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He Haw was great entertainment.
The WHO statement linking zika to microcephaly was not based on any confirmed facts. This was indicated by the use of the word ‘suspected.’ Jumping the gun, it seems, in their zeal to create a world pandemic. The most current information from doctors and scientists views a link to high pesticide use and/or the addition of pesticides to drinking water as the more likely cause.
Or the mandated tdap vaccine.
All of the above, plus more we don’t know about.