Originally Posted by
JamesBond
Here in Florida we have mosquito control. They spray here. A lot. Zika is no real danger to YOU (unless you are a female). But you are right, there is no comparison. More people die from Malaria by a factor of probably hundreds of thousands than from Zika. A little perspective.
Malaria will be back in the USA before long too thanks to the environmentalists. Choices were made. Someday we have to deal with those consequences.
Zika is a concern for
both males and females. It can be sexually transmitted, so if you plan on having kids it becomes an issue. Its been documented that it can stay in the male's system for months. They don't exactly know the maximum time it will remain.
Of course more people die from malaria, but the
issue with Zika is not death, but rather microcephaly in newborns. Having a child with permanent brain defects because of unneeded travel is quite the risk. There is no cure, and it has lifelong consequences.
I personally bid around the trips to Central/South America and Caribbean. I don't bid FL trips mostly because I don't prefer them. I can see how people not planning on having kids may view the situation differently.