The CDC recommendations for Zika prevention
What’s in the CDC’s Zika Prevention Kits, From Permethrin to Condoms Wired
The US congress has not provided money for the CDC to provide these kits. They are just recommendations
- Standing Water Treatment Tablets
- A bacterial toxin specific to mosquito larva
- A pack of six costs around $10 and mosquito-proofs 100 square feet of water for 30 days.
- Permethrin Spray
- “If a mosquito lands on permethrin-treated fabric and stays there, it will kill the mosquito,”
- “A 6.5 ounce can costs $6, and will treat two outfits for two weeks.”
- Bed Net
- “If you’re in a lighted room at night and there’s a hungry Aedes aegypti mosquito around, it will still bite you,”
- “An inexpensive bed net costs $10 to $15.”
- Wikipedia ITNs ~2X effective as untreated nets, and >70% protection compared with no net.
- Insect Repellant
- “Repellant basically hides you from the mosquito,”
- “They land on your skin and don’t realize it’s something they can feed on.”
- Note study was based on fruit flies, not mosquitoes
- “Repellents containing DEET, which last longer, usually run $6 to $10 a bottle.
- However, Your use of DEET probably INCREASES the spread of Zika – June 2016
- Condoms
See also web
Birth Control's Troubling Myths Atlantic Sept 2016
Condoms are just one of many ways to prevent getting pregnant
A Smarter Way to Compare Birth Control Methods Wired Oct 2016
review of http://www.iodine.com/birth-control
Prevalence of birth control Wikipedia
It appears that the delay by the US congress in funding Zika was due to amendment which would stop any of the money going to Planned Parenthood in Puerto Rico.
No One Knows Who Is Blocking US Funding For Zika Treatment Wired Sept 2016
Someone in congress, do not know who, did not want people in Puerto Rico to use contraception
See also VitaminDWiki
Stop Zika Birth Defects with Vitamin D book written by VitaminDWiki has the following:
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