A story in the NYT today is interesting if you’re following the public’s understanding of Zika. First the headline – Case of Zika Virus, Likely Spread by Mosquito, Is Reported in Texas I can just hear someone saying : “But what’s the big deal? We already know mosquitos spread Zika” But it’s the central message […]
Readers are drawn to dynamic (moving) pictures. So the dynamic map on the Miami Herald site caught my eye. Problem – it’s hard to work with. It took me a while to figure out that I could pause the timeline. But the real challenge comes when you have to “guess” how the […]
I’m not a toxicologist, and I don’t have time to become one this week.But I am following the Zika outbreak and I’m trying to make informed choices. If I were living in Miami ( or not) I know I’d be very focused on Zika.But I’d also be worried about what I don’t know about the […]
You wake up this morning and you hear that there is a travel warning from the federal gov’t (CDC specifically) warning pregnant women “should not travel to this area.” Here’s just some of what you’re likely to hear from average folks today: WOW! Look at that. I wonder why the mosquitos picked that neighborhood? They […]
Unfortunately just about every scientist, public health expert and media source. Problem with referring to Zika as “mosquito-borne” is: 1. linguistically complex – a highly deleted, passive form-one of the hardest grammar constructions for people to make sense of, especially if less educated. A mosquito […]
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