We need to Zika-proof the Rio Olympics

• Autores: Debora MacKenzie
• Localización: New scientist, ISSN 0262-4079, Nº. 3077, 2016, pág. 19
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • Health experts called on the World Health Organization (WHO) to recommend moving the Olympic Games, or delaying them until Zika virus is under control. The WHO argues that Zika is already present in many countries, and people with the virus in their blood are already flying to uninfected nations that have the Aedes mosquitoes able to transmit it. Pregnant women should avoid Rio, says the organization, but stopping other people from traveling to the Olympics won't make a dent in the existing viral tourism. MacKenzie tells why WHO's argument is weak.