This Terrifying Virus Has Been Confirmed In The US. Should You Be Worried?

By now, you have likely heard about Zika, a relatively new virus transmitted by mosquitoes and understandably has people around the world up in arms due to babies being born with microcephaly

According to CNN, the disease has been confirmed in 24 different countries around the world and although The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention states on its website that the symptoms of this virus are pretty mild, the horrifying aftermath of this disease speaks for itself.

The Zika virus is known to cause terrible birth defects in newborns and women in many Caribbean and Latin American countries are being warned against getting pregnant, with other countries reconsidering their abortion laws, according to the New York Post.

Although the CDC doesn’t predict a large number of outbreaks in the United States, the fact that there is no cure or vaccine for this mosquito-borne virus is terrifying.

In Brazil alone, there have been more than 4,000 babies born with abnormally small heads and brains due to Zika since October 2015, according to BBC. Medical professionals around the U.S. are scrambling to learn what to look out for, but the best way to prepare ourselves for a potential outbreak is to know the signs.

Medical professionals around the U.S. are scrambling to learn what to look out for, but the best way to prepare ourselves for a potential outbreak is to know the signs.

The CDC says anyone travelling or living in an area with the Aedes species mosquito can be infected and “the most common symptoms of Zika virus disease are fever, rash, joint pain, or conjunctivitis. Symptoms typically begin 2 to 7 days after being bitten by an infected mosquito.”

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