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Crazy: Bug-Bitten Man Infects Wife With First Ever Mosquito-Borne STD
- Posted on April 9, 2011 at 12:46am by
Emily Esfahani Smith
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No amount of chamomile lotion is going to make this any better.
Via Fox News:
Scientists think they may have documented the first case of a sexually transmitted insect-borne disease, according to a study in Emerging Infectious Diseases.
Brian Foy, a vector biologist at Colorado State University who traveled to Senegal, was bitten by a mosquito and subsequently developed the Zika virus, which causes fatigue and joint pains.
When Foy returned to the U.S. and had sex with his wife, he unknowingly transmitted the disease to her.
But phew: New York Magazine informs us that everything is just fine: “Everyone in this story is fine. The insect-borne illness in question has worn off, even if the rest of us come down with a case of the willies.”
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Comments (78)
9thCommandment
Posted on April 9, 2011 at 8:34amI guess the gov will open a planned insect facility to hand out super small condoms for all those unprotected stingers.
Report Post »restoretheusa
Posted on April 9, 2011 at 8:29amIsn’t it Calamine Lotion instead of Chamomile? Not sure.
Report Post »Black_Dynamite
Posted on April 9, 2011 at 8:18amThis is a two year old story at least, why is it here?
Report Post »not_smart_enough_4u
Posted on April 9, 2011 at 12:24pmGood catch. I did the research within a minute of seeing the name of the virus getting the same results you did.
Report Post »orkydorky
Posted on April 9, 2011 at 9:14pmI guess it must be a slow news day since the speaker sold us out to BO and the Democrats!
Report Post »coonass199
Posted on April 9, 2011 at 8:07amI think he just didn’t want to tell his wife that he is a dirtbag and blamed the std on a mosquito instead of his mistress in the jungle
Report Post »Slick Willie
Posted on April 9, 2011 at 7:39amWhy didn’t I think of this? ROTFLMFAO
Report Post »teddrunk
Posted on April 9, 2011 at 7:33amNext STD’s will be transmitted due to global warming.
Report Post »orkydorky
Posted on April 9, 2011 at 9:08pmDoes anyone know what STD means……………………….Sexually Transmitted Disease. Ring any bells?
Report Post »streetrodder
Posted on April 9, 2011 at 7:32amI think this calls for a STING operation.
Report Post »Tonio
Posted on April 9, 2011 at 7:03ammaybe it was a toilet seat
Report Post »teachermitch32
Posted on April 10, 2011 at 1:22amMore like the “LUUUUUV bug”!
Report Post »jColes
Posted on April 9, 2011 at 7:02amI know for a fact from personal observations in Third-World countries that some infections can be passed through marital relations…Suffice it to say that some infections not normally thought of ‘social diseases’ can be transmitted through marital relations…I‘m still not sure whether they’re passed genitally or through kissing or because the close proximity of the conjoined people…but I do know that non-STDs can be passed through intimacy.
Report Post »teachermitch32
Posted on April 10, 2011 at 1:21amGuess that would make them STD’s then…you know….the diseases that are not sexually transmitted but somehow were transmitted sexually?????
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on April 9, 2011 at 6:47amApollyon.
Report Post »vegtech
Posted on April 9, 2011 at 6:02amCorrect: We should keep an eye on this
Report Post »Correct: Scientist emerge from liberial enviorments. In the USA those enviorments are called Universities
wop6969
Posted on April 9, 2011 at 5:55amI can’t believe the absurdity of some people believing this nonsense.
Report Post »kookycanuck
Posted on April 9, 2011 at 3:55amCome on people….you can contract West Nile Virus (WNV), LaCrosse Encephalitis (LAC), Eastern Equine Encephalitis (EEE), St. Louis Encephalitis (SLE), Malaria, Dengue, and Yellow fever of which we know but somehow catching an STD via a mosquito bite is “IMPOSSIBLE”?
http://www.health.state.mn.us/divs/idepc/dtopics/mosquitoborne/index.html
Report Post »http://www.mosquito.org/mosquito-information/mosquito-borne.aspx
Hobo Boondocks
Posted on April 9, 2011 at 6:09amIt’s not reported on because the medical and blood bank industry does not want to further alarm the public, but EVERY blood borne disease can be transmitted through blood transfusions. Even Cancer! How? If cancer cells are metastasizing, and the person donates blood during this time, the cells can be passed on to someone else. Will the immune system of the person receiving the transfusion recognize the cells and attack them before harm can be done? Medical scientists cannot guarantee it. They will say the likelihood of such happening is remote, but any who say such is impossible is ignorant of the facts.
Report Post »Nixit
Posted on April 9, 2011 at 3:12amWow, what errant husband won’t use this excuse now. “Honey, I swear it came from a mosquito!”
Report Post »WAR PIGS CRAWLING
Posted on April 9, 2011 at 3:34am“I swear……that skeeter was so big and nasty, it had crabs too…..”
Report Post »Restaurant Run by Retired Kings
Posted on April 9, 2011 at 3:00amI hope Samantha Power doesnt here about this.
Report Post »endgamer
Posted on April 9, 2011 at 2:56amEverybody sing!!
Report Post »There’s a skeeter on my peter knock it off.. There’s a skeeter on my peter knock it off.. Etc..
WAR PIGS CRAWLING
Posted on April 9, 2011 at 3:32am@endgamer…..too good….you’re putting the F N in funny…
Report Post »BBomber66
Posted on April 10, 2011 at 7:09pmI did giggle and snort, but was able to control myself short of lol. It is true that I can’t get an STD from a toilet seat? Glad to hear it. That hovering is getting harder the older I get. What? The CDC is another gov’t agency suppressing information to keep down the panic and anti-gov’t riots? I’m shocked.
