I've been to many countries having malaria and dengue fever, which are transmitted by mosquito. Funny how no one ran around in a panic over the prospects of being bitten by a bug. I even had dengue fever from a bite, most likely while on one of my weekly visits to the rain forest. No, it's no laughing matter. However, it is not something for anyone to panic over. Oh, and I did not get the fever from Africa. It was in South America. I am not going to allow the prospect of zika interfere with my lifestyle any more than I allowed the prospect of getting stung by a "killer bee" bother me a couple decades ago, during that scare. Like I said before, if you are prone to bug bites (some are more than others) then use Deet. This does not have to be mind crippling.