Risk assessment of Zika virus being brought to the U.S. from Rio Olympics 2016
In 2015, Brazil saw a sharp rise in cases of microcephaly among newborns believed to be connected with the spreading of the Zika virus.
The statistic shows how concerned U.S. survey respondents were that Americans traveling to Brazil for the Olympics may have brought back the Zika virus to the United States. 17 percent of survey respondents said that they thought it was a big risk that Americans traveling to the Olympics in Rio may have brought back the Zika virus with them to the United States.