Is “Don’t get pregnant” reasonable advice about #Zika virus ?
▻http://crofsblogs.typepad.com/h5n1/2016/01/is-dont-get-pregnant-reasonable-advice-about-zika-virus.html
what’s the alternative in countries whose poverty and machismo lead to endless, mindless sexual exploitation of women?
I have no answer, and neither do any of the current Zika hot-zone countries. They tend to be poor, macho, and Catholic. Even in relatively prosperous Brazil, #abortion is illegal and only now are Brazilians beginning to explore the thought of abortion as a response to thousands more microcephalic babies.
In perspective, Zika is a trivial challenge to such countries. They have already sacrificed generation after generation of their poor children to malnutrition and the inevitable physical and mental stunting that results from it.
le papier du NYT :
▻http://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/24/world/americas/el-salvador-advises-against-pregnancy-until-2018-in-answer-to-zika-fears.ht
la zone d’extension du virus (décembre 2015) :
l’épidémie au 22 janvier (mais elle progresse très vite : aujourd’hui on parle de Rép. dominicaine et de Guadeloupe, mais aussi de NYC et de Barcelone) :
#santé #femmes #avortement #enfance #virus #grossesse
