There are now 234 pregnant women in the US with confirmed Zika virus

Re:There are now 234 pregnant women in the US with confirmed... by justintocci on Sunday June 19, 2016 @01:25AM (#11931891)

I find zika to be problematic. I get that we're all supposed to be scared, and that we should not have children. But there seems to be a severe lack of facts that reminds me of the recent ebola situation. It turns out, ebola isn't very contagious, nor is it deadly to first world countries. I get the feeling zika is being hyped for reasons that have a lot more to do with cya than actual facts in evidence.

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Re:There are now 234 pregnant women in the US with confirmed... by lujim on Monday June 20, 2016 @09:12AM (#11937737)

Isn't Ebola very contagious, just not airborne? Also didn't a strain of it go airborne in a primate enclosure Virginia in the 1990s? Asking because I thought that was the case but can't remember. I read "In the Hot Zone" a few years back but don't remember the details.

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Re:There are now 234 pregnant women in the US with confirmed... by pekk on Sunday June 19, 2016 @02:19AM (#11932006)

In terms of public health, "CYA" is better described as "epidemic prevention"

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