THERE HAS BEEN A LOT OF NEWS
REPORTS ABOUT THE ZIKA VIRUS,
AND WHAT IT MIGHT BE CAUSING.
NOW THERE IS NEW EVIDENCE FROM
PHYSICIANS THAT SAY WE MIGHT NOT
HAVE GOTTEN THE STORY RIGHT.
FIRST OF ALL, LET ME SET IT UP.
THE TECH TIMES HAVE 
THE STORY.
THEY SAY --
YOU GUYS MIGHT HAVE SEEN IN
THE NEWSPAPERS, PICTURES OF THE
BABIES WITH THE TINY HEADS.
OBVIOUSLY SUPER, SUPER SAD.
MOST
OF THEM DIE FAIRLY QUICKLY, AND
OBVIOUSLY THEIR BRAINS ARE NOT
FULLY DEVELOPED.
BUT HERE COMES
THE TWIST.
THE TECH TIMES SAYS --
THAT IS INTERESTING.
SO THE NAME OF 
THE GROUP IS
PHYSICIANS IN CROP-SPRAYED TOWNS,
OBVIOUSLY THEY ARE CONCERNED
ABOUT THAT ISSUE.
SO THEIR
INTERPRETATION OF THIS IS NOT
THE END-ALL, BE-ALL, IT IS NOT
THE END OF THE QUESTION.
IT DOES
RAISE NEW QUESTIONS BECAUSE OF
SOME OF THE DATA WE WILL SHARE
WITH YOU IN ONE SECOND, BUT
UNDERSTAND THIS IS ONE
INTERPRETATION.
THEY GO ON 
TO
EXPLAIN --
AGAIN, ALL THE EVIDENCE IS
NOT IN.
THIS IS NOT CLIMATE
CHANGE, 97% OF THE WORLD'S
SCIENTISTS HAVE NOT AGREED TO THE
ANSWER HERE.
BUT AS YOU LOOK AT
THE DATA HERE, AND AS THESE
SCIENTISTS LOOK AT THE DATA,
THEY FIND SOMETHING ALARMING
THAT HAS NOT FIT THE NARRATIVE
WE HAVE BEEN TAUGHT.
LET'S SEE
IF YOU CAN REACH YOUR OWN
CONCLUSION HERE --
THAT IS THE STATE
THEY ARE STUDYING --
THIS IS WHERE THIS MONSANTO
AFFILIATE PUT THIS CHEMICAL INTO
THE WATER, AND IN THAT STATE WE
HAVE 35% OF ALL THE REPORTED
CASES.
THAT IS A VERY HIGH
NUMBER, BUT 65% ARE ELSEWHERE.
THAT IS NOT THE ONLY STATE IN
WHICH THEY PUT THESE CHEMICALS
INTO THE WATER, SO I DON'T WANT
ANYBODY TO PANIC, BUT IT STARTED
IN BRAZIL, LARGELY IN BRAZIL.
IT
STARTED IN THAT PARTICULAR
STATE, AND THE MOST AMOUNT OF
CASES ARE IN THAT STATE.
THERE
IS MORE EVIDENCE --
AGAIN, IF IT IS CONFIRMED BY
OTHER SCIENTISTS, THAT IS AN
IMPORTANT FACT.
WOW.
AGAIN, IF CONFIRMED AND
TRIPLE CHECKED, ALSO VERY
TELLING.
LET ME GIVE YOU MORE
DETAILS ABOUT COLOMBIA --
NOW --
IN COLUMBIA, THERE IS PLENTY
OF ZIKA VIRUS, INFECTED WOMEN,
BUT THEIR BABIES ARE FINE.
INTERESTING.
NOW --
THE OTHER HALF COULD BE
RELATED TO ZIKA, UNDERSTAND
THERE ARE A LOT OF DIFFERENT
THINGS THAT COULD HAPPEN HERE.
IT MIGHT BE IT IS JUST THE ZIKA
VIRUS AND THIS IS AN ANOMALY, IT
WILL BE EXPLAINED BY LATER
RESEARCH.
IT COULD BE THAT YES,
THE CHEMICALS PUT INTO THE WATER
AFFECTED THE MOSQUITOES,
MOSQUITOES THEN PASSED THAT ON
TO HUMANS, OR IT COULD BE THAT
IT IS THE ZIKA VIRUS CARRIED
WITH MOSQUITOES, WHEN IT
INTERACTS WITH THE WATER IN THE
WATER SUPPLY HUMANS ARE
DRINKING, THAT CAUSES THE ISSUE
AND RESULTS IN MICROCEPHALY.
A
LOT OF THAT HAS TO BE STUDIED,
THERE ARE A LOT OF VARIABLES.
DON'T JUMP TO ANY CONCLUSIONS.
BUT IT RAISES IMPORTANT
QUESTIONS ABOUT THE NARRATIVE
THAT HAS BEEN ASSUMED ALL ALONG.
FINALLY THERE IS ONE OTHER GIANT
ORGANIZATION THAT HAS WEIGHED IN
OR NOT WEIGHED IN, AND THEREBY
IS RELEVANT HERE --
IF 
SOMEONE TELLS YOU THAT THE
JURY IS IN, THAT IS NOT TRUE,
EITHER WAY.
THE JURY IS STILL
OUT ON THIS, WE WILL NEED A LOT
MORE RESEARCH INTO IT, BUT THAT
IS WHAT SCIENTISTS ARE FOR, AND
HONESTLY THIS IS AN ENORMOUSLY
IMPORTANT ISSUE NOT JUST FOR
BRAZIL AND LATIN AMERICA BUT FOR
THE WHOLE WORLD.
THERE WILL BE A
LOT MORE RESEARCH DONE ON IT,
BUT IT MIGHT NOT BE AS SIMPLE AS
WE WERE LED TO BELIEVE.
