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Should You Worry About Zika?

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Should You Worry About Zika?

A case study in well-meaning advice gone wrong

Emily Oster
Oct 6, 2022
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Should You Worry About Zika?

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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…

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