Dengue spreads to Broward County; 10 people in FL have gotten sick this year

[RandySF]

Broward County is under a mosquito-borne illness alert, joining Miami-Dade County as dengue spreads in South Florida.

The Florida Health Department reported two cases of locally-acquired dengue in Broward County in the department’s latest arbovirus surveillance report. Dengue fever comes from mosquitos that are infected with the virus.

So far this year, there have been 10 cases of the illness from people who got infected in the state. Almost 200 Floridians contracted the illness after traveling to a region where dengue is endemic. Most of those cases, 130, came from people who traveled to Cuba, according to the report.

Up until the Aug. 5 report, all local cases had emerged in Miami-Dade, with six of the county’s eight cases appearing in June and July.

Meanwhile, the department hasn’t reported any new cases of malaria from Florida for a month. The total number of locally acquired cases remains seven, according to the arbovirus report.




https://floridaphoenix.com/blog/dengue-spreads-to-broward-county-10-people-in-fl-have-gotten-sick-this-year/

[leftieNanner]

1. Evanagelicals will surely claim

That this portends the Return of the Christ. Plagues of Egypt and all that.

Dengue, Leprosy, and Malaria.

Nicely done, Ron. You really are DeathSantis.

And your Surgeon General is a lunatic.

[former9thward]

5. This is coming from Cuba if you read the report.

[getagrip_already]

2. It's the libs use of sun screen and no ddt that is causing all this....

Back when we were kids, all we needed was baby oil, ddt, beer, and the Bible.

We didn't need spf 10k, or natural bug oils, or incense. And what was wrong with getting woman drunk at parties? They wanted it, we wanted it, nobody complained all that much.

Pussies brought all this crap on us.

{Sarcasm}

[Think. Again.]

3. geethatsashame.

[keithbvadu2]

4. As DeSantis fights the drag queen plague, his state spreads more disease.

[Hortensis]

6. With climate change, your turn to spread more disease will come.

Oh, forgot! It already has, right? Your many fellow residents who viciously and deliberately spread a killer virus in their state to their families, friends, neighborhoods, communities, state? Plus all your clueless idiots who also did.

Best also remember them traveling around the nation (including bringing disease from all states TO Florida's hapless workers) refusing to mask or distance, trading diseases with other travelers and spreading them in various states on their way home to yours?

Good luck with the next one. With all these defiant, unrepentant killers, we're all going to need it.

[ProfessorGAC]

7. There's A Vaccine Against Dengue

But, with the continuing anti-vax silliness, I fear few shots will be given.

[AllyCat]

8. Let's see, malaria, leprosy, and now dengue fever?

What a ringing endorsement to come to Florida!

[Hugin]

9. Well, on the bright side, there haven't been any new malaria cases reported...

in A MONTH!