To: The United States House of Representatives and The United States Senate
Tell Congress: Pass Zika Virus emergency funding NOW!!
Pass emergency funding to combat, treat, and research—including a potential vaccine—the Zika virus immediately. United States health officials, including those at NIH and the CDC, predict that as temperatures grow warmer, the United States will start to see the spread of Zika, starting in the Southern states but reaching cities as far north as New York City. We need to be prepared! Zika can cause serious birth defects like microcephaly, is sexually transmitted, and may be a possible cause of Guillain-Barré syndrome (an illness of the nervous system that could lead to muscle weakness or paralysis). So far there is no cure for Zika, which is why this emergency funding is even more important than ever.
Why is this important?
The Zika virus has officially arrived in the U.S. There are now many confirmed cases of the Zika virus in the Miami area that were contracted by local mosquitoes, not by travel abroad or sexual transmission, and the CDC has issued a travel warning to all pregnant women not to travel to Miami. That is on top of the thousands of U.S. Zika cases contracted or associated with travel to South or Central America.
Meanwhile, the U.S. Congress left weeks ago for their summer vacations without passing emergency funding for Zika. Outrageous!
According to the CDC and other national health officials, we are unprepared for this outbreak and need this funding ASAP for prevention, research, and treatment—including a potential vaccine—of the Zika virus.
Enough is enough! We need you to speak out!
Write your members of Congress and tell them to come back to Washington, D.C. and pass emergency funding for the prevention and treatment of the Zika virus ASAP!
Meanwhile, the U.S. Congress left weeks ago for their summer vacations without passing emergency funding for Zika. Outrageous!
According to the CDC and other national health officials, we are unprepared for this outbreak and need this funding ASAP for prevention, research, and treatment—including a potential vaccine—of the Zika virus.
Enough is enough! We need you to speak out!
Write your members of Congress and tell them to come back to Washington, D.C. and pass emergency funding for the prevention and treatment of the Zika virus ASAP!