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The World Health Organization is trying to ease concerns about spreading Zika as a result of this summer's Olympics in Rio de Janiero.
"Based on current assessment, cancelling or changing the location of the 2016 Olympics will not significantly alter the international spread of Zika virus," a statement released Saturday reads.
This comes a day after more than 150 scientists released an open letter to the head of WHO calling for the games to be moved or postponed, citing new research. "We make this call despite the widespread fatalism that the Rio 2016 Games are inevitable or 'too big to fail,'" the letter says.
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World Health Organization Spurns Calls to Cancel or Move the Olympics Due to Zika
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(Score: 4, Insightful) by sjames on Monday May 30 2016, @05:58PM
For the WHO to be correct in their assertion it relies on people who are the most at risk should they contract Zika (e.g. women who are, or considering becoming, pregnant) choosing not to go to the games in person, or taking extra steps to reduce their exposure while there.
It relies on every single person who travels there to take extra precautions regardless of their personal risk or lack thereof. Anybody can contract it and take it back home, especially if they are in the majority who are asymptomatic or have non-specific symptoms.