Planned Parenthoodreceived any Zika kits from the Florida Department of Healt

[gotsnowgotslush]

Republicans have previously described the Prevention Fund— as a “slush fund”

Anti-Obamacare Congressman Urges Obama To Use Obamacare To Fight Ebola
OCT 6, 2014

Republican congressman, who voted to repeal the Affordable Care Act more than 30 times, called on the federal government on Monday to use a fund embedded in the law to help prevent a national outbreak of Ebola.


Republicans have previously described the Prevention Fund — which invests in community and clinical prevention, research, public health infrastructure, immunizations and screenings, tobacco prevention and public health workforce and training — as a “slush fund” and have repeatedly voted to cut its funding.

The Obama administration has mobilized a wide spectrum of government departments to fight the virus overseas and will continue to rely on the publicly funded health care system to ensure that the virus does not spread beyond the one diagnosed case in Dallas, Texas. Increasing health insurance coverage through the Affordable Care Act can also help in that effort. Research has shown that people who lack health insurance delay or skip health care services or substitute home remedies or over the counter drugs for doctor visits that can diagnose and prevent the spread of communicable disease. People who have access to routine needed care are less likely to be susceptible to disease, leading to improvements in individual and community resilience.

http://thinkprogress.org/health/2014/10/06/3576320/republican-congressman-ebola-obamacare/

 

[Iceprincess12]

Wordy! I saw zika kit in the title pm but saw the word ebola as I looked for the end. Do the kits come with a juice pack or a % off coupon for my next purchase? Hydration is the key.

Zika is the new bandwagon disease, I think because it sounds kinda cool. Just rolls off the tongue. Maybe the kits will contain mints. Do mosquitoes like minty blood? So many questions and you post didn't answer any of them!

 

[srgreene]

Wordy! ... Zika is the new bandwagon disease, I think because it sounds kinda cool. Just rolls off the tongue. Maybe the kits will contain mints. Do mosquitoes like minty blood? So many questions and you post didn't answer any of them!

Nice put down to a banal post that seems largely to be an excuse for Republican bashing. The best protection against zika is probably to stay inside as much as possible, to keep yourself covered as much as possible when outside (admittedly, not so easy to do if you are in FL), and to apply copious amounts of 'skeeter repellent. All readily obtainable by taking personal responsibility for the health of your unborn, and no government program required (much to the distress of "liberals", I'm sure).

That said, if you are pregnant, zika is one scary virus, and is a legitimate public health concern.

 

[NeverEndingMe]

you are clearly, a special kind of fucking retarded. God bless the fact that you have welfare as you are too mentally defective to support yourself. hopefully you are not a breeder as you would condemn your offspring to a horrific hell

Anti-Obamacare Congressman Urges Obama To Use Obamacare To Fight Ebola
OCT 6, 2014

Republican congressman, who voted to repeal the Affordable Care Act more than 30 times, called on the federal government on Monday to use a fund embedded in the law to help prevent a national outbreak of Ebola.


Republicans have previously described the Prevention Fund — which invests in community and clinical prevention, research, public health infrastructure, immunizations and screenings, tobacco prevention and public health workforce and training — as a “slush fund” and have repeatedly voted to cut its funding.

The Obama administration has mobilized a wide spectrum of government departments to fight the virus overseas and will continue to rely on the publicly funded health care system to ensure that the virus does not spread beyond the one diagnosed case in Dallas, Texas. Increasing health insurance coverage through the Affordable Care Act can also help in that effort. Research has shown that people who lack health insurance delay or skip health care services or substitute home remedies or over the counter drugs for doctor visits that can diagnose and prevent the spread of communicable disease. People who have access to routine needed care are less likely to be susceptible to disease, leading to improvements in individual and community resilience.

http://thinkprogress.org/health/2014/10/06/3576320/republican-congressman-ebola-obamacare/

 

[dan_c00000]

That said, if you are pregnant, zika is one scary virus, and is a legitimate public health concern.

It does remind me of the SARs and bird flu scare. Honestly, it's not a government thing (but cutting off your nose [by taking away funding from Ebloa to fight Zika] to spite your face is a dumb move only the teahadists would make) but more of a media induced panic. Because no one watches the news unless they're something insane happening like a plane crash or the latest bout of superbug.