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By JONATHAN LAPOOK CBS NEWS April 6, 2016, 7:04 PM
Expert worries U.S. Zika outbreak could be "public health equivalent of Katrina"
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More than 312 cases have been reported in 41 states, all of them linked to travel outside the U.S. But with mosquito season here, that could change -- and soon.
Tropical disease expert Dr. Peter Hotez has been warning for months that poor neighborhoods on the Gulf Coast are similar to poor neighborhoods in Brazil, the epicenter of the Zika pandemic.
Broken screens, lack of air conditioning, and standing water make for perfect breeding grounds for the Aedes aegypti mosquitoes that carry Zika.
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Hotez is worried the U.S. is not prepared to fight the Zika virus, despite Wednesday's commitment of over $500 million.
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"There's no such thing as a small outbreak of Zika," Hoetz warned.
"If you start seeing babies with microcephaly on the Gulf Coast of the United States, it is going to be a public health crisis. It will be the public health equivalent of Katrina."
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http://www.cbsnews.com/news/expert-...could-be-public-health-equivalent-of-katrina/
Expert worries U.S. Zika outbreak could be "public health equivalent of Katrina"
...
More than 312 cases have been reported in 41 states, all of them linked to travel outside the U.S. But with mosquito season here, that could change -- and soon.
Tropical disease expert Dr. Peter Hotez has been warning for months that poor neighborhoods on the Gulf Coast are similar to poor neighborhoods in Brazil, the epicenter of the Zika pandemic.
Broken screens, lack of air conditioning, and standing water make for perfect breeding grounds for the Aedes aegypti mosquitoes that carry Zika.
...
Hotez is worried the U.S. is not prepared to fight the Zika virus, despite Wednesday's commitment of over $500 million.
...
"There's no such thing as a small outbreak of Zika," Hoetz warned.
"If you start seeing babies with microcephaly on the Gulf Coast of the United States, it is going to be a public health crisis. It will be the public health equivalent of Katrina."
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http://www.cbsnews.com/news/expert-...could-be-public-health-equivalent-of-katrina/