No, the Olympics Won’t Be a “Full-Blown Global Health Disaster.” Yes, They Should Stay in Rio. – Slate Magazine

This is because we don’t have the same kind of mosquito control problem that Brazil has, even in our poorer areas where there is a lot of still water. Aedes mosquitoes typically lay eggs in and near standing water in things like buckets, bowls, animal dishes, flower pots, and vases. They are aggressive daytime biters, prefer to bite people, and live indoors and outdoors near people. Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases at the National Institutes of Health, told me that the key to containing Zika is mosquito control (the World Health Organization has been advising the use of insect repellants in conjunction with avoiding impoverished and overcrowded areas). He said that Brazil has curtailed the problem before, only to see the disease-carrying mosquitos swarm back when public health measures—including larviciding, insecticide use, and ridding public places of still water—went lax.