Mosquito Terminators and Envirospect join the March of Dimes in requesting your support for federal funding to continue to educate the general public on steps they need to take to stop Zika from gaining a foothold in the continental U.S. Funding for research to avoid the serious birth defect of microencephalitis is also a critical need.
The March of Dimes is the leading nonprofit organization for pregnancy and baby health. Please feel free to reach out to them for any pregnancy and baby related Zika information.
The March of Dimes maintains up-to-the-minute information and materials for women and families on their website and social media.
Just as with Mosquito Terminators, all of their information is drawn from the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC) and other trusted sources.
You can find their information about Zika and birth defects at www.marchofdimes.org/zika and www.nacersano.org/zika
Visit for Zika and Mosquito control information including information for public events such as weddings and youth sports games: http://www.Envirospect.info/ZikaSolutions
The discussion started a couple months ago as the Zika virus made its way into Puerto Rico. The Pittsburgh Pirates and Florida Marlins were scheduled to play a two game series there on May 30 and 31. What made this game very special was that it was to honor deceased Pittsburgh Pirate hero and hall of fame recipient Roberto Clemente.
The final decision has been made, the game will be moved to the Marlin's Stadium as of 4:30 PM today. Birth defects are forever and it was a serious discussion weighing down on the players.
For this and any outdoor celebration, treatment of the area is one way to help protect people from Zika. It is the same for outdoor weddings, graduation parties, picnics or baseball games. Mosquito Terminators CEO and Pirate fan John Russell to be out spraying the area as a pre-event spray program. John quipped, “The game is like any other pre-event protective spray program we do…..the mosquito threat in the Marlin stadium should be treated just as it would have been in Puerto Rico. Hey, a graduation party or wedding is even more important than baseball to our customers.”
The discussion started a couple months ago as the Zika virus made its way into Puerto Rico. The Pittsburgh Pirates and Florida Marlins are scheduled to play a two game series there on May 30 and 3
The problem is that many of the Pirate players are expecting children or thinking about having families…..and are very aware of the risk of birth defects from the Zika Virus to those children. The fact that the Zika virus can be given from a player to their spouse “from exchanging bodily fluids” makes leaving the family back in Pittsburgh an ineffective way to avoid the terrible risk of life long hardship caused by a single bite of a tiny mosquito.
On May 3, the Pirate players met with representatives from Major League Baseball and the Center for Disease Control and Prevention in their clubhouse at PNC Park to discuss Zika virus.
The final decision has not been made, but birth defects are forever and it is a serious discussion weighing down on the players. One possibility is extra precautions will be taken like pretreatment of the area or even relocating the game.
Pittsburgh Pirate union representative Gerrit Cole said “the meeting was about educating everybody.” The league and the player's association need to “get together and continue to figure this out.”
If the game does go on, look for Mosquito Terminators CEO and Pirate fan John Russell to be out spraying the area as a pre-event spray program. John quipped, “The game is like any other pre-event protective spray program we do…..just maybe 30,000 more people and a bigger area. Hey, a graduation party or wedding is even more important than baseball to our customers.”
You are traveling to a warm area or looking ahead to mosquito season where you live.
In order to protect from birth defects, we must take every possible precaution to interrupt the process of mosquitoes infecting people with the Zika virus.
Imagine: It is a happy time of celebration. It could be a wedding, graduation, church picnic, reunion or a house warming party. There is a single unwanted guest at this joyous event….and we are not talking about obnoxious Uncle Harry. It is a smaller and much more destructive guest. It is a mosquito carrying the Zika virus.
With one tiny mosquito bite during an otherwise joyful event, the life of a family and its unborn child are changed and challenged forever.
Talk about insidious and sneaky! Four out five persons that are bitten and infected by a mosquito carrying the Zika virus will not have a single symptom of the disease. If that victim is pregnant, the very first sign of the virus could be a child born with the lifelong birth defect of microcephaly. This defect results in a child being born with a small, under developed head and brain on a regular sized body.
Birth Defects are forever. We must do all that we can to stop the Zika virus and protect the health of our children.
This is not a bad science fiction movie. It is not hype. It is not a fictional media frenzy for ratings. According to the Center for Disease Control (CDC), the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the World Health Organization (WHO), the Pan American Health Organization, and countless other organizations this is a serious pandemic stretching across the world from Africa, to the Pacific Rim, then to South and Central America and now, to the United States.
WHO DOES THIS AFFECT?
“The Zika virus could reach regions of the United States in which 60 percent of the population lives, or some 200 million Americans.” According to The Lancet (a renowned international general medical journal) It can affect not just residents of the affected areas, but tourists and visitors to those areas.
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WHAT CAN WE DO TO PROTECT THE ONES WE LOVE?
We must take every possible precaution to interrupt the process of mosquitoes infecting people with the Zika virus.
· Wear light covered, loose fitting clothing that covers as much skin as possible
Click here for May Clinic information on avoiding mosquito bites
· Apply insect repellant using safe products and methods
Click here to download a copy of WEBMD’s Safe Use of Pesticide Directions
· Remove any items that contain standing water from the area
(such as tires, water buckets, roof gutters, bird baths, etc.) Click here for more details
· Use screens in windows and air conditioning in sealed homes where possible
Click here for the CDC information on control of the Zika virus
· Conduct a barrier spray program.
Treating the grounds for a special event like a wedding or pool party may meet your needs. If you have a possible home exposure of a pregnant woman, a barrier spray program may better meet your safety needs. Based on the life cycle of mosquitos, a 14-day cycle may provide the best control and safety.
Click here for more information about barrier control programs