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Doctor: Zika Virus Means Brazil’s 2016 Olympics Must Not Proceed

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Akuun

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The doctor is probably right but there's no way the Olympics will be postponed or moved because of this. If Qatar is still going forward despite all the scandals and literally thousands killed with slave labor every year, then there's no way something like a worldwide outbreak and mass suffering will stop the Olympics.

Assholes will still want their fucking money.
 
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Tiops

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You guys are worried about poop on the water? Come on, we're already past that.

An arm was found floating in Baia de Guanabara (yes, in Rio de Janeiro, and it's one of the places that will have some of the competitions):


WARNING: PICTURE OF AN ARM FLOATING IN THE WATER!

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http://g1.globo.com/rio-de-janeiro/...fado-boiando-na-baia-de-guanabara-no-rio.html
 
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NYCmetsfan

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Electric Eye said:
Are you and athlete that makes your living from your body willing to travel to Brazil and potentially be exposed to zika wich can cause paralisis and who knows what else possibly ending your carreer in athletics?
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This is a fear mongering posts whose entire thesis is don't hold sports events under certain latitudes.

In 2014 they held the world cup in Brazil in places Yellow Fever, Dengue, chikungunya and other mosquito transmitted infections can occur and do all the things you described. Brazil is a tropical country, mosquitos live there they sometimes transmit disease. Unless I was planning on getting pregnant (why would they be in olympics?) I would most likely fear toxic water, getting a cold from another player or poor infrastructure more than zika
 
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Joni

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NYCmetsfan said:
Yes because Zika is endemic to the Caribbean and South America which is visited by US tourists a lot more than West Africa.
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Also, people are more likely to stay away from people shitting and bleeding all over compared to beautiful people that seem healthy.
 
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mantidor

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This fear mongering should stop, helps no one and spreads misinformation. If anything people should be more worried about dengue and chikungunya. The thing with zika is that it's not fully understood, that absolutely freaks out scientists, they are right of course but a radical measure like cancelling the Olympics it's well... pretty radical. Cancel all tourism to southamerica then.

Tiops said:
You guys are worried about poop on the water? Come on, we're already past that.

An arm was found floating in Baia de Guanabara (yes, in Rio de Janeiro, and it's one of the places that will have some of the competitions):


WARNING: PICTURE OF AN ARM FLOATING IN THE WATER!

braco2.jpg

http://g1.globo.com/rio-de-janeiro/...fado-boiando-na-baia-de-guanabara-no-rio.html
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Complexo vira-lata going strong as always.

This does highlight something important, tourist are more at risk from violence than from zika, specially because if we are being strict the games will be actually on winter when mosquito populations fall sharply.

Then again, Rio probably received more tourists for new year and carnival than it will for the olympics, and that is in the middle of summer when you *are* going to be bitten by mosquitos yes or yes, so if that didn't bring the pandemic that will end the world the Olympics won't.
 
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Tiops

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mantidor said:
What what? I'm sure you are familiar with the term.

Truth is even if things were running smoothly Brazilians will still tell you to never go to Brazil.
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I know the term, I don't know why my post was related to that. I mean, there's a fucking arm there.

I'll admit that my... excitement regarding this country is at an all time low, but there's a fucking arm there. Floating in one of the competition sites. I didn't support the World Cup and I don't support the Olympics, but if someone wants to travel here and want some advices I'd gladly help. There's a lot of cool stuff here.

But I think our tendency to dismiss real issues as something small, as "it happens everywhere in the world, you're overreacting" is just as dangerous as the mongrel complex.

EDIT: But this is kind of off-topic, and I'm sorry if I'm too negative regarding Brazil here. But it's how I feel right now.
 
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mantidor

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I completely understand, I don't blame you but I feel it does get out of hand at times.

Is Zika a concern? Hell yes, People should be aware and inform themselves, if you are pregnant you should consider not coming (several acquaintances and friends are pregnant though), but it's not the only problem out there, its not even the most problematic disease, in terms of zika being an STD (it's not) we are talking about Rio so you should be concerned about safe sex anyway, and honestly these negativity always happen with these events.

I can predict exactly how it will be, negativity will keep rising, the games will happen and they'll be fine, tourists will be fine and even happy, the games will close and then people will go back to the mess the country is in after they are over.

Basically what happen in the world cup.
 
TwoDurans

TwoDurans

"Never said I wasn't a hypocrite."
Probably for the best. Wasn't there a report a few years back that the olympics was one giant sexfest when the sun went down? I could see Zika becoming a global problem if that happened again.
 
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Tiops

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mantidor said:
I completely understand, I don't blame you but I feel it does get out of hand at times.

Is Zika a concern? Hell yes, People should be aware and inform themselves, if you are pregnant you should consider not coming (several acquaintances and friends are pregnant though), but it's not the only problem out there, its not even the most problematic disease, in terms of zika being an STD (it's not) we are talking about Rio so you should be concerned about safe sex anyway, and honestly these negativity always happen with these events.

I can predict exactly how it will be, negativity will keep rising, the games will happen and they'll be fine, tourists will be fine and even happy, the games will close and then people will go back to the mess the country is in after they are over.

Basically what happen in the world cup.
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Oh, I agree with that. I don't expect anything bad happening, really, Would be really surprised if something big happens with someone or something like that, at most something that will produce a lot of memes on Facebook.
 
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Atomic Playboy

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The IOC's response: If we cancel, do we get any money? No? OK, yeah, I think we're going to go head and do the games anyway for "the good of the people" or whatever... Cha-CHING!
 
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FartOfWar

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NYCmetsfan said:
Is there much to fear from people speeding up its outbreak?

I mean mosquitos don't really travel in your luggage and the only thing I've seen person to person is the potential for sexual transmission not anything determinative though

And how widespread is Zika? Tbh id be more worried about crime, toxic rivers and non completed infrastructure
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Your multiple-host parasite game is laughable. Mosquitoes bite infected human hosts and become carriers. i.e. Tourists get it in Brasil, head home and introduce Zika to local mosquito populations which then pass it to more people.
 
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Etrian Oddity

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milanbaros said:
That is a joke spread by the athletes.
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Except it's not. Condom sales and distribution go through the roof for Olympic venues. Also, just use your brain: It's hundreds upon hundreds of the fittest, incredibly attractive human beings that are full of testosterone. The orgy thing is real.
 
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