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Zika Virus Is Coming and We're Not Ready, U.S. Experts Say
by MAGGIE FOX and ERIKA EDWARDS
MAY 3 2016, 7:15 PM ET
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[FONT=Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif]New Map Finds 2 Billion People At Risk of Zika ViruseLife, Oxford University and the University of Washington[/FONT]
[FONT=Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif]And preparations are uneven, said Scott Weaver of the University of Texas Medical Branch.[/FONT]
[FONT=Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif]"One of the problems in the United States is that we have a patchwork of mosquito control programs that are generally run at the county level," Weaver said at a news conference at the end of a meeting of Zika experts at Emory University in Atlanta.[/FONT]
[FONT=Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif]"We have nothing at the national level other than advice from the CDC and most states do not even coordinate their programs at the county level very well so.
Some very poor communities have virtually nothing available. Some wealthy counties have very sophisticated programs."
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http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/zik...xperts-n567261
by MAGGIE FOX and ERIKA EDWARDS
MAY 3 2016, 7:15 PM ET
...
[FONT=Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif]New Map Finds 2 Billion People At Risk of Zika ViruseLife, Oxford University and the University of Washington[/FONT]
[FONT=Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif]And preparations are uneven, said Scott Weaver of the University of Texas Medical Branch.[/FONT]
[FONT=Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif]"One of the problems in the United States is that we have a patchwork of mosquito control programs that are generally run at the county level," Weaver said at a news conference at the end of a meeting of Zika experts at Emory University in Atlanta.[/FONT]
[FONT=Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif]"We have nothing at the national level other than advice from the CDC and most states do not even coordinate their programs at the county level very well so.
Some very poor communities have virtually nothing available. Some wealthy counties have very sophisticated programs."
...[/FONT]
http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/zik...xperts-n567261