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Really? In what way would this happen?

• beambot 11y ago
  I thought it was obvious... 2016 Summer Olympic games are being held in Brazil, the epicenter of the Zika virus pandemic. Aedes aegypti (a mosquito) is the disease vector. Tourists traveling to Brazil for the olympics will be at risk on contracting the disease and returning home. There are no known treatments or vaccines. The CDC has already issued warnings against traveling to these locations. Aedes aegypti seems to be spreading in the US, with recent sightings in Sounthern and Central California -- not to mention natural populations in the South. So yeah, it could be really bad.
  • Gustomaximus 11y ago
    Yes but catching this in Brazil and pandemic are not necessarily linked. In this article I didn't see any reference that being infected in brazil will mean is a mosquito or other transmission in your home country is likely. I know in my country of Australia only one species of mosquito can potentially carry this virus, and they exist is in a remote region itself even if they can get this virus from the human that caught it and returned to a non-infected country. Do you see where I'm coming from? I'm not saying this couldn't be a point to spread this virus around the world. However I'm not seeing any information that confirms this is a real risk other than people from around the world will be going into a live infection region. It takes much more that people simply visiting this area to make this into a Zika virus pandemic.
    • beambot 11y ago
      Fair enough.