The Zika Virus Has Reached the United States ... And It's Obviously In Florida

Florida has four cases of locally transmitted Zika virus https://t.co/PRBtji2WY9 pic.twitter.com/KyhqaFeKuX

— New York Daily News (@NYDailyNews) July 29, 2016

ABC News — An outbreak of the Zika virus has been confirmed in Florida, marking the first time the virus has been found to be transmitted via infected mosquitoes within the continental U.S.

The outbreak has infected at least four people, three men and one woman, through local transmission, Florida officials said today.

“This means Florida has become the first state in our nation to have local transmission of the Zika virus,” Florida Gov. Rick Scott said today.

Scott said a small area in northern Miami that is about a square mile in size is the only area where the Zika virus is being transmitted from mosquitoes to people.

“We’re being very aggressive at testing people there we are testing the mosquitoes there and we spraying to make sure it’s contained,” Scott said. He said health officials do not think that the transmission was ongoing.

Typical Florida. Back at it again with the bad shit. Florida’s given us Casey Anthony, George Zimmerman, killer alligators, Little Marco, the entire city of Jacksonville, Bubba Watson… and now the Zika virus? What an awful slab of earth. We should send maybe Pirate Simon down there to fire up Barstool Florida so we can all just point and laugh at the ridiculous, bad, shitty stuff that goes on there nonstop.

With Rio and reports that Zika is basically shot straight out of the shower heads and into your bloodstream, the virus has become a pretty mainstream topic. To be clear, Zika is essentially a birth defect virus spread by mosquitoes. It got its name from a forest in Uganda — when a virus gets its name from a forest in Uganda, that’s not good. It’s known as a birth defect virus because it leads to virtually no symptoms for adults, but can spread from a pregnant woman to her fetus, causing a wide range of brain malformations and other birth defects.

In a nutshell — if you get it, you’ll be fine but your potential kids are potentially fucked. Science lesson with Riggs. You’re welcome. Happy Friday.

PS – Did somebody say Casey Anthony?