Zika’s greatest ally is human intransigence | Simon Jenkins

Mosquitoes spread the virus, but a slow response from the WHO and the Catholic church’s attitude to birth control make fighting it much harder

The revenge of the viruses marches on. After bird flu and Ebola comes Zika, and the possibility of widespread child deformity in mosquito-infested parts of the globe. The impact of the disease is as yet unpredictable, but its spread is so far fierce and unstoppable, and the disease is incurable. While a precise causal link between Zika and small-brain d...