Jennifer Edmonson has already seen the impact of the Zika threat here at home.
“I actually have a girlfriend who's up in Minnesota who's pregnant who's not coming down here, and her whole family is here, just because she doesn't want to risk it either.”
Now that fear is making its way across the pond.
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England's Public Health Department is advising pregnant women there to delay travel to Florida.
And as a mother of a baby herself, Jennifer says she can understand why.
“You want to do everything you can to make sure that your child is safe and able to grow up to be a healthy human being,” she says.
The move by the British has many here watching closely, especially those working in tourism.
“Businesses like ours that are dependent on those tourist dollars, dependent on outdoor revenue...it's in our interest to pay attention to it,” says Jon Sullivan, general manager of Guanabanas in Jupiter.
Sullivan believes Florida is ready to handle Zika, but he realizes some might be concerned about spending time outside where it’s easier to be bitten by mosquitoes.
“We have a mosquito control system set up to really try to knock that down,” he says. “More of the outdoor venues are really stepping it up.”
But will those precautions stop other countries from following England's move?
Brad Thalman, manager at the Jupiter Beach Resort and Spa, says he's not sure, and that could be a blow to our area's tourism.
“It’s definitely going to have an impact on the whole treasure coast,” he says.
He believes England's warning is a bit much.
“Telling people not to travel someplace because of a possible virus...I think it's a bit overboard.”
As far as Jennifer is concerned, just the possibility alone for expectant mothers is enough.
“Even if there's that one percent chance, you don't want to be that one percent,” she says.
The Centers for disease control has not yet issued an official travel advisory for Florida.
