Zika virus

Zika virus  (virus)
Scary colorized image of Zika
Interest of	• Randall Bock • Michael Callahan • Robert Malone
Rare virus that was heavily hyped by special interests

Zika virus (ZIKV) is a rare virus which most noticeably is linked with microcephaly (small brain) in babies. It received huge attention around 2015-2016, when the WHO declared it a "Public Health Emergency of International Concern" There have been claims of general misdiagnoses, where environmental pollution and other diseases often were the real causes for the symptoms

Zika is a member of the virus family Flaviviridae. It is spread by daytime-active Aedes mosquitoes, such as A. aegypti and A. albopictus. Its name comes from the Zika Forest of Uganda, where the virus was first isolated in 1947. ZIKV is related to the dengue, yellow fever, Japanese encephalitis, and West Nile viruses. Since the 1950s, it has been known to occur within a narrow equatorial belt from Africa to Asia. From 2007 to 2016, the virus spread eastward, across the Pacific Ocean to the Americas, leading to the 2015–2016 Zika virus epidemic.

The infection, known as Zika fever or Zika virus disease, often causes no or only mild symptoms, similar to a very mild form of dengue fever. While there is no specific treatment, paracetamol (acetaminophen) and rest may help with the symptoms. As of 2016, the illness cannot be prevented by medications or vaccines. ZIKV can spread from a pregnant woman to her baby. This can result in microcephaly, severe brain malformations, and other birth defects. ZIKV infections in adults may result rarely in Guillain–Barré syndrome.

In January 2016, the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued travel guidance on affected countries, including the use of enhanced precautions, and guidelines for pregnant women including considering postponing travel. Other governments or health agencies also issued similar travel warnings, while Colombia, the Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, Ecuador, El Salvador, and Jamaica advised women to postpone getting pregnant until more is known about the risks.

Release of Genetically Modified Mosquitoes in Brazil

In2012, the UK company Oxitec released genetically modified mosquitoes into the wild. The GM 'sterile' mosquitoes, were intended to tackle the spread of dengue fever and malaria, were released in Brazil, Malaysia, India and the Cayman Islands, aiming to wipe out as much as 80 per cent of the Aedes aegypti species, which are the primary carrier of Zika.

The company had developed a male mosquito named OX513A, programmed to die before adulthood unless it was grown in water that contained the antibiotic tetracycline. Batches of the sterile OX513A would be allowed to live and mate with females; however, their male and female offspring would inherit the "kill" programming and die, thus limiting population growth.

A few years later, there were claims the genetically modified mosquitoes could have sparked Zika outbreak. The company denied the allegations.

Release of Genetically Modified Mosquitoes in the United States

[[[Oxitec]] will also release over 750 million genetically modified male mosquitoes into the Florida Keys in 2021 and 2022. The plan received final approval from local authorities in August 2020, against the objection of many local residents and a coalition of environmental advocacy groups. The mosquito also won federal approval to be released into Harris County, Texas, beginning in 2021.

The US program is a second generation of technology. The new male mosquito, OX5034, is programmed to kill only female mosquitoes, with males surviving for multiple generations and passing along the modified genes to subsequent male offspring.

 

Related Quotation

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Sasha Latypova	“The perpetrators desperately, at all cost, need you to to believe that "mutating viruses in a lab" achieves some scary result, that then can be "leaked". That anyone can do it, even a PhD student in their garage. That our enemies are doing it and will "release" a super scary bug any time now, unless the Government is "prepared" by making a stockpile of "predictive vaccines" that can be deployed in DAYS after a new scary virus is detected in China. Or Timbuktu. It is, however, a narrative. There is no way to "mutate viruses" in a lab in the way they all imply - to artificially make them deadlier and more transmissible at the same time. This is a propaganda fairytale with a very specific goal. You should be very concerned about any person (on "their" side or "ours") who repeats it with a serious face. Sure, scientists can experiment with soups of DNA/RNA and grow things in petri dishes. They can design mutations on the computer and try to make concoctions of things. Are those "viruses" that can "leak from the lab" and "infect the world"? No. The proof of this is that while there are 1000 biolabs in the US and Western world playing with viruses. no pandemics or epidemics have resulted from these activities.”	Sasha Latypova	27 January 2023

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