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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsHere Are the 5 Craziest Zika Virus Conspiracy Theories
https://www.inverse.com/article/11547-here-are-the-5-craziest-zika-virus-conspiracy-theories"The Zika virus is 2016s first real epidemic, as it has potentially devastating effects on babies exposed to the virus in utero.
Unfortunately, the confusion about Zikas link with microcephaly which causes babies to be born with dangerously small heads has spawned a number of conspiracy theories as to how the virus arose and other potential causes of microcephaly. Here are five of the most prominent.
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2. The CDC is the medical CIA, and the entire virus is a scam.
This one is taking a twofer of giant leaps, establishing a CDC connection with the CIA and simultaneously stating that the whole virus is a hoax. The theorists claim that there are only six confirmed cases of Zika linked to microcephaly, and therefore the whole virus is an overblown hoax. In reality, there are 41 cases of microcephaly linked to Zika, with over 4,000 cases that still need to be investigated. Well file this one under woah there, lets let the scientists do their jobs first.
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Somehow, this piece missed the "vaccines did it" conspiracy.
http://scienceblogs.com/insolence/2016/02/11/zika-virus-and-microcephaly-antivaccine-warriors-say-its-vaccines-that-did-it/
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I guess we're stuck with various media outlets promoting this kind of stuff every time there is a health matter in the news.
Ugh.
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Here Are the 5 Craziest Zika Virus Conspiracy Theories (Original Post)
HuckleB
Feb 2016
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dembotoz
(16,844 posts)1. blame it one planned parenthood conspriacy to prove need for contraception
HuckleB
(35,773 posts)2. Oh, we could come up with a fantastic list, couldn't we?
It's the Bundy Clan working to keep backpackers, hikers, hunters, fisherfolks, bird watchers and the like off public lands for fear of mosquitoes and the Zika virus!
KamaAina
(78,249 posts)3. Let's not forget Maine Gov. Paul LePew's "zika fly" theory.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10027619477
Then he doubled down on a past, baseless argument that asylum seekers pose a public health threat, saying theyre bringing hepatitis C, tuberculosis, AIDS, HIV and the ziki fly, an apparent malaprop reference to the mosquito-transmitted Zika virus.
HuckleB
(35,773 posts)4. Oh, geez. I did see that one, but I completely forgot it.
Nice addition. Still, oh, goodness.
HuckleB
(35,773 posts)6. Kick because someone is pushing one of these on LBN right now.