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West Nile Virus in Texas: 10 dead and hundreds infected in Dallas County
http://www.examiner.com/article/west-nile-virus-texas-10-dead-and-hundreds-infected-dallas-county ^ | 8/18/2012 | Heather Tooley

Posted on 08/18/2012 8:31:24 PM PDT by dragnet2

Edited on 08/18/2012 10:06:29 PM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]

The West Nile Virus has hit Dallas County in Texas, which has killed 10 people and infected hundreds of others.

Planes began spraying for harmful mosquitoes in Dallas north of Interstate 30 and east of the Dallas North Tollway at 10 p.m. Thursday night and continued until early Friday morning.


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KEYWORDS: dallas; dallascounty; sourcetitlenoturl; virus; westnilevirus
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To: gop4lyf
Local NBC affiliate played a couple of clips showing people claiming that the spray schedule was racist

Everything seems racist nowadays. Very odd.

41 posted on 08/18/2012 9:17:17 PM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: dragnet2

Rain or flood, all you need is standing water. Doesn’t matter if it’s here or Missouri or Montana or out in CA. It’s Dallas this year, could easily be OKC or Memphis next year.


42 posted on 08/18/2012 9:19:36 PM PDT by Spktyr (Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
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To: Spktyr

We had a wet Spring, then a pretty dry Summer. We have actually had 3 good days of rain this week. Maybe that will help.


43 posted on 08/18/2012 9:22:51 PM PDT by gop4lyf (Socialism is the political dream of the unachiever, the excuse maker, and the lazy.)
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To: DBrow

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


44 posted on 08/18/2012 9:48:10 PM PDT by ZULU (See: http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=D9vQt6IXXaM&hd)
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To: Liz; La Lydia; AuntB

PING


45 posted on 08/18/2012 9:51:29 PM PDT by Tennessee Nana (Why should I vote for Bishop Romney when he hates me because I am a Christian)
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To: dragnet2
Now that you mention it, I too have not seen mosquitos this year.
46 posted on 08/18/2012 9:59:37 PM PDT by redshawk (0pansy is a Liar and Hates.........he just hates!)
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To: mlizzy

Sorry to hear that, mlizzy. :(


47 posted on 08/18/2012 10:03:04 PM PDT by SaraJohnson
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To: mlizzy

Looks like he was battling both cancer and west nile. Yikes!


48 posted on 08/18/2012 10:04:57 PM PDT by SaraJohnson
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To: dragnet2
What are they contributing this to?

To the residents of the area -- Hispanic and non-Hispanic, legal and illegal, felons and law abiders. No favoritism or discrimination whatsoever. I'm very proud.

49 posted on 08/18/2012 10:05:56 PM PDT by steve86 (Acerbic by nature not nurture TM)
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To: Navy Patriot

I don’t know what they are spraying, but it has some people upset because it’s serious business.

Bugs too, don’t mess with Texas. :)


50 posted on 08/18/2012 10:08:15 PM PDT by SaraJohnson
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To: okie01

I have a friend in Maryland who got it. It did not kill her but she has to live with the symptoms. It does not just go away once you get it.


51 posted on 08/18/2012 10:12:38 PM PDT by SaraJohnson
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To: Spktyr

Don’t know if it’s effective in California’s climate, but up here they’ve been dropping larvacide into catchbasins and ponds and it seems to work. It’s been at least a couple of decades since I last encountered a mosquito here.


52 posted on 08/18/2012 10:15:05 PM PDT by Squawk 8888 (Tories in- now the REAL work begins!)
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To: lightman

Nope, it’s been “in the wild” over here for more than a decade. Don’t blame the muzzies, blame the enviros because spraying and larvaciding would solve the problem.


53 posted on 08/18/2012 10:17:12 PM PDT by Squawk 8888 (Tories in- now the REAL work begins!)
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To: Lawdoc

My understanding is that larvacides are more effective than spraying. DDT is useful for treating indoor surfaces but blanket spraying doesn’t do much more.


54 posted on 08/18/2012 10:19:15 PM PDT by Squawk 8888 (Tories in- now the REAL work begins!)
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To: RushIsMyTeddyBear

If antibiotics did the trick then it wasn’t West Nile. West Nile is a viral infection and antibiotics are useless against it.


55 posted on 08/18/2012 10:21:56 PM PDT by Squawk 8888 (Tories in- now the REAL work begins!)
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To: smokingfrog

I read about 10 years back that birds were the primary vector in North America. Our local health department’s response includes testing dead birds.


56 posted on 08/18/2012 10:23:51 PM PDT by Squawk 8888 (Tories in- now the REAL work begins!)
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To: Spktyr

I think you’re right- I’ve read that it’s around wherever there are mosquitos.


57 posted on 08/18/2012 10:25:16 PM PDT by Squawk 8888 (Tories in- now the REAL work begins!)
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To: steve86

No, they are the end result of WNV.


58 posted on 08/18/2012 10:55:31 PM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: dragnet2

>”I haven’t even seen a mosquito this summer”<

It’s the ones you don’t see that you have to worry about.


59 posted on 08/18/2012 11:13:19 PM PDT by Kickass Conservative (Republicans Hope people are Smart, but Democrats Know people are Stupid.)
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To: dragnet2
I haven’t even seen a mosquito this summer.

I'm in the D/FW Metroplex and I have barely seen any, either.

60 posted on 08/18/2012 11:14:44 PM PDT by fwdude ( You cannot compromise with that which you must defeat.)
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