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Influenza

Operation Jupiter: International military organization warns of new Killer Insects?

15 September 2022  (10:16-UTC-07 Tango 06) 24 Shahrivar 1401/18 Safar1444/20 Ji-You 4720

After the First World War, several countries formed a new international military organization called International Committee of Military Medicine (ICMM).  From the 5th to the 9th of September 2022, the ICMM held a conference in Brussels, Belgium (which also happens to be the HQ of NATO, and the pseudo-capital of the European Union).

The ICMM now includes the militaries of at least 32 countries, however, this year’s conference included the United Nations’ (UN) World Health Organization (WHO), the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), and the World Veterinary Association (WVA).  There was also a focus on the African country of Ghana: “We’ve teamed up with the Ghanaian military for decades, including helping establish the Ghana Armed Forces Entomology Center of Excellence in 2021.”-Commander Ian Sutherland, U.S. Navy Entomology Center of Excellence

What is worrying all those different militaries, and the UN-WHO, ICRC and WVA,  is not Coronavirus, or any virus or bacteria, but rather the emergence of insecticide resistant insects who are considered to be carriers/spreaders of microbial germs (aka vector-borne diseases).

The U.S. Navy Entomology Center of Excellence revealed it is updating its Insecticide Resistance Response System (IRRS), and working on creating more durable and longer-lasting insecticide treated netting, as well as new field-portable insect testing kits to test for insecticide resistance.

In 2019, the U.S. Congress passed an Act requiring a National Strategy to fight future vector borne disease carriers.

U.S. CDC Division of Vector Borne Diseases

Los Angeles County Public Health Vector Borne Diseases

U.S. Navy and Marine Corps Public Health Center

European Union CDC Vector Borne Diseases

Institut Pasture: Arboviruses and Insect Vectors

Operation Jupiter 2022: NEW MALARIA VAX CONTAINS H-I-V FORMULATION? UN BLAMES PANDEMIC MANDATES FOR GLOBAL Vector Borne MALARIA OUTBREAK!

EVIDENCE CAPTURED IN UKRAINE REVEALS MASSIVE U.S. LED GLOBAL BIOLOGICAL WARFARE OP! I’VE BEEN WARNING ABOUT THIS SINCE 2015!

Operation Jupiter 2021: PROJECT SEA RAVEN, or, WHY IS THE U.S. NAVY SEARCHING FOR NEW VECTOR-BORNE DISEASES IN CAPE VERDE

Pandēmus Totalitarian: U.S. Air Force ISSUES NEW MANDATORY VAX INVOLVING INSECTS!!!

Pandemic Perfidy 2021: THE ‘PANDEMIC’ IS ABOUT LOWERING YOUR GUARD AGAINST TRUE DISEASES?

ChikRisk 2021: U.S. ARMY CONTINUES TO WARN OF NEW VECTER BORNE PANDEMIC

Vector Borne Dengue Fever 2014: BILL GATES INVOLVED! NEW STRAIN! TENS OF THOUSANDS INFECTED, DOZENS OF DEATHS! MECCA AFFECTED! STAY AWAY FROM THE CAR WASH?

Vector Borne Diseases 2011: DENGUE & WEST NILE INFLUENCED BY TEMPERATURE CHANGES, FLOODING

Influenza

Blame animal trafficking?: Going Viral, 07-08 February 2020

Incomplete list of links to news reports about viral outbreaks during the days of 07 to 08 of the Gregorian month of February 2020.

Nigeria reports outbreak of new killer disease, 15 people killed within 48 hours of symptoms!

Nigeria also reports 104 new cases of hemorrhagic lassa fever

Since January 1st, Nigeria confirms 364 cases of lassa fever and 47 deaths

Will illegal animal trafficking slow due to 99% of coronavirus genetics matching virus in Pangolins?  (Pangolins are considered the most smuggled animal on Earth)

How News Coverage of Coronavirus in 2020 Compares to Ebola in 2018
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Russia makes face masks mandatory

Hong Kong down to its last 12 million masks

Russia to send 2-million face masks to China

Boy infected with H9N2 version of the bird flu

China builds second hospital in Wuhan in two weeks

U.S. citizen dies in China

Japanese citizen dies in China

Will Japan cancel the Olympics?

UN’s WHO says 82% of coronavirus infections are ‘mild’

Jamaica reports 103 cases of dengue, one death, in January

Marshall Islands reports two deaths to dengue fever in past week

390-million dengue infections per year

More of what I call Operation Jupiter: U.S. Army developing vaccines for dengue and zika

At U.S. military Besmayah Training Center, Iraq, stray cats are routinely captured, ‘fixed’ and vaccinated before being released.

City of Bath, Maine, to kill-off 4-hundred animals due to rabies paranoia!

