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Posted on 08/10/2012 3:46:08 PM PDT by ilovesarah2012
DALLAS - Dallas County's top official has declared a public health emergency, saying the spread of the West Nile virus has become epidemic. Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins announced the declaration in a statement issued Thursday night. Jenkins says county officials are doing all they can to fight the spread of the virus but need the public to do their part. Dallas County health officials have reported 162 West Nile virus cases and nine West Nile deaths so far this year. Mosquitoes pick up the virus from birds they bite and then spread it to people.
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/johnny
The early spring followed by a hard freeze and then a severe drought has pretty much wiped out the skeeters in my neck of the woods.
Unfortunately it wiped out almost all the crops and is going to be one rough winter for wildlife.
Exactly.
Killing People - The banning of DDT and radical environmentalists
Activists in the environmentalist movement have a callous disregard for people. You say, “What do you mean, Williams? We can’t think of a more caring people.” First, I’m not talking about sensible people who’re concerned about clean air and water. I’m talking about the movement leaders and the politicians they have under their thumbs. Let’s look at it.
The New York Green Party, said in its opposition to pesticide spraying to halt the spread of West Nile disease, “These diseases only kill the old and people whose health is already poor.” In East Meadow and Hempstead, New York, local officials, following the advice of environmental activists, decided not to spray. Nassau County’s Health Commissioner said, “We believe the risk of infection for residents remains quite low.” Two county residents became infected with West Nile disease and died. Environment activist Lynn Landes says, “West Nile may be a nasty experience for a very few, fatal for an exceedingly rare number, but as diseases go it’s no big deal.” According to the most recent Centers for Disease Control statistics, 2,530 Americans have been infected with West Nile disease and 125 died, but to environmentalists that’s “no big deal.”
http://citizenreviewonline.org/march2005/21/killing.htm
Growing up in Houston we children breathed in DDT by running and bicycling behind the “smoke” trucks, staying in the smoke for blocks until our little legs gave out and our lungs couldn’t catch up to demand.
I think this was weekly, and was one of our fondest activities, we loved those “smoke” trucks that would slowly drive down the streets blanketing the neighborhood in an impenetrable smoke screen.
Hope this is only worth a temporary ban/suspension:)
I remember the mosquito trucks in Hialeah, FL every evening in the summer. Don’t think we followed them but we liked seeing them.
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So, how many ways can Obama and the dems turn the death of these poor folks into some craven political advantage.
So it was everyday not every week, that does ring a bell.
By the way, chasing the trucks was a boy thing, I don’t recall seeing the girls interested in it.
Not to worry, I give it about thirty seconds before the pandemic team swoops in to save us.
Actually, you do have a point. We should start a pool. ;^)
The skeeters are gone? The skeeters ARE GONE?
Oh the huge manatees.
( on a side note: Excellet! )
I’ve only known one that was worth a hoot anyway.
Skeptical. Here the trucks stopped dispensing immediately if anyone was following them. And no parent with any degree of responsibility would have permitted that, whether the ingredient was DDT or anything else.
Exactly
/johnny
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There's a mayor in some town here that refuses to spray. he claimed that
he's using more natural ways to deal with it. No idea what that means but
it was on the local news about three months ago. It can't be helping.
DDT!
They kept right on spraying in my town in little Texas town too. We all chased the smoke.
And as for responsible parents watching us, you see, our parents didn’t see us too much during the day.
Mom also had no idea we also like riding our bikes on the runway of the local airport so the “mean lady” would come out with a broom and try to chase us!
Of course, after that, we rode to the post office to look at the wanted posters.
Then we’d head to the grocer and buy the frozen candy bars we hid in his freezer earlier.
Yeah, we rode all over town and then some including dirt bikes a few years later. Fun doing jumps on construction sites after the crew went home for the day. But I never did ride up the tailpipe of a mosquito truck.
Most people infected with West Nile virus do not have symptoms.
Others have mild symptoms.
In rare cases, infection can lead to inflammation of the brain (encephalitis), the spinal cord (myelitis), or the tissues surrounding it and the spinal cord (meningitis). The time from infection to the appearance of symptoms (incubation period) usually is 3 to 14 days. Symptoms of the mild form of West Nile virus include:
Fever.
Headache, body aches, or pain in your eyes.
Skin rash.
Feeling tired.
Not feeling hungry.
Feeling sick to your stomach or throwing up.
Swollen glands (lymph nodes) (possibly).
Most people who have the mild form of West Nile virus have a fever for 5 days, a headache for 10 days, and feel tired for more than a month.
More severe infections involving the brain and spinal cord may cause:
Headache.
High fever.
Stiff neck.
Disorientation.
Reduced attention to surroundings.
Tremors and convulsions.
Muscle weakness or paralysis.
Coma.
If you or a person in your care has symptoms like these, contact your doctor immediately.
You may have tremors, muscle aches, and fatigue for months after the illness, especially if your brain became infected. Other possible effects include seizures, memory loss, personality changes, paralysis, and symptoms similar to Parkinson’s disease. Some of these problems may last a long time
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