I hear you, but this strikes at the heart - in many ways, worth than the threat of death.
Worldwide, there were only 10,000 thalidomide babies born and it’s still haunting.
This is worse. More difficult to control.
Telling couples to abstain from sex for 6 months if the husband gets sick - recommending that women hold off on having babies. That’s heavy stuff.
Nobody is all right with ‘playing the odds’ when their child’s life is in the balance.
Agreed. I would be scared if I were of child-bearing age.
There will be zero first world pregnancies negatively affected by Zika. The problems in the third world had many causes, notably dengue, chikungunya and other viruses and possibly plasmid infections but also (in NE Brazil) chemicals and inbreeding. There were no first world cases that I read about.
Betcha the mosquitoes are riding in on cruise ships. Why not, ships stop at all the Caribbean islands, Central America and South America. Then return to the Florida ports, and leave the ship without going through customs !