Zika's long jump

Since Mr McNeil's book was finished on June 1, numerous new findings have offered further cause for concern about Zika's arrival in the United States

Laurie Garrett  August 7, 2016 Last Updated at 21:15 IST

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Zika The Emerging Epidemic Donald G McNeil Jr W W Norton & Company 203 pages; $14.95 If a publisher had come to me four months ago and asked me to write a book about the Zika crisis in just 30 days, I'm not sure I would have had the courage to say yes, as Donald G McNeil Jr did. So many assumptions written in March or April could prove wrong by June or August that the challenge of quickly producing a book on Zika would seem too risky - given that there will also be sleep deprivation, speed writing, high-velocity editing and rewrite ahead. And so, it is with considerable ...

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Zika's long jump