The Olympics are being held in Rio de Janeiro starting in August and there are some very legitimate concerns about the Zika virus. Turns out it is not just Zika.
From Reuters:
Exclusive: Studies find 'super bacteria' in Rio's Olympic venues, top beaches
Scientists have found dangerous drug-resistant "super bacteria" off beaches in Rio de Janeiro that will host Olympic swimming events and in a lagoon where rowing and canoe athletes will compete when the Games start on Aug. 5.
The findings from two unpublished academic studies seen by Reuters concern Rio's most popular spots for tourists and greatly increase the areas known to be infected by the microbes normally found only in hospitals.
They also heighten concerns that Rio's sewage-infested waterways are unsafe.
More at the site - this is worrisome. All those people travelling there and then returning home in airplanes. A real epidemiological nightmare...
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