I can’t help but quote a Bollywood veteran Nana Patekar here, who manages to sum up this whole situation so aptly, “Sala ek machar aadmi ko hijda bana deta hay!” A tiny mosquito is enough to make a man impotent
So yeah, even if you don’t fully concur with this perceptive pearl of B-Town wisdom, point is, this pesky lil’ gnat is more than capable of rendering a fully functional human completely paralysed
Discovery of the mosquito-borne Zika virus in Brazil last year led to concern over the games, which are expected to host 16,000 athletes and attract close to 600,000 visitors
The bug has been known to cause birth defects in babies of pregnant mothers infected by the germ
[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="600"] Photo: Telegraph[/caption] There is always an inherent risk associated with mass gatherings of any sort and 2016 Olympics are no different
This might sound like a juicy plot for an epidemic thriller, but experts argue if medical officials in charge of the safety at the 2016 Games aren’t up to the challenge as they assume they are, then this untreatable viral pandemic has the potential to turn apocalyptic in no time
If you are wondering who these good for nothing scaremongers are, please feel free to count Dr Margaret Chan, Director-General World Health Organisation (WHO) as one of them
“The rapidly evolving outbreak of Zika warns us that an old disease that slumbered for six decades in Africa and Asia can suddenly wake up on a new continent to cause a global health emergency,” she remarked
So is Dr Chan right about the deadly repercussions or is she simply too old and senile for us to take her seriously
Well she has got a cohort in Dr Thomas Frieden, Director at Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
So far Brazil stands defiant against the cynics and the mosquitoes
The games’ spokesman Mario Andrada asserted that cancellation or postponement of Olympics “has never been mentioned
No way”
[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="600"]Photo: AP[/caption] He confidently added that, “It’s impossible to do that
There is no reason to do that
” However, what we do know is that a huge number of travellers during these huge sporting events engage in unprotected casual sex – a major reason for the transmission of the disease
And with Rio’s notoriety for a carnival-like atmosphere, this fornication fiesta can quickly turn into a cataclysmic calamity
Athletes who pulled out over Zika fears [caption id="" align="alignnone" width="600"]Photo: Zimbio[/caption] [caption id="" align="alignnone" width="600"]Photo: Twitter[/caption] [caption id="" align="alignnone" width="600"]Photo: AP[/caption] [caption id="" align="alignnone" width="600"]Photo: AFP[/caption] [caption id="" align="alignnone" width="600"]Photo: Twitter[/caption] Athletes who are concerned about the pandemic
[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="600"]Photo: Twitter[/caption] [caption id="" align="alignnone" width="600"]Photo: AFP[/caption] [caption id="" align="alignnone" width="600"]Photo: Jen Fuller/Getty Images[/caption] [caption id="" align="alignnone" width="600"]Photo: Twitter[/caption] https://twitter
com/GregJRutherford/status/740102902551871488
| Date: | 06-Aug-2016 | Reference: | View Original Link |
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