Zika - what's Zika?

"The MEDIA" made a big deal out of the Zika "epidemic" on the island.

What Zika epidemic?

Two years ago when chikungunya roared through the Caribbean, everybody knew about it. Everybody knew SOMEBODY - or a dozen or two dozen somebodies - who had it. This Zika thing? I don't even know somebody who knows somebody who knows anybody who had it. On an island where we wear our tropical diseases like badges of honor, I have heard not one peep.

Except from THE MEDIA. Apparently this is a manufactured epidemic. The conspiracy theorists are putting out that the island governor, hoping to score big $$$$s from FEMA or CDC or somebody, announced there is an epidemic of Zika.

If true, the ploy backfired big time. Not only is there no Federal money coming to combat the non-epidemic, tourists, conventions and big, high profile events are canceling and staying away. So, no new money and we're losing money that was committed.

All because of a pretty much non-event.

Is Zika real? Of course it is. For a certain segment of the population - women who are pregnant or hoping to get pregnant - it carries potentially serious dangers. For most of us catching the Zika virus is about as bad as a mild case of the flu. In fact, flu is worse.

With all the rain we've had mosquitoes are at their worst. As soon as the rain stops and the winds start to blow again, the mosquito population will go dormant until the next rainy season. Maybe all the Zika hullabaloo will dry up too.