The cable networks were starting to foam at the mouth thinking about how they were going to keep their audience now that swine flu is fading...
This was on CSI last Thursday. Sort of.
ping FWIW
Critter *ping*
Oh, good. I was getting tired of the swine flu.
Cap’n Tripps — at least a more likely version than the “swine flu” aka H1N1 aka a flu strain covered by last year’s type 1 influenca vaccine...
This whole article must just be made up because evolution is, you know, not real and all...
Runaway mutating viruses all over the place! Has someone been messing around?
Must be caused by global warming. We better hurry up and implement “carbon taxes” to fight this.
BTTT
>>>Flagstaff’s sprawl in recent decades has created a perfect opportunity for rabies to mutate into species-hopping forms, the CDC’s Rupprecht said.
New-home construction, often in wooded areas, has actually increased habitat and food sources for bats, skunks, and foxes. Skunks live under houses, for example, and as diggers, make themselves at home on golf courses. Bats, meanwhile, are adept at living in attics and under loose shingles.<<<
Don’t you love the hypocrisy of enviro-wackos? Usually, they blame ‘sprawl’ for destroying habitats and decreasing animal populations, but when a deadly disease is involved, all of the sudden ‘sprawl’ is creating homes for wildlife?
At the same time, they condemn hunting, which manages animal populations and helps prevent the spread of diseases.
Rabies ping, (Thanks, Jet Jaguar!)
“Rabies has continued to crop up in skunks for eight years now, despite periodic vaccination campaigns. “
... just curious... how DOES one vaccinate a skunk?
National Geographic????
Wow, the circulations are really desperate in selling magazines. The media is trying anything to hold onto their subscribers.
“Fear” is #1 in their playbook.
"Everything tastes better with rabies. YAY RABIES!!"
This doesn’t sound new to me. In Texas we have been told that skunks, foxes, possums etc along with bats have always been carriers of rabies.
It is normal for Rabies to become more prevalent in the Spring with the emergence of the young into the population. Food laced with the oral vaccine will cut the spread as well as animal control. There are many places in the US where the population has become complacent about vaccination and the LE ignores the laws on the books. NE Mississippi is one of the areas.