A Followup on the Zika/Rio Games Concerns

[Nerdgasm]

That's what we know NOW. The issue is that this is a rapidly transmitted disease and we have barely scratched the surface on what it can do. On your particular point, does it affect the genome of a woman in such a way as to prevent normal births in the future.

From what we know, there are no long lasting effects after you get infected. From all we know until now, you get immunized after you win over your first infection. And since the birth deffects comes from the virus going through the placenta barrier and attacking the fetus brain, you can have healthy babies after you get immunized.

The problem is a bit more complex. With a mass influx of people comming to Brazil we could potentially spread the virus to other countries, with this we could see a massive increase of birth effects, like microcephaly, all over the world due to the increased range of action due to the new populations of vectors.

[Crissi]

"Zika virus usually remains in the blood of an infected person for about a week but it can be found longer in some people."

Seems it's not in you for that long.

long enough to give it to mosquito populations that dont currently have the disease in the ecosystem >.> Thats my big worry: region hopping.

[Steve French]

Have you ever been to Rio? Have you left your computer. Not a whole lot of mosquitos on the beach. You probably think GMOs give you cancer too.

Nope, but I do live in florida and it doesn't matter if you're in the woods the beach or the city, mosquitoes are everywhere... EVERYWHERE. So tell me how does brazil keep its beaches mosquito free? Florida and the rest of the world would love to know.