priority as a true representation of emerging health protection in America. The Summer Olympics are just five weeks away, in a place where Zika has the greatest impact in the world calling home: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. However, speculation that there is a real risk remains surprisingly quiet. Indeed, thousands of American citizens intend to ignore proven health problems and continue to attend the games. If the games coordinators as well as the government reached a consensus with some of the athletes refusing to attend – Roy McIlroy, Tejay van Garderen and LeBron James – many fans and other athletes would surely follow. Instead, we have our most nonchalant, elitist athletes, as do opponents of cloned mosquitoes and baffled financial do-gooders. What is to be gained by proving science wrong? can it be