Amir Attaran, a professor in the School of Public Health and the School of Law at the University of Ottawa, isn't afraid to take a bold stand.He has written a commentary for the Harvard Public Health Review, published this week, with the headline, "Why Public Health Concerns for Global Spread of Zika Virus Means that Rio de Janeiro's 2016 Olympic Games Must Not Proceed."The World Health Organization is soon expected to release a statement with guidance on travel to the Olympics.NPR's Robert Siegel spoke to Attaran about his controversial position. Attaran's comments have been edited for length and clarity.You are calling for the Summer Games to either be postponed or moved to other countries — London, Beijing, Sydney. Why?The risk of [accelerating the spread] of Zika is simply too great to bear.What we know from Brazil's devastating outbreak is that it began with a single infected person who brought the virus to South America. Does it really make sense to send a half-million [Olympic
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