Originally published at: http://boingboing.net/2016/07/15/first-case-of-female-to-male-s.html
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I just got back from Guatemala a couple of days ago. I went exploring around the jungle while I was there without bug repellent and I’m pretty sure I got Zika. I felt sick for a couple of days, fever, vomited a few times the worst night, got a rash. It only lasted a few days now I’m fine. The danger to developing fetuses is serious, but other than that it’s a mild flu.
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The only other thing they’ve been worried about has been a spike in Guillain-barre syndrome, too:
http://www.cdc.gov/zika/about/gbs-qa.html
That sucks though, but I’m glad it was so mild for you.
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What a nightmare. I lived for a while in a tiny town with, I think, four cases, which is completely off the scale for such a rare disease. I don’t want to imagine what happens if Zika begets GBS and they both become widespread.
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I’m glad the USA is taking such a proactive approach against Zika
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American exceptionalism won’t protect you
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You’ve never seen such a nation of hypochondriacs! I mean I’m all for taking sensible precautions, but Americans are incredibly bad at risk assessment.
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People are incredibly bad at risk assessment.
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True.
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