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What Does Zika Mean For Businesses?

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Larry Smart, a Miami-Dade County mosquito control inspector, uses a fogger to spray pesticide to kill mosquitos in the Wynwood neighborhood on Aug.1, 2016 in Miami, Florida. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
Larry Smart, a Miami-Dade County mosquito control inspector, uses a fogger to spray pesticide to kill mosquitos in the Wynwood neighborhood on Aug.1, 2016 in Miami, Florida. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Disney CEO Bob Iger said this week that the Zika virus has not had a big impact on the Florida theme park.

"We've had a few calls on it, but we really haven't seen anything that we would be concerned about in terms of its impact on visitation or bookings," he told CNBC.

The company announced earnings yesterday that surpassed expectations. Here & Now's Jeremy Hobson speaks with CNN's Maggie Lake about Disney, and a company called Oxitec that is working on a genetically-modified mosquito that would halt Zika's spread.

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Maggie Lake, host of "CNNMoney with Maggie Lake." She tweets @MaggieLake.

This segment aired on August 10, 2016.

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