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In seven countries that recently experienced Zika outbreaks, there were also sharp increases in the numbers of people suffering from a form of temporary paralysis, researchers reported Wednesday.
The analysis, published online in The New England Journal of Medicine, adds to substantial evidence that Zika infections — even asymptomatic ones — may bring on a paralysis called Guillain-Barré syndrome.
The new data suggest a telling pattern: Each country in the study saw unusual increases in Guillain-Barré that coincided with peaks in Zika infections, the researchers concluded.
Dr. Gorson noted that the continental United States has no formal monitoring system for Guillain-Barré. As the number of Zika cases in Florida and elsewhere increases, he said, “you won’t know if a Guillain-Barré case is related to Zika infection.”
“We can do it,” he said of such surveillance. But “there’s no funding from Congress to do it.”
Horrific enough — Hurricane = massive increase in standing water = massive increase in mosquitoes…
And no funding from Congress. THAT figures.