Woman bitten by rabid fox gets a U.S.$24-thousand medical bill!

New Jersey dog owner lied to cops about rabies vaccination, 12 people bitten now infected and never treated because dog owner lied!

Rabid raccoon attacking people in New Jersey

North Carolina cities holding drive-thru rabies vaccinations

North Carolina property owner forced to get rabies vaccine due to a rabid fox being found on the property (the report does not indicate that the property owner was bitten)

Utah reports man died from rabies infection!

Going Viral, 05-06 February 2020: FORGET CORONAVIRUS, BIRD FLU ABOUT TO GET GENOCIDAL!

International

2013 worst year ever for Dengue Fever epidemic?

19 June 2013 (03:40 UTC-07 Tango)/10 Sha’ban 1434/29 Khordad 1391/12 Wu-Wu (5th month) 4711

Researchers in India are reporting that the Dengue virus is evolving.  They have identified at least four serotypes of the virus in the Indian state of Kerala, and have observed mutations since 2008.  They have also identified new strains of Dengue that have come in from outside Kerala.

Another problem is that it seems if you survive an initial infection, you will get sicker if you’re infected a second or third time (which is almost guaranteed in mosquito swamped areas).  They say this is why outbreaks of Dengue Fever are getting worse: “People who are infected a second time with a different type of the dengue virus may have a different immune response wherein the clinical symptoms of dengue might worsen and the person will have severe disease. This is called antibody-dependent enhancement.”-E. Sreekumar, Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Biotechnology

In the South East Asian country of Laos, 7920 people have been infected with Dengue Fever so far this year.  13 have died.

The UN World Health Organization gave Laos this dire warning: “If there are no effective actions undertaken, there will be serious economic and social consequences for Lao PDR including deaths, overloaded central, provincial and district health care facilities, and debilitated workers due to illness.”

The UNWHO says the number of mosquito spread Dengue Fever cases has exceeded 2010 numbers for the same time period, in Asia.

Singapore is reporting more than 10000 cases.  For the same time last year they had 4632 cases.  Citizens in that country are outraged because it was revealed that one infected person died in a hospital, because the patient was ignored by medical staff for at least five hours.

Thailand’s Ministry of Public Health confirmed 43609 cases, with 50 deaths.  That’s three times higher than last year during the same time period.

The Philippines’ Department of Health reports 42207 cases.

Malaysia reports more than 10000 cases.

Sri Lanka has ordered it Ministry of Defence and Ministry of Health to conduct a dengue eradication operation.

Business/Economics, International, Technology, U.S.

Dengue Fever: Brazil worst hit, Pakistan launches campaign, Dengue survives cold temps, Bolivia on Red Alert, UN says efforts to fight disease failing, energy saving light bulbs spreading disease

“I consider Rio de Janeiro runs the risk of one of the worst epidemics, in number of cases of dengue in its history.”-Alexandre Padilha, Health Minister of Brazil

Brazil’s tourist city of Rio de Janeiro is being hit hard by type 4 Dengue fever.  So far there are more than 3,000 confirmed cases!  However, the rest of Brazil is actually seeing a huge 62% drop in cases (keep in mind that last year Brazil had 106,373 cases).

Across the world, Pakistani health officials (Rawalpindi Development Authority, Water and Sanitation Agency, the Parks and Horticulture Authority and the Health Department) have gone to war to prevent an outbreak of hemorrhagic Dengue fever.

Pesticides are being sprayed, and residents are being told how to fight the dengue carrying mosquitoes. A health official in Punjab said they now know that the dengue virus can be spread in cold winter temps.

Back over to South America, in Bolivia, the city of Santa Cruz confirmed 157 cases of dengue.  There are another 820 suspected cases. They have declared a red alert.

Also on February 25, the UN’s World Heath Organization reported that after 50 years of fighting the disease, cases of dengue in Thailand and Sri Lanka have only increased!

“The floods actually interrupted the Aeges aegypti’s life cycle and has resulted in a reduction in dengue.”-Sanphet Mahamard, Communicable Disease Control Department of Thailand

However, Thai officials say the massive flooding, at the end of 2011, has actually destroyed the breeding grounds of many of the dengue carrying mosquitoes.  So thanks to Mother Earth, they are already seeing a 36% drop in dengue cases (keep in mind that as of January 2012 Thailand has seen more than 1,000 cases and one death).

In Sri Lanka, officials are so determined to reduce dengue cases that they’re even going after business owners who don’t control mosquitoes on their property!

The Chief Technical Engineer of the railway yard of Sri Lanka Railways was fined, and is in prison, after 20 employees got sick, and one employee died, from dengue fever. Investigators discovered that railway officials did not conduct anti-mosquito programs on their property.

