USA TODAY: Zika Do’s and Don’ts. “As for the appropriate reaction in the USA, it’s worth noting that while Ebola was an epidemic in Africa, it was never much of a threat to this country. Zika — which is not deadly but has been linked to a serious birth defect — is already in the Western Hemisphere and will likely travel to the USA. . . . The good news for America is that a related virus carried by the same mosquitoes, dengue fever, has shown up in the continental U.S. — but always in short-lived outbreaks confined to small areas, such as south Texas in 2005 or several Florida counties in recent years. That history — plus the widespread use of air conditioning, screens and effective mosquito control in the USA — leads top public health experts to believe that the disease will not spread widely and rapidly here.”