RANDY ECONOMY: MY WORLD: DENGUE FEVER SWEEPING PERU: Outbreak of the "Breakbone Fever" could kill millions of people this year. What is it? How can you catch it? Do your research on this bad boy of viruses.

Friday, February 04, 2011

DENGUE FEVER SWEEPING PERU: Outbreak of the "Breakbone Fever" could kill millions of people this year. What is it? How can you catch it? Do your research on this bad boy of viruses.

Worldwide dengue distribution, 2006. Red: Epidemic dengue fever. Blue: Aedes aegypti.

By Randy Economy
www.Economy4ABC.Blogspot.com
February 4, 2011
12:23 a.m.

Down in Peru

I just was watching the BBC (British Broadcast Network for all you "newbies") and just heard about this new health epidemic called "Dengue Fever" that is running rampant through the countrysides of Peru at an alarming and fast rate.

Dengue Fever is so deadly, I could quickly turn into a "pandemic" that could literally kill millions of people all over the world.

I had to do some research on Dengue.

Asian tiger mosquito, Aedes albopicts, beginni...

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Thank goodness for Wikipedia.

Dengue fever (UK: /ˈdɛŋɡeɪ/, US: /ˈdɛŋɡiː/), also known as breakbone fever, is an acute febrile infectious disease caused by the dengue virus. Typical symptoms include headache, a petechial rash, and muscle and joint pains; in a small proportion the disease progresses to life-threatening complications such as dengue hemorrhagic fever (which may lead to severe hemorrhage) and dengue shock syndrome (where a very low blood pressure can cause organ dysfunction).

Dengue is usually transmitted by the mosquito Aedes aegypti, and rarely Aedes albopictus. The virus has four different serotypes, and an infection with one usually gives lifelong immunity to it, but only short-term immunity to the others. There is currently no available vaccine, but outbreaks can be prevented by reducing the habitat and number of mosquitoes, and limiting exposure to bites.

Treatment of acute dengue is supportive, using either oral or intravenous rehydration for mild or moderate disease, and intravenous fluids and blood transfusions for more severe cases. Rates of infection have increased dramatically over the last 50 years with around 50–100 million people infected yearly.

A global disease, dengue is currently endemic in more than 110 countries with 2.5 billion people living in areas where it is prevalent. Early descriptions of the condition date from 1779, and its viral cause and the transmission were elucidated in the early 20th century. Dengue has become a worldwide problem since the Second World War.

So, become aware of Dengue. Avoid Mosquito's. Get educated. Scary that their is NO VACCINE for Dengue. Got get crackin' on finding a preventative "helper."

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You may know me from my role as the Senior Advisor and Official Media Spokesman for the Recall Gavin Newsom campaign that established a worldwide blitz of interviews. I conducted more than 2,200 media interviews on behalf of “The People’s Recall” during a 10-month period from November 2020 to September 2021. The iconic magazine Mother Jones in a dramatic feature article called me “A ‘Superhero Pirate’ Radio Host, (and) Gavin Newsom’s Strangest—and Most Dangerous—Threat. Meet Randy Economy, the man behind the effort to recall California’s governor.” I appeared on more than 330 media outlets around the world in my capacity with RecallGavin2020. Fox News, CNN, MSNBC, Newsmax, NBC Nightly News, ABC News, as well as the Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, Politico, and dozens of other media outlets aired featured reports on my work on behalf of “The People’s Recall.” I am and will always consider myself to be a journalist. Sometimes I think I bleed ink. My talents as an Investigative Journalists in California earned me FIVE top awards from the prestigious Los Angeles Press Club in 2013, 2014, and 2016. I am tenacious. My reporting over the years has led to the prosecution of several elected officials in California. While working for a tiny community newspaper in Southeast Los Angeles County, I worked doggedly to expose the biggest public corruption case in Los Angeles County history when I unearthed a massive pay to play scheme inside the Assessor’s Office that led to the arrest of then Assessor John R. Noguez and four others. However, politics has been in my DNA since I was a child. I have worked on more than 300 political campaigns as a consultant and advisor since 1982 for candidates from all sides of the political spectrum including Democrats and Republicans, and even Libertarians. I am also a small business owner, serving as the President and CEO of Hot Water Studio & Production, LLC. My company works with media outlets across the state, nation, and world exposing public corruption via several new media platforms. I have also overcome personal challenges. I am legally blind with zero vision in my right eye and only 40 percent vision remaining in my left eye. I sometimes wear an eyepatch due to my failed vision. (Hence the nickname of “America’s Political Pirate.”

Friday, February 04, 2011

DENGUE FEVER SWEEPING PERU: Outbreak of the "Breakbone Fever" could kill millions of people this year. What is it? How can you catch it? Do your research on this bad boy of viruses.

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