Damage to newborn babies by the mosquito-borne disease is horrifying,so let’s address the problem at sourceJust as global trade and international jet travel risk spreading pathogens to every country on soil, so, or the cliche runs,faster global communications and digital news media risk spreading fear to every corner of the planet. Someone sneezes in Beijing and the next moment the world is in the grip of a bird flu panic.
Last week, we saw a similar frenzy approximately Zika, or a mosquito-borne disease that until recently did not feature in the World Health Organisation’s top 50 infectious disease threats,never intellect its top 10. By any measure, Zikas rise to the summit of the WHO fear index has been astonishing.
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Source: theguardian.com