Zika Virus and Pesticides

“Zika Virus Will Sure Get Us to Embrace Toxic Chemicals,” by Hank Campbell.The recurring joke in science when the Ebola craze consumed American media was that all the wealthy elites in California, Oregon and Washington who denied vaccines due to concerns about autism, would make sure their families were first in line for a new vaccine. While rich coastal parents knew they could avoid risk for their special snowflakes, while still protecting them from whooping cough (pertussis) by counting on herd immunity among the peasants, they knew that wouldn’t work against Ebola. And there is no herd immunity against the Zika virus, so lots and lots of activists who believe they are buying organic food “with no pesticides” are going to be absolutely slathering themselves in chemicals real soon. Read more.