Dr. Randy Bock

I was awake for most of it. I'd never heard of Zika and with good reason because it's not a human illness. Hold on, hold on.

I was awake for most of it. I'd never heard of Zika and with good reason because it's not a human illness. Hold on, hold on.

There might have been an uptick. The problem is nobody really knows. It could have been just, you know, it doesn't rain.

There might have been an uptick. The problem is nobody really knows. It could have been just, you know, it doesn't rain.

Well, there's two cases. Zika and microcephaly. Microcephaly has always been around. You know, basically, it's a good case. No, I get it.

Well, there's two cases. Zika and microcephaly. Microcephaly has always been around. You know, basically, it's a good case. No, I get it.

And probably, it probably never deviated from the mean if you look at it grossly, as opposed to the people who happened to be in the war that one day. You know, basically, it's like being in a dry area, it rains three days in a row. What does that mean? It's the end of the world? No, it's just one of those random things. I can get a birdie.

And probably, it probably never deviated from the mean if you look at it grossly, as opposed to the people who happened to be in the war that one day. You know, basically, it's like being in a dry area, it rains three days in a row. What does that mean? It's the end of the world? No, it's just one of those random things. I can get a birdie.

Well, it was coincident. The women who, the neuropediatricians, Drs. Vanderlinde and Mota and Dr. Vanderlinde and her mother, were not looking for anything per se. They happened to notice that they had their own WhatsApp group locally for neuropediatricians, and they were noticing this, and then they started to do kind of a head count, so they were more observant.

Well, it was coincident. The women who, the neuropediatricians, Drs. Vanderlinde and Mota and Dr. Vanderlinde and her mother, were not looking for anything per se. They happened to notice that they had their own WhatsApp group locally for neuropediatricians, and they were noticing this, and then they started to do kind of a head count, so they were more observant.

But there was somebody from the earlier, in April 2015, group from the Chick-fil-A mission who happened to live in Recife.

But there was somebody from the earlier, in April 2015, group from the Chick-fil-A mission who happened to live in Recife.

and and was informed about this and said well zika is new to the americas this is happening that's new this is new a must be causing b and he went with that and this is the weird part this is the non-non-non-science part he got on the phone and called after the fact because there were no zika testing abilities on earth clinically

and and was informed about this and said well zika is new to the americas this is happening that's new this is new a must be causing b and he went with that and this is the weird part this is the non-non-non-science part he got on the phone and called after the fact because there were no zika testing abilities on earth clinically

He went and took the telephone, and either he or his legion called up the moms of babies with microcephaly as if they didn't have enough problems. And so from the University Hospital, they're calling, did you happen to have any fever, rash, or chills during pregnancy? And 29 out of 32 numbers of close said yes.

He went and took the telephone, and either he or his legion called up the moms of babies with microcephaly as if they didn't have enough problems. And so from the University Hospital, they're calling, did you happen to have any fever, rash, or chills during pregnancy? And 29 out of 32 numbers of close said yes.

Now, mind you, it's a tropical area, and pretty much everybody during pregnancy gets some fever, rash, or chills. So it's kind of a nonsensical question. And they took that as evidence that those baby cases were Zika. No testing at all. And rather than keep that under their hat and try to do some actual science and figure this stuff out, they announced it to the press. kind of grandstanding.

Now, mind you, it's a tropical area, and pretty much everybody during pregnancy gets some fever, rash, or chills. So it's kind of a nonsensical question. And they took that as evidence that those baby cases were Zika. No testing at all. And rather than keep that under their hat and try to do some actual science and figure this stuff out, they announced it to the press. kind of grandstanding.

This is not how science is done. They didn't wait. There were, you know, institutions, so forth, public health groups that would have, you know, looked at this potentially and done perspective. And at the time they had no actual backward registry of microcephaly. So there's no way of knowing if they had more cases on average city by city because they'd never measured this before.

This is not how science is done. They didn't wait. There were, you know, institutions, so forth, public health groups that would have, you know, looked at this potentially and done perspective. And at the time they had no actual backward registry of microcephaly. So there's no way of knowing if they had more cases on average city by city because they'd never measured this before.