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I am getting sick and tired of all this "to do" about the Zika virus, mainly because it's effects are little more than a bad cold/mild flu to adults, and it was, until this morning, just one of several diseases borne by mosquitoes. This morning, CNN reported that the CDC have identified a case of sexually transmitted Zika, and that makes it somewhat more disconcerting.
It's a virus. What can we actually do about it? Create a vaccine? Why? The virus' worst effects are quite easily avoided:
It's a virus. What can we actually do about it? Create a vaccine? Why? The virus' worst effects are quite easily avoided:
- Don't go to Zika infested places while pregnant.
- Abstain from having sex with pregnant women or women who intend to become pregnant if one has possibly been bitten by a Zika-carrying mosquito.
- Use whatever form(s) of mosquito repellant tactics suit you.