{"id":3893,"date":"2016-09-14T16:44:09","date_gmt":"2016-09-14T23:44:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.harperkingsley.net\/blog\/?p=3893"},"modified":"2023-10-17T23:37:06","modified_gmt":"2023-10-18T06:37:06","slug":"zika-virus-still-not-being-handled-pandemic-in-progress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harperkingsley.net\/blog\/zika-virus-still-not-being-handled-pandemic-in-progress\/","title":{"rendered":"Zika virus still not being handled #pandemic-in-progress"},"content":{"rendered":"

I love how much the Senate cares about North America and the human race:<\/p>\n

\"Cracked:<\/a><\/p>\n

It gives me all kinds of warm and fuzzies to think that members of our esteemed Senate would add unacceptable clauses to bills we desperately need passed IMMEDIATELY. And then would be too proud to back down and be REASONABLE.<\/p>\n

This is a fucking zombie apocalypse\/Black Death\/End of the World scenario in the making.<\/p>\n

Think about it: mosquitoes live EVERYWHERE. They breed with each other. They hide in our imported fruits and vegetables.<\/p>\n

And they can infect people with all kinds of freaky shit. Things like Zika and even worse.<\/p>\n

So look, Senate\/Congress\/Corporations\/Committees\/Illuminati\/Illuminutty\/Masters of Hip-Hop: Present the bill as it’s supposed to be, with no secret riders or underhanded tactics.<\/p>\n

We need to get a handle on this Zika situation stat, and we need to consider what’s supposed to be done with the mosquito situation. Which means we need to get the framework in place and the funding to the scientists and labs.<\/p>\n

And when the time comes where we need the research they have gathered to find the Cure!HailMary, there will be records and equipment already in place. (Just play Plague Inc<\/a>. You’ll totally appreciate the idea of starting your medical research early if you want to stop a pandemic.)<\/p>\n

\"Quart:<\/a><\/p>\n

There needs to be a continent-spanning consensus on what methods are safe to use to handle mosquitoes as well.<\/p>\n

Otherwise people handle things themselves and mistakes get made:<\/p>\n

\"Quarts:<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Mother<\/a><\/p>\n

And our already at-risk bee population faces needless danger due to bad decisions.<\/p>\n

*<\/p>\n

Zika is a serious health emergency, and people need to start looking at it that way. Not just because of people dying or fetuses being damaged, but because of what it shows about our ability to head-off a major pandemic.<\/p>\n

Policy needs to be in place, and our officials need to start doing the jobs they’re being overpaid for.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I love how much the Senate cares about North America and the human race: It gives me all kinds of warm and fuzzies to think that members of our esteemed Senate would add unacceptable clauses to bills we desperately need passed IMMEDIATELY. And then would be too proud to back down and be REASONABLE. This…<\/p>\n Read More<\/span> Zika virus still not being handled #pandemic-in-progress<\/span><\/a>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"Layout":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[7,65],"tags":[228,547,804],"class_list":["entry","author-harperkingsley0-0","post-3893","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-around-the-internet","category-signal-boost","tag-congress","tag-pandemic","tag-zika"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2pPoL-10N","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":132,"url":"https:\/\/harperkingsley.net\/blog\/frustrated-politics-everything-the-world\/","url_meta":{"origin":3893,"position":0},"title":"frustrated–politics, everything, the WORLD","author":"Harper Kingsley","date":"October 12, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"Every time I turn around my dad tries to get me into some big discussion about politics so he can browbeat me with his views. 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