Should You Worry About Zika?
A case study in well-meaning advice gone wrong
I get many questions in the category of “I’m worried about [FILL IN THE BLANK]. Should I be?”
Sometimes these questions are in the immediate panic category (“A new study said gummy bears cause cancer!”). And some are more of a constant low-level concern. I want to address perhaps the most consistent of the latter: Zika. I actually answer this question w…