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An estimated 1.5 million people have been infected during the recent Zika Virus Outbreak in Brazil. First discovered in 1947, the Zika Virus made its way to South America, Central America and the Caribbean for the first time in 2015.

With possible links to Guillain-Barré syndrome, Microcephaly and other devastating birth defects – fears around the spread of Zika have grown in recent weeks and scary news headlines reflect growing concern. From conspiracy theories around Genetically Modified Mosquitoes to demands for increased research and investment into a Zika Virus vaccine – the reactions have been rapid and startling.

What is the Truth About The Zika Virus Outbreak?

 

Sources

Zika Virus Timeline
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3289602/
http://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/15/9/09-0442_article
http://trstmh.oxfordjournals.org/content/46/5/509.short
http://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/20/6/et-2006_article
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/03/health/03virus.html?_r=1

Summer Olympic Games
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016_Summer_Olympics

Current Outbreak Background
http://www.vox.com/2016/1/27/10838286/how-to-stop-zika-virus-outbreak
http://www.vox.com/2016/2/2/10893526/zika-virus-disease-spread-history-cases
http://www.cdc.gov/chikungunya/resources/vector-control.html
http://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/brazil-sprays-mosquitoes-zika-fears-threaten-carnival-n511686
http://www.vox.com/2016/2/4/10908754/zika-virus-mosquito-eradication

Birth Defects Background
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/04/world/americas/birth-defects-in-brazil-may-be-over-reported-amid-zika-fears.html?_r=0

Microcephaly
http://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/birthdefects/microcephaly.html
http://www.who.int/mediacentre/news/statements/2016/emergency-committee-zika-microcephaly/en/

Guillain-Barré Syndrome
http://www.cdc.gov/h1n1flu/vaccination/factsheet_gbs.htm
http://www.who.int/mediacentre/news/statements/2016/emergency-committee-zika-microcephaly/en/

Toxoplasmosis
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toxoplasmosis
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22776427
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/08/080814154437.htm

President Barack Obama/Florida Governor Rick Scott
https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2016/02/08/fact-sheet-preparing-and-responding-zika-virus-home-and-abroad
http://www.flgov.com/2016/02/03/gov-rick-scott-directs-public-health-emergency-in-four-counties-for-zika-virus/

Genetically Modified Mosquitoes
http://www.oxitec.com/our-products/lead-aedes-strain/
http://www.oxitec.com/our-news/newsletters/march-2011-newsletter/#more-2525
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=the-wipeout-gene
http://e360.yale.edu/feature/genetically_modified_mosquito_sparks_a_controversy_in_florida/2883/
http://www.motherjones.com/environment/2012/04/genetically-engineered-mosquitoes-oxitec
http://storm.keysnews.com/node/38079
http://www.oxitec.com/health/our-products/aedes-albopictus-3688c/
http://www.oxitec.com/health/our-products/aedes-agypti-ox513a/
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/25/brazil-genetically-modified-mosquitoes_n_5618014.html
http://www.oxitec.com/press-release-oxitec-report-96-suppression-of-the-dengue-mosquito-in-brazilian-trials/

Quotes
Emilio Ferrara: http://time.com/3479254/ebola-social-media/
Bruce Hay: https://www.geneticliteracyproject.org/2016/02/05/genetically-engineered-mosquitoes-realistic-solution-zika/
Anthony James: http://www.sciencemediacentre.co.nz/2016/02/05/latest-updates-on-zika-expert-reaction/
Gregory Lanzaro: https://www.geneticliteracyproject.org/2016/02/05/genetically-engineered-mosquitoes-realistic-solution-zika/
World Health Organization in 1955: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9615492
National Academy of Sciences in 1970: http://www.nationalreview.com/article/430504/zika-virus-epa-ddt
Robert H. White-Stevens: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/nature/disrupt/sspring.html
William Ruckelshaus: http://archive.frontpagemag.com/readArticle.aspx?ARTID=16987
Dr. Wenceslaus Kilama: http://www.nationalreview.com/article/204914/save-africa-save-ddt-deroy-murdock
Alexander King: http://econfaculty.gmu.edu/wew/articles/13/UnderstandingLiberalsAndProgressives.htm
Tom Frieden: http://www.cnn.com/2016/02/04/health/zika-virus-ddt-what-you-need-to-know/
Lynn Goldman: http://www.cnn.com/2016/02/04/health/zika-virus-ddt-what-you-need-to-know/
Jeffrey Scott: http://www.cnn.com/2016/02/04/health/zika-virus-ddt-what-you-need-to-know/index.html
Jay Feldman: http://www.cnn.com/2016/02/04/health/zika-virus-ddt-what-you-need-to-know/index.html
Jonathan Chevrier: http://www.cnn.com/2016/02/04/health/zika-virus-ddt-what-you-need-to-know/index.html
Nizam Ahmad: http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/Read.aspx?GUID=65DFB92F-F3C8-49B8-83E0-E8ADBD10D19B
Harold M. Koenig: http://archive.frontpagemag.com/readArticle.aspx?ARTID=16987

Rachel Carson's Silent Spring Book
http://www.21stcenturysciencetech.com/articles/summ02/Carson.html
http://www.foxnews.com/story/2006/07/06/bald-eagle-ddt-myth-still-flying-high.html
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0618249060

Dichloro-Diphenyl-Trichloroethane (DDT)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DDT
http://spectator.org/articles/48925/ddt-fraud-and-tragedy
http://www.discoverthenetworks.org/viewSubCategory.asp?id=1259
http://itech.dickinson.edu/chemistry/?cat=87

DDT and Zika Virus
http://www.nationalreview.com/article/430504/zika-virus-epa-ddt
http://www.economics21.org/commentary/zika-virus-malaria-ddt-who-diana-furchtgott-roth-02-01-2016
http://www.statnews.com/2016/02/02/zika-revives-calls-for-ddt/

Malaria
http://www.who.int/topics/malaria/en/
http://www.worldmalariaday.org/about/key-facts

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