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chikungunya- cant find the answer to this question
USE MOSQUITO REPELLANT. Chikengunya is really really bad and has long lasting effects. Life is tuffenuf without being neglectful and causing yourself problems. The newer mosquito sprays are pretty good, not greasy, not too smelly. It will not be forever as sooner or later we will kill off the mosquitoes or develop a vaccine.
Nope I don't. I can't imagine spraying myself all day with that stuff. Once in a while I will put some on but rarely.
Not foolproof but I don't think it last half an hour. This summer, I sprayed myself and my children a little before sunset everyday and we barely had any bites (which is highly unusual since my kids live on our terrasse in bathing suit), so it did work for me.
As far as I am led to believe the mozzies which carry both the Chikungunya and Dengue virus are out and about in the daytime rather than at dusk or dark - they are also larger than the average mozzie (more like daddy longlegs which all Brits will know) and also have white paws
Not true. My cost $170 (copay) with Medicare and supplemental insurance. From the stories I have heard it was money well spent.
Free for me.... and every other person in the line up in Philadelphia...
can't say what happened to you
Like malaria it may not fully leave the body for years ,,but if you keep your immune system strong it should not affect you after 3 or 4 months ....it is the very occasional person who has it longer although I have not met anyone who has got it after 5 months yes andit must be spread by a vector,,in this case a mosquito
Not true many people on the FB chicky support page have horrible symptoms 5+ months after being infected, including my wife.
Yeah, pretty much gone by now, everyone has had it.
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EBOLA is a different story!!!!
?Coming SOON To A Country Near You?!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
At least it will eliminate the traffic congestion!!!!!!
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Since there is no products on the market that garantees 0 bite, my point was just that it is MUCH better than not using any repellent.
Well really CHIKV has not disappeared-It may be the bulk of population has already contracted the virus, so it appears to be gone in some ways. However, any new 'blood' that hasn't been infected yet is still fair game for a mosquito population that continues to carry and spread the virus in DR.