Moving Out Of The House That Fear Built: Zika

by Ann Tomoko Rosen

“The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.” – Franklin D. Roosevelt

On a recent trip to Costa Rica I discovered that fear has found its way to my “happy place” – or rather it infected it with Zika virus hysteria. This had been coming, I suppose – with the influx of ex-pats come modern conveniences and the comforts of home and I have felt the world creeping in little by little. Alas, the discomforts of home have also arrived… in the form of pandemic fears.
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