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If you catch Zika and return home, any mosquito that bites you will get infected as well, and will in turn infect other people[0], some of whom might be pregnan
by desdiv 9y ago
If you catch Zika and return home, any mosquito that bites you will get infected as well, and will in turn infect other people[0], some of whom might be pregnant.
Granted, someone from the continental U.S. dying of Zika is about as likely as them being eaten by sharks (less than 1 death per 300 million people per year[1][2]).
[0] https://www.cdc.gov/zika/transmission/ https://www.cdc.gov/zika/transmission/
[1] http://www.cnn.com/2016/07/08/health/utah-zika-death/ http://www.cnn.com/2016/07/08/health/utah-zika-death/
[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_fatal,_unprovoked_shark_attacks_in_the_United_States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_fatal,_unprovoked_shar...