There is no vaccine (although Mexico is testing one of their own vaccines), and it turns out the mosquito eggs can survive a full year, even in cold temperatures.  Also, research showed that the mosquitoes are attracted to the light of energy saving florescent light bulbs.

 

 

 

International, U.S.

Pale Green Horse: Dengue Fever deaths skyrocket in 2011, some areas see 89% increase, some countries launching programs on the level of ‘polio eradication campaigns’, catching it more than once can kill you

I looked and there before me was a pale horse! Its rider was named Death, and Hades was following close behind him.  They were given power over a fourth of the earth to kill by sword, famine and plague, and by the wild beasts of the earth.

Cambodia’s Ministry of Health says at least 72 Cambodian children died from dengue fever in 2011, an increase of 89%, compared to 2010.  Total number of dengue cases in Cambodia were up 26% in 2011 (15,805 cases that were reported to government officials).

“The disease broke out in a large scale every three to five years and the year 2011 was the large scale breakout, that’s why the cases were on the rise and the deaths were almost double.”-Ngan Chantha, Cambodia’s Ministry of Health

Cambodia spent U.S.$7 million fighting dengue in 2011.

Pakistan was hit hard by dengue in 2011 (never mind attacks from the Pakistani Taliban and the ungrateful government of the United States!).  By October 2011, more than 6,000 Pakistanis got sick, and at least 253 died.

The cold winter is not having any affect on the mosquitoes in Pakistan.  Contrary to the hopes of officials, two people died on December 31, after being bit by mosquitoes in freezing temperatures.

Pakistan’s Health Secretary, Mohammad Jehanzeb Khan, has ordered a mosquito spraying offensive, that must be completed before February 10, 2012.

One Pakistani doctor said they are launching an anti-dengue campaign “on the pattern of the polio campaign”.  Health officials will go door to door explaining to people how to prevent dengue by fighting mosquitoes.  They also hope to have a computer system in place that will let hospitals and clinics share information about incoming dengue cases.

In Borneo, officials are so concerned about dengue for 2012 that dengue awareness and prevention classes are now part of grade school education.

In Sri Lanka, officials reported a jump in dengue cases in December 2011;  290 cases in December, 170 in November.  One official said it doesn’t take much water for the dengue carrying mosquitoes to breed: “…this mosquito can breed in one teaspoonful of water!”-Pradeep Kariyawasam, Chief Medical Officer of the Colombo Municipal Council

On the island of Fiji (east of New Zealand), officials are now concerned about the general public, because of an outbreak of dengue in their prisons: “The symptoms of dengue fever are similar to those of normal flu but with joint pains and high fever. But people should not stay home and instead seek immediate medical attention.”-Peni Namotu, Fiji Health Ministry

Closer to the United States, Mexico reported great advances in their fight against dengue, which included testing of vaccines.  In several Mexican states, cases of dengue had dropped by as much as 80%, compared to 2010.

But fighting dengue is not that easy. In December, the University of California at Berkeley released the results of their study, which showed that surviving an initial case of dengue fever does not mean your body can survive a second infection.

The problem is that there are four major types of dengue viruses, and your body’s immune system might be lulled into a false sense of security: “With the second infection, the antibodies sort of recognize the new type of viruses, but not well enough to clear them from the system.  Instead of neutralizing the viruses, the antibodies bind to them in a way that actually helps them invade the immune system’s other cells and spread.”-Molly OhAinle, UC Berkeley’s School of Public Health.

The results of the study were published in the December 21 issue of Science Translational Medicine.

Check my other postings about dengue fever.

 

 

 

 

 

International

Dengue update, September 19, 2011: Tens of thousands infected, including hundreds of doctors, hundreds of deaths

The number of Dengue Fever cases continues to climb, around the world.

September 19, Sri Lanka reporting “…17,933 reported cases and 126 deaths…”.  Mosquito eradication efforts have been increased.

September 19, Pakistan not only has several thousands of Dengue cases, but now at least 100 doctors, working at hospitals in Lahore, are confirmed to have it as well.  So far 36 Pakistanis, including a hospital employee, have died from dengue.  The current flooding in Pakistan will only make things worse.

September 8, Limón, Costa Rica, declares state of emergency as 2,006 people test positive for Dengue.

August 29-September 13, two deaths in Mexico reported and the state of Jalisco is put on alert.  Jalisco has exceeded national numbers of Dengue cases. They are fighting the deadly hemorrhagic form of Dengue.

In August, Cuba is put on high alert after mosquito population jumps: “We are in a period of high alert in relation to the control of Aedes aegypti and, in general, epidemiological and environmental surveillance.”-John R. Vazquez, Cuba’s  Entomology and Vector Control, Ministry of Public Health

Bolivia reporting that at least 4,000 people are infected, and at least 23 have died.

