Zika 
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SOURCE: NYT
8-29-16
In Reaction to Zika Outbreak, Echoes of Polio
New York’s polio epidemic a century ago had many of the problems found in the response to Zika: false rumors, ethnic prejudice and ineffective measures.
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2-27-16
Why We Have Reason to Fear Zika
by John Robert McNeill
Mosquito-borne disease a monster killer in the Americas.
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SOURCE: The Washington Post
2-12-16
How Flint’s water and Brazil’s Zika stoke anxiety about kids
by Steven Mintz
The key question is whether Americans will respond to Zika and lead poisoning as problems predominantly of the poor, met with pity and a shrug of the shoulders, or as a call to arms.
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