Science and reality
The number of Zika infections is going up as the number of microcephaly diagnoses is increasing. But—sing along; you know the words—correlation is not causation.
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The disease is sparking panic because of a possible link to microcephaly. But so far, medical advice has boiled down to this: Don’t get pregnant.
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Scientists know so little about the Zika virus that they’re not even sure how to find it in patients.
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