‘Shocking’ data shows the climate crisis and invasive mosquitos mean chikungunya could spread in 29 countries

‘Shocking’ data shows the climate crisis and invasive mosquitos mean chikungunya could spread in 29 countries

An excruciatingly painful tropical disease called chikungunya can now be transmitted by mosquitoes across most of Europe, a study has found.

Higher temperatures due to the climate crisis mean infections are now possible for more than six months of the year in Spain, Greece and other southern European countries, and for two months a year in south-east England. Continuing global heating means it is only a matter of time before the disease expands further northwards, the scientists said.

The analysis is the first to fully assess the effect of temperature on the incubation time of the virus in the Asian tiger mosquito, which has invaded Europe in recent decades. The study found the minimum temperature at which infections could occur is 2.5C lower than previous, less robust, estimates, representing a “quite shocking” difference, the researchers said.

  • redsand@infosec.pubEnglish
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    5 hours ago

    Look dude, math says there are aliens out there, you are smart enough to conceed that point. I was not sold by witness reports it was the military interactions, the videos, the pattern of interacting with nuclear sites, bob lazar specifically and the law enforcement responses he generated.

    The Franklin scandal really gave it’s self away having the FBI do a large scale raid on the investigator’s office the day after he died with his son in a plane crash. Same day he met an informant and got the photos needed to prosecute. It’s that kind of thing that i find telling.

    Now you could say it’s all a psyop to make Russia think the US has captured tech they don’t really have but that gets wildly complex and more and more nonsensical the further back you go in history. Like we have foo fighters from WWI and II, the bell, etc…