Fauci: I Don’t Think ‘We’re Going to See a Diffuse, Broad Outbreak’ of Zika in the U.S.

‘It’s not unexpected’

STEPHANOPOULOS: "So much concern now about the Zika virus. The CDC warning this week that pregnant women should stay away from Miami Beach as the virus continues to spread. And for more no this, we’re joined now by Dr. Anthony Fauci from the National Institutes of Health. Dr. Fauci, thank you for coming back again this morning. You said last week, that the situation in Florida could be a perfect storm scenario. Is that what we’re seeing right now?"
FAUCI: "Well, what we’re seeing is what was predictable, George, is that when you have a situation where you have a considerable number of travel-related cases, that you’re right environmental and mosquito conditions, that you are going to see both individual cases, as we have seen in Wynwood and now in Miami Beach, but also you’re going to see clusters, which is what we’re seeing here now, with the latest report from Miami Beach. It’s not unexpected. The Florida authorities, together with the CDC, are being very aggressive in mosquito control, which right now is the best and only way that you can really put a damper on this and prevent it from spreading even further."
 

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