In this moment, Miami Dade County is reported to have the highest levels of Zika virus cases in the country. As nurses, we witness first hand the important contributions that research lend to nursing. With all your knowledge of the high rate of life-long birth defects that Zika can cause in fetuses, and knowing that research can provide insight into unknown diseases and conditions, should following research procedure and ethics be followed strictly during Zika research projects or is this a circumstance in which researchers should be allowed to bypass legal requirements such as IRB approval, in order to obtain important data that can be translated to clinical practice immediately? If so, why or why not? Should there be special circumstances during which researchers are exempt from having to uphold ethical standards to conduct research? Please use at least 2 key terms, discussed in Chapter 13 (found in the front of the chapter, pg 255) to either support or refute your position.