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It's paywalled but I wonder if one of the reasons is the Zika virus[1]? Like if a Brazilian male partner is infected, would they try to find a non-brazilian(to

by zawerf 9y ago

It's paywalled but I wonder if one of the reasons is the Zika virus[1]? Like if a Brazilian male partner is infected, would they try to find a non-brazilian(to be safe since it's asymptomatic) sperm donor? [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2015%E2%80%9316_Zika_virus_epidemic https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2015%E2%80%9316_Zika_virus_epi... > It was estimated that 1.5 million people were infected by Zika in Brazil, with over 3,500 cases of microcephaly reported between October 2015 and January 2016. [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zika_virus https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zika_virus EDIT: I don't care about the karma but I am curious what part of this comment is attracting the downvotes?

jaimehrubiks 9y ago
Who knows why people downvoted
- LifeLiverTransp 9y ago
  Too create the reality they want to see, and hide the reality that is?
gtirloni 9y ago
1) Is there any evidence that makes infected with the Zika vírus will transmit it to their children? 2) Is there any evidence that males will be infected forever and won't be able to have children? 3) Poor people don't import US sperm, rich people do. Rich people also are not the demographic impacted by Zika. It's mentioned in the article they are doing it for white genes.
- zawerf 9y ago
  I wasn't trying to claim anything, was just throwing an idea out there. To try to answer some of your questions (not even as an informed layman, just someone who skimmed a wiki): 1) Yes. The whole scare around zika was that it causes birth defects if the mother has it (and the mother can get it transmitted sexually from the father). It was so bad that countries controversially advised all their women to "delay pregnancy until more is known about the virus and its impact on fetal development." See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2015%E2%80%9316_Zika_virus_epidemic#Transmission https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2015%E2%80%9316_Zika_virus_epi... 2) Seems like it's still being studied since it's such a new disease. At least for now there's no cure and vaccines are still in the early stages. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2015%E2%80%9316_Zika_virus_epidemic#Prevention_and_treatment https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2015%E2%80%9316_Zika_virus_epi... 3) Mosquitoes don't care if you're rich or poor (j/k I do get your point). But if I were a rich person in brazil, I could and would take every possible preventative measure to avoid problems in a pregnancy. The white genes argument doesn't make sense to me because they have a pretty large (like 50%?) local white population. But I guess my zika argument is pretty ridiculous even if there are tons of paranoid rich folks.

by zawerf 9y ago

jaimehrubiks 9y ago

Who knows why people downvoted

LifeLiverTransp 9y ago
Too create the reality they want to see, and hide the reality that is?

gtirloni 9y ago

1) Is there any evidence that makes infected with the Zika vírus will transmit it to their children? 2) Is there any evidence that males will be infected forever and won't be able to have children? 3) Poor people don't import US sperm, rich people do. Rich people also are not the demographic impacted by Zika. It's mentioned in the article they are doing it for white genes.

zawerf 9y ago
I wasn't trying to claim anything, was just throwing an idea out there. To try to answer some of your questions (not even as an informed layman, just someone who skimmed a wiki): 1) Yes. The whole scare around zika was that it causes birth defects if the mother has it (and the mother can get it transmitted sexually from the father). It was so bad that countries controversially advised all their women to "delay pregnancy until more is known about the virus and its impact on fetal development." See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2015%E2%80%9316_Zika_virus_epidemic#Transmission https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2015%E2%80%9316_Zika_virus_epi... 2) Seems like it's still being studied since it's such a new disease. At least for now there's no cure and vaccines are still in the early stages. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2015%E2%80%9316_Zika_virus_epidemic#Prevention_and_treatment https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2015%E2%80%9316_Zika_virus_epi... 3) Mosquitoes don't care if you're rich or poor (j/k I do get your point). But if I were a rich person in brazil, I could and would take every possible preventative measure to avoid problems in a pregnancy. The white genes argument doesn't make sense to me because they have a pretty large (like 50%?) local white population. But I guess my zika argument is pretty ridiculous even if there are tons of paranoid rich folks.