The case of a young female from alabama who was recently diagnosed with the Zika virus makes me think a lot about this topic. I don’t think I would have even begun to write this article if it wasn’t for this girl. She has her own website, and I admire her for what she is doing, but I also think she is an inspiration for all those who are sick or infected. You can check out her story in the video below.
As you may or may not know, the Zika virus has been around for about a year now. Before it was known as the “Zika virus of 2009,” it was called “African Swine Fever” because there is a certain similarity between the rash and the African swine fever seen in pigs. Then in 2010, the World Health Organization announced that the disease was more widespread than previously thought, and that more cases had been identified in the Americas, with the first case in Africa.
This is not new news to us here at Lifehacker, but the main problem with the Zika virus is that it is very hard to find. It’s not the type of virus you can just shoot out of a gun or infect people with. It’s like an airborne plague that requires something like a good mosquito net and a pair of binoculars. It’s not that hard to find, but it is extremely rare.
I used to have an apartment in San Francisco where I went to regularly. The only people who knew I was infected with Zika were my wife and my sister, and I was in no hurry to tell them that I was also suffering from a severe case of meningitis.
It’s important to know that the disease is not spread through the air, but through the bite of infected Aedes species mosquitos. So the best way to prevent ZIKV from spreading is to keep your home and possessions clean. You can buy a great mosquito net, which you can use to cover your home or apartment, or you can buy a net that is specifically designed to hold mosquitoes and keep them from entering your home.
As a general rule, if you don’t have a net, you should definitely clean your home, but the idea of a net that will keep mosquitoes out is very attractive. There’s another thing to consider, and that is the fact that you are likely to get more bites if you have a net. Many places in the U.S. have had outbreaks of ZIKV and those places have had a lot of mosquitoes – and thus a lot of bites.
The CDC recommends that if you have a mosquito net, you should get rid of it. It really doesn’t seem like such a big deal to do that, especially if you have the net, because the bites are minor and you can just wipe them off. However, if you buy a net that is specifically designed to hold mosquitoes, then you are more likely to get bites.
I’m not sure I understand the point of this. Is it to prevent mosquitoes from landing in your bed, or to prevent mosquitoes from biting you? I’m not sure about the first part of that. I’d like to know.
Yes, I know people get bitten by mosquitoes. I even get bitten by mosquitoes. I never get bitten by mosquitoes. I think I only get bitten by mosquitoes once and that is when I am sleeping. Im not sure what the point is of making it such a big deal that you should get rid of the mosquito net. That is just ridiculous.
I have no idea why. I have no idea why anyone would want to make it so inconvenient to get rid of the net. If they really did, what would be the point of them? Obviously they can make it more inconvenient by using it to sleep in. That is a problem and they should do something about it.