Political Quotes

“Mr. President, the Zika virus is getting very serious. Today one of the officials at the Centers for Disease Control said that ``this is scarier than we initially thought.'' As to a pregnant woman who is infected with the Zika virus, it may not only cause the fetus to be deformed with a much smaller head, but they are finding other birth defects as well as premature births. Normal, otherwise healthy people who become infected with the virus usually have relatively mild flu- like symptoms, but there are devastating consequences when the virus is contracted by a woman who is pregnant. Today the CDC said: ``Most of what we've learned is not reassuring.'' They also said: ``Everything we look at with this virus seems to be a bit scarier than we initially thought.'' That is coming straight from the experts at CDC. When you look at where this virus is, unfortunately, there are more people in my State of Florida who have the virus than in any other State in the country. Nationwide, there are multiples of hundreds who have the virus. In the State of Florida, we have identified just under 100 people who have the virus. Thankfully, of those who were infected in Florida, none of them contracted it in Florida; they contracted the virus someplace else. There is a vast amount of traveling that goes on between Florida and Puerto Rico. Puerto Rico is one source where the virus is coming from.…”