Rigau-Pérez José G
Academia Puertorriqueña de la Historia, San Juan, PR; Assistant Professor, ad honorem, University of Puerto Rico Schools of Public Health and Medicine, University of Puerto Rico Medical Sciences Campus, San Juan, PR.
P R Health Sci J. 2018 Dec;37(Spec Issue):S15-S23.
The social reaction to the Zika epidemic in Puerto Rico reached a confrontational climax regarding aerial fumigation with an organophosphate insecticide. The public drama has obscured multiple simultaneous controversies. This and a companion paper, based mostly on print and digital news reports, provide a context and description of the major controversies and examine the outcomes and their lessons for the protection of the public's health. Part I describes the social and sanitary environment, the first three months of the epidemic, and the debates related to religious, demographic, economic, political, and health care concerns.
波多黎各社会对寨卡疫情的反应在使用有机磷杀虫剂进行空中熏蒸方面达到了对抗的高潮。这场公众闹剧掩盖了多个同时存在的争议。这篇论文以及一篇配套论文主要基于印刷和数字新闻报道，提供了主要争议的背景和描述，并审视了这些争议的结果及其对保护公众健康的启示。第一部分描述了社会和卫生环境、疫情的头三个月，以及与宗教、人口、经济、政治和医疗保健问题相关的辩论。
