[DBrow]

Now is a good time to ask how West Nile Virus came across the ocean to the USA.

[thescourged1]

Ask the Cubans.

[1rudeboy]

LOL—let’s say you get your answer. What makes it a good time to ask?

[pepsionice]

You can ask but it’s like the 1k varieties of plant and animal life that were not native to the US, and just somehow got “loose”. Throw in fire ants, boas, and kudzu.

[mnehring]

Horses. No joke.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15338540
http://www.thehorse.com/ViewArticle.aspx?ID=15779

[smokingfrog]

Birds?

[ZULU]

Uh, like, maybe Ellis Island wasn’t such a bad idea after all???

[Gator113]

Studies on the genes of West Nile virus suggest that it first evolved in Africa. As birds migrated from Africa to other continents in the Old World, they spread the virus to new bird species. Along the way, West Nile virus infected humans. That said, I am not so much worried about the birds, it’s the mosquitos that are going to get ya.

Obama’s fault.