See my earlier postings for other Dengue info.

International, Technology

Bacteria can stop Dengue Fever

“This is a simple, non-chemical, non-harmful way to reduce the threat of dengue to humans. It could have a transformative effect on the health of literally millions of people worldwide.”–Alun Lloyd

North Carolina State University researchers have discovered that common bacterias can stop the spread of Dengue fever.  The research involved scientists from Australia.

The researchers found that a bacterium called Wolbachia, which is not harmful to humans, can block the transmission of Dengue in mosquitoes.  They think by releasing mosquitoes infected with Wolbachia, it could radically reduce cases of Dengue fever.


International

Mexico reports success fighting Dengue Fever

In the state of Oaxaca, cases of Dengue have been reduced by 80%, compared to 2010.  Last year, at the same time, there were more than 1,000 cases, this year 255 so far.

How’d they do it?  Oaxaca officials are praising various efforts, including mosquito eradication.

State officials are not only overseeing vector control in cities, but individual homes as well.  They’ve also had a special focus on tourist areas.

Vector (pests that spread disease) control, includes keeping properties cleaned up and organized, especially getting rid of standing water, and keeping necessary water sources covered.

Idaho, International, U.S.

Dengue & West Nile influenced by temperature changes, flooding

“Traditional explanations for the seasonal increase in dengue are not consistent with my experience in Thailand, Peru, and Puerto Rico.”-Doctor Thomas Scott

A recent study shows that long hot seasonal temperatures help the spread of Dengue.  The areas of the world, where Dengue is becoming more prevalent, are areas that are not cooling off as they used to, and are subject to radical swings in warmer temps.

The study, “Impact of Daily Temperature Fluctuations on Dengue Virus Transmission by Aedes aegypti”, shows that without the usual cold seasons the mosquitoes, that spread the disease, stay alive much longer increasing their chances of catching Dengue from humans, and spreading it.

The study also showed that mosquitoes are less likely to spread disease during cooler temperatures, and more likely during hot weather: “…whereas transmission probability is estimated to be 0.11 at a constant mean temperature of 14 °C, it shows a 2.7-fold increase with a DTR [diurnal temperature range] of 20 °C.”

While many parts of the World are experiencing warmer than normal weather, here in Idaho our weather is much cooler than normal.  That is keeping cases of West Nile virus way down, so far.

The big concern in Idaho is protecting horses.  Horses are more susceptible to dieing from West Nile, than humans.

Local mosquito eradication officials are reporting that, so far, there’s a drop in West Nile infected mosquitoes, possibly due to the cooler weather.  However, they pointed out that mosquitoes with West Nile usually show up in the later half of Idaho summers.

Another factor in favor of mosquitoes is flooding.  Parts of Idaho have been hit with increased seasonal flooding, and the cooler weather (resulting in less evaporation) means there are large areas of standing water, perfect for mosquitoes.

Officials are already taking action by spraying insecticides on ponds, and asking property owners to drain standing water.

The Center for Disease Control and Prevention reports that Idaho, Oregon and Washington state are free of any West Nile cases (as of 26 July 2011).  It could be due to the cooler than normal weather.

The CDC reports human cases of West Nile in the following U.S. states: Arizona, California, Georgia, Mississippi, South Dakota, Texas, Virginia, and Wyoming.

According to the most recent CDC Dengue HealthMap, there are no cases of domestically acquired Dengue fever within the United States.

International

Mexico issues new warnings about Dengue Fever

The Mexican Social Security Institute, in the state of Tabasco, issued new warnings about Dengue Fever.  They are calling on people to prevent standing water during the rainy season, and avoidance of mosquitoes.  Dengue is a human disease, but it’s spread by mosquitoes.

There are two types of Dengue, classic and hemorrhagic.  The problem is that in the initial stages it’s difficult to tell which one you might have.  Hemorrhagic Dengue can be fatal, causing internal bleeding in the later stages.

According to Mexican health officials, unlike most viruses in which your body is able to fight off more easily after the first infection, the more times you come down with a Dengue virus the more likely you’ll end up with the fatal hemorrhagic version.  There are four subtype Dengue viruses.

Also, taking painkillers like aspirin makes bleeding worse.  Symptoms of Dengue are a fever that last three to five days, headache, pain in muscles and joints, bleeding of the gums and nose, vomiting and diarrhea.

Although health officials want you to seek medical attention right away, there is no cure (as with any virus).  There is no approved vaccine, but several states in Mexico are experimenting with a new vaccine.

The best thing you can do is avoid mosquitoes.  Use insect repellant.  Stay away from standing water.  Drain standing water on your property.  Refresh water for your outside pets, or farm animals, at least every three days.