain it:

This is what happens when your state votes overwhemingly MAGA.

[EndlessWire]

33. LOL! n/t

[iemanja]

38. DeSantis

He's probably cut back on preventative measures.

[RSherman]

39. Flesh eating bacteria in FL water! Ugh!

https://www.al.com/news/2022/07/florida-officials-warns-about-flesh-eating-bacteria-in-water.html

I was in Florida in February. This exotic looking lizard ran across the road. My friend, who lives there, had never seen one before. We googled it and found it was an African rainbow lizard, newly invasive to southern FL! They should change FL's nickname to the "invasive state". (That would cover critters and people!)