Rio de Janeiro declares dengue public health emergency ahead of Carnival
NBCJAN 2024
Brazil: Dengue Outbreak Prompts Public Health Emergency
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The Spin
Narrative A
While several factors, such as population growth, do facilitate the spread of this mosquito-borne disease, climate change is the main driver of the worldwide spike in dengue cases. As humidity, rainfall, and temperatures have increased, mosquitoes are growing and incubating the virus faster.
Narrative B
While allegations that climate change and new weather patterns are to blame for mounting outbreaks of dengue fever offer a simple explanation that's comfortable both for those in power and ordinary citizens, this disease could have long been eradicated. It takes only some proactive, preventive measures to address this issue once and for all.