Posted on 09/07/2002 5:22:15 PM PDT by backhoe
Here are a few links to basic information about the West Nile Virus currently being so hotly discussed.
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CDC West Nile Virus Home Page - Division of Vector-Borne Infectious Diseases (DVBID)
The West Nile Virus Home Page of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), an agency of the U.S. government.
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West Nile Virus
West Nile Virus If you have come in contact with or have seen suspicious or dead birds, please contact your local Health Department. The following link lists State Health Departments and contact numbe
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West Nile Virus - Pennsylvania DOH
Consult the Pennsylvania Department of Health's West Nile Surveillance Program. Includes a fact sheet and suggestions to reduce individual risk.
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West Nile Virus Maps - nationalatlas.gov
Maps Showing West Nile Virus Distribution 2000 - The National Atlas of the United States of America
To anyone who knows more than I about this virus (which is probably everybody): Why is this disease so frightening? It seems to affect very few people when compared to other common diseases that can kill (like severe flu)?
There are several of these equine encaphalitis infections around which cause a number of infections annually, specifically Eastern Equine Encephalitis, Western Equine Encephalitis, St. Louis Equine Encephalitis and Venezuelean Equine Encephalitis. These diseases are primarily bird to bird infections [carried by mosquitoes] with occasional cases occurring in both horses and humans. The old-fashioned term for these diseases used to be sleeping sickness.
Last summer, here in Florida, my sister's horse was the first in the county to get the disease...it was front page news. It was a pitiful sight - the horse was stumbling around like a drunken sailor.
It is spreading at an alarmingly fast rate. I'm not going to panic...but, as a caution, I do apply insect repellent when working outside.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/746284/posts?page=28#28
Happy headaches.
Fair enough- let's link it:
-http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/746284/posts?page=28#28--
Well, here's my 2 cents on that subject:
West Nile Virus- Bring Back DDT? | ||||||
I can't quite put my finger on it, but there is SOMETHING behind all of this media hype. Is the CDC up for a congressional funding review or something?
In the meantime, people are freaking out everywhere. My neighbors won't let their daughter outside to play with my daughter after 3pm, because they're petrified by the media-driven hysteria.
I am not panic prone, but week before last I developed a severe headache and nausea. The nausea only lasted for one evening, but a dull headache and persistant dizziness lasted for about 5 days. I kept making jokes to my family that I had West Nile...but I wasn't entirely joking.
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