Tropical Diseases, Global Crisis
To the Point
KCRW
4.4 • 583 Ratings
🗓️ 25 February 2016
⏱️ 55 minutes
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Summary
With the summer Olympics scheduled in August, there's growing concern about an outbreak of the Zika virus in Brazil, the host country. Have world health officials waited too long to find out if the virus really produces the birth defect microcephaly?
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| 0:00.0 | Join left-right and center host Bob Shear for his new podcast, Shear Intelligence. |
| 0:06.4 | The twice-monthly podcast features thinkers and trendsetters in conversation with one of political journalism's leading voices. |
| 0:13.9 | Through the show's unique and sometimes surprising perspectives, you'll get up to speed on the current issues, shaping the Beltway, and the world. |
| 0:23.1 | Find sheer intelligence on KCRW's iTunes page. |
| 0:27.6 | From KCRW in Santa Monica and PRI, Public Radio International, this is To the Point. |
| 0:35.7 | Zika and the politics of public health. |
| 0:41.4 | Hello again, I'm Arminolini, and this is to the point from Public Radio International, |
| 0:45.1 | a daily look at the issues Americans care about most. |
| 0:47.6 | Does the Zika virus really cause the birth defect microcephaly? |
| 0:51.1 | From Brazil's Amazon basin to the favelas of Sao Paulo, researchers are looking for |
| 0:55.4 | answers. We'll hear what's being learned on the ground about the deadly mix of overcrowding |
| 1:00.1 | extreme poverty, drought, and climate change. They're combining to foster the breed of mosquitoes |
| 1:05.2 | that carries Zika as well as other deadly diseases. The World Health Organization's declared |
| 1:10.1 | a public health emergency, |
| 1:12.0 | but it's also telling athletes and fans of the Summer Olympics not to worry. |
| 1:16.8 | Today's talking point should soldiers in the failed war on drugs be replaced by economists? |
| 1:23.2 | First, here's the news. |
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| 1:38.1 | Go to KCRW.com slash News24, or you can listen on KCRW's app. |
| 1:57.1 | Support for To The Point comes from the members of KCRW and from the Public Radio International Program Fund. |
| 1:59.2 | Hello again, Warren Al-Nayback with To the Point. |
| 2:01.0 | With the Summer Olympics scheduled in August, |
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