“This CDC funding provides real-time data about the Zika epidemic as it unfolds in the United States and territories and will help those most devastated by this virus”.
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There were 13 new travel-related cases reported Friday.
Rubio’s comments about Zika and abortion are consistent with his past positions on the issue: the Florida pol said during his presidential campaign that he opposes abortion even in the case of rape or incest.
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Aerial spraying, which officials deem more effective than ground spraying, has begun and will continue in the area.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), microcephaly and severe microcephaly can result in seizures and learning disabilities; the condition interferes with patients’ motor skills and makes basic activities like sitting, walking, standing, swallowing and balancing hard.
While Rubio is busy proclaiming to anyone who will listen that he’s “erring on the side of life”, he conveniently leaves out the fact that those women infected with Zika he’s demanding give birth to babies who will be born with microcephaly will be in dire need of health care.
Scott said he had visited the neighborhood on Thursday and it was “absolutely” safe. “And when they are, it’s a lifetime of difficulties”, Rubio said. “The CDC, our Centers for Disease Control & Prevention have given a travel alert saying that pregnant women should not travel there”, Dr. Anthony Fauci from the National Institutes of Health told host John Catsimatidis on “The Cats Roundtable” on AM 970 in NY in an interview Sunday.
Sen. Chuck Schumer on Sunday urged Congress to pass emergency funding to fight the spread of Zika and support the development of a possible vaccine for the mosquito-borne virus.
“We still need the federal government to show up, the president and Congress have to work together and this is an global issue, not just a Florida issue”, he said.
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Scott is scheduled to hold a roundtable discussion about the Zika virus at 3:30 p.m. today at the St. Johns County Health Department in St. Augustine.