Report Post »endgamer
Posted on April 9, 2011 at 2:54amI wonder what Laboratory invented that one… The CDC lab?
Report Post »drattastic
Posted on April 9, 2011 at 2:42amThats what they all say.
Report Post »JJ Coolay
Posted on April 9, 2011 at 9:39amNot all of us.
Report Post »Alan
Posted on April 9, 2011 at 2:40amI‘m sure that’s what he told his wife. “Honest, honey, I don’t fool around: it was a mosquito.”
Report Post »the hawk
Posted on April 9, 2011 at 2:27amMOSQUITO’S have been spreading hiv for 30 years! Back in the late 80′s a Dr. at the CDC told PLAYBOY Her studies showed Hiv and AIDS could be spread my misquito’s. She was Fired ! and the CDC QUICKLYput out a study saying other-wise ! ! ! !
Report Post »sleazyhippo
Posted on April 9, 2011 at 10:03amThanks for the informative post, but .. ((Why are you yelling so much? Everybody heard this story decades ago…))
Report Post »cookcountypatriot
Posted on April 9, 2011 at 2:12ammaybe wifey got it from his aide..lol
Report Post »gb2
Posted on April 9, 2011 at 2:01amsweetie, i dont know how we got herpes, it must have been one of those nasty mesquites
Report Post »sissykatz
Posted on April 9, 2011 at 2:14amGb2
Report Post »I apoligize for writing somewhat the same thing as you. But yours was not posted when I wrote mine.
JUSTANOTHEROPINION
Posted on April 9, 2011 at 1:58amI wonder how many times this excuse is going to be used. lol
Report Post »sissykatz
Posted on April 9, 2011 at 2:03amjustanotheropinion
I was thinking the same thing. ‘NO HONEY I DIDN’T CHEAT I WAS BITTEN BY A MOSQUITO” lol
Report Post »fixityourself
Posted on April 10, 2011 at 12:45pmMost people commenting are missing the point that this is not a conventional STD. This is an insect born disease that appears to be transmitted by sex. Much like Lyme disease, this is something that has profound health implications. It’s a serious issue, not something to be made fun of.
Report Post »BrockW
Posted on April 11, 2011 at 9:21pm@fixityourself Exactly what people need to realize.
Report Post »I thought the same, but I actually read the post and saw it wasn’t aids or something like that.
Psychosis
Posted on April 9, 2011 at 1:51ama lot of assumptions on the part of this “ scientist” how can he determine a critter didnt come home with him and nibble on wifey???
in my opinion, scientists are no where near as smart as they think they are
Report Post »Valkaneer
Posted on April 9, 2011 at 5:25amWHAT?? But, but what about global warming and the Big Bang??? Right there is proff of just how smart they are! …… um no, /sarcasm off. You are correct, I think the great scientist of time would be disgusted with what people call science today. You eliminate all other possiblitys and what remains must be true, but no one does that anymore. I guess it’s to hard and takes to much time and effort. What if Edison was that lazy?
Report Post »JJ Coolay
Posted on April 9, 2011 at 9:38amBingo!!!!
Scientists are merely paid speculators IMO.
Report Post »colonial10
Posted on April 9, 2011 at 1:51amWow. Keep an ear and an eye out for this.
Report Post »Templar Knight
Posted on April 9, 2011 at 2:59amMore like keep your mind open. Who‘s to say that this guy didn’t do something bad overseas and used a mosquito bite as an excuse?
Report Post »Ditto Head
Posted on April 9, 2011 at 3:12amThat’s his story? He got it from a mosquito? And she bought it? Wow.
Report Post »joe3
Posted on April 9, 2011 at 5:11amjust admit to your wife that you cheated on her with filth, and spread that filth to her, you wimp.
Polwatcher
Posted on April 9, 2011 at 6:05amGood story and it may be true. At least it is better than geting an STD from a toilet seat.
Report Post »Slick Willie
Posted on April 9, 2011 at 7:41amI ain’t buying this one!!
Report Post »leftcoastslut
Posted on April 9, 2011 at 8:35amnow this is what planned parenthood should be all about, way to go mosquito
Report Post »sleazyhippo
Posted on April 9, 2011 at 10:02amI wonder if Newt knows about this excuse yet? This could change everything! Science is fascinating.
Report Post »banjarmon
Posted on April 9, 2011 at 10:17amI Hate any thing that sucks blood out of me…. Got Lyme’s Disease from a deer tick…No Fun at all.
Report Post »GEW
Posted on April 9, 2011 at 10:22am…kind of like the ole joke “explaining to your wife why she has to take penicillin to cure your cold.” or something like that.
Report Post »Svt4Him
Posted on April 9, 2011 at 8:06pmI got bit once as well, now I have two children because of it.
Report Post »mwhaley
Posted on April 9, 2011 at 10:23pmIt’s the same story as getting clap from the tractor seat.
Report Post »Blazergirl
Posted on April 10, 2011 at 9:40pmI guess the story of, “ I MUST HAVE CAUGHT IT FROM THE TOILETTE SEAT” has been over told. Obviously it is no longer convincing. Really? Ladies don’t fall for this new “story”. LOL.
Report Post »Junter
Posted on April 11, 2011 at 11:55amTemplar Knight,
Or maybe he was collecting used needles to intentionally infect himself.. or maybe aliens did it while he slept.. or maybe it was bigfoot. Or maybe you are going way on a limb without facts.
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