Also, the Olympics are a billion dollar business. Billions of dollars VS faster spreading of Zika. Billions. They aren't going to postpone it.
But you are accusing a bunch of scientist,s just because they're from the US and a Canada, is doing the same thing you're accusing them of (except you have no proof, and in fact it probably has more to do with social connections and organizations than anything.)
If anything, I would be more skeptical if any Brazillian scientists said "It's fine, Zika is not a problem, come to the Olympics." Because as you said, Billions. (And note, I'm not saying this is happening, just explaining an idea).
And health care is a trillion dollar business, so don't cancel the Olympics, instead buy call options on the various pharma companies that might provide a vaccine soonest and invest in any lab that is working on a fast blood test for keeping the blood supply clean.
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Random questions I don't see coming up in the news coverage, does anyone know how long Zika remains in the blood stream post infection? Are you immune once you've had it once? What are the risks to pregnant women a year after they have been infected?
"The virus has also been linked to neurological disorders in adults."
This is made even more interesting because the set of people who have contracted the virus and have brains, is significantly larger than the set of people who have contracted the virus and are pregnant (which is a proper subset of the above group). So from a risk perspective it seems less of an issue than West Nile in men/non-pregnant women.
If there is a substantial increase in neurological sequelae, we're likely to only see this uptick several years from now.