Credit: Raymond Bryson
CNN wrote an article here recently stating that we as Americans need to be ready for a wave of Mosquitoes like never before.
“As the climate of the northern United States warms, the Asian tiger mosquito, one of the world’s most invasive pests, continues spreading northward from Texas to New York, while extending its breeding season. These changes are happening just when chikungunya, an infectious disease carried by this and other mosquitoes, is rapidly spreading throughout the Caribbean. Pieces are falling into place for a historic epidemic on U.S. shores.”-CNN
CNN is projecting to see Mosquitoes on a high this summer due to extreme conditions. They suspect the appearance of the Asian Tiger Mosquito to be on a high also, one of the most dangerous Mosquitoes in the U.S.
“Arriving in Texas in the mid-1980s, Asian tiger mosquitoes spread northward to their ecological limit where annual average temperatures are 50 degrees Fahrenheit or warmer — a boundary that runs more or less through New York City. Indeed, New York health officials are monitoring Asian tiger mosquitoes in 61 locations across the city’s five boroughs. The mosquito is abundant in the Washington, D.C., area.”-CNN
The reason? According to CNN, Global Warming.
“Unfortunately, just when public health officials should be preparing for a chikungunya outbreak in the United States, the federal budget sequestration reduced funding for research on all infectious diseases. Global warming is enabling the Asian tiger mosquito to spread northward, yet climate policy remains stalled in Congress, where some elected officials still dismiss even the reality of the measurable rise in global temperatures since the Industrial Revolution.”-CNN