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| The Heavy Equipment Guy
Posted on 09/07/2002 5:22:15 PM PDT by backhoe
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To: pocat
Well, the Media's doing what it always does- hype a story so you'll sit still between commercials and see the ads...
West Nile is not a particularly virulent bug for most people, and indeed, if you live in 'skeeter country- like we do- you may well have already been exposed. I would not, however, dismiss utterly the idea that it may have been deliberately introduced to study how well & far it vectors.
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posted on
09/08/2002 10:08:24 AM PDT
by
backhoe
To: who knows what evil?
You raise a good question, and I can't answer it yet- I don't recall any children being affected in the reports I have seen- which is odd.
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posted on
09/08/2002 10:12:33 AM PDT
by
backhoe
To: bonesmccoy
I'm pretty sure DH and I had a mild case this summer. Its in the area, its been here for some time. About the time A guy down the road a bit got WNV encephalitis, we had a "mystery bug" with headaches, marked muscle weakness, mild fever, swollen glands, and exposure to mosquitoes.
If you are young and relatively healthy, it's no big whoop.
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posted on
09/08/2002 10:19:56 AM PDT
by
SarahW
To: SarahW
A poorly edited post above, sorry. Needless to say, the skeeter exposure preceded our symptoms.
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posted on
09/08/2002 10:21:34 AM PDT
by
SarahW
To: who knows what evil?
Are there any DOCUMENTED cases of hildren contracting this virus?Yes, though I do not have the documentation. Teenagers, I believe.
Futhermore; are there any DOCUMENTED cases of CHILDREN dying from West Nile?
No. The only West Nile deaths have been among the elderly or immune-compromised. I think the youngest to die of the encephalitis was a 50-year-old man.
To: who knows what evil?
In other words, healthy people, be they young or old, can fight off the virus before it gets to the encephalitis point. Most will have no symptoms whatsoever. A small percentage will develop flulike symptoms. Out of that group, a few will develop encephalitis and possibly die.
It is a Bad Thing but just I can't see or even understand being terrified to go outdoors. 1000 cases in three years? We probably had more than a thousand lottery winners during that time, and we all know what the odds are that that any of us will be one of those...
To: backhoe
I don't recall any children being affected in the reports I have seen- which is odd. I think when kids get it they don't even know they have it. My kids are deliberately trying to be bit by mosquitoes now that they know West Nile is in this area so they get immunity now and never have to worry about it but apparently the symptoms are so vague in healthy people they may never know they had it.
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posted on
09/08/2002 10:37:42 AM PDT
by
FITZ
To: hellinahandcart
Thank you for your help! I have a friend whose daughter is acting "odd", but she had heard that children were NOT susceptible to West Nile. I thought that was BS, but I wanted to be sure. I didn't believe there were any fatalities among children, however. Thanks again.
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To: FITZ
Appreciate the information.
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posted on
09/08/2002 11:58:06 AM PDT
by
backhoe
To: backhoe
THANKS FOR FILES
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posted on
09/08/2002 12:06:19 PM PDT
by
Quix
To: backhoe
I would not, however, dismiss utterly the idea that it may have been deliberately introduced to study how well & far it vectors.Our tinfoil hats must be wired together via the 'net : )
Similar "experiments" have been tried. I recall a show I saw on one of the Discovery Channel-type stations. Scientists exposed a large number of mosquitoes to a certain type of radiation and released them in a certain area. Special traps were set up some distance from the release point to capture the irradiated buggers. A Geiger counter (or something similar) was used to scan the bugs to see how far and at what patterns they traveled. I don't remember much more of the specifics. Although the radiation level in these skeeters was harmless, and it may have been a viable experiment, this whole story made me wonder what else the CDC does that we don't know about.
I was reluctant to write this, since I could catch some flak from certain people who are CONVINCED that Sadaam is behind the WNV (who knows-he could be), and that the benevolent CDC, under the careful watch of GWB would even contemplate releasing infected mosquitoes among the populace. - Nah, they wouldn't do that, would they?
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posted on
09/09/2002 4:12:45 PM PDT
by
pocat
To: backhoe
Thanks for this thread. So far I'm very happy to see that calm, rational people are weighing in. I have been pressing the case on other threads for days that it's almost completely media hype and if terrorism is involved, it's being perpetrated by the American mass media.
To: Quix
Thanks for looking!
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posted on
09/09/2002 4:30:48 PM PDT
by
backhoe
To: pocat
Nah, they wouldn't do that, would they? It's always a good idea to be a little, err, "skeptical" of the government no matter who is running it.
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posted on
09/09/2002 4:34:43 PM PDT
by
backhoe
To: Trust but Verify
Thanks for looking... one thing to never forget about the media- any part of it- is that they exist to sell advertising. That's where the real money is. So they will do or promote nearly anything to get you to hold still for the ads.
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posted on
09/09/2002 4:37:43 PM PDT
by
backhoe
bttt
To: All
Update- here's a partial set of returns from a current search of this site alone:
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posted on
09/17/2002 12:31:33 PM PDT
by
backhoe
To: All
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posted on
09/20/2002 7:53:55 AM PDT
by
backhoe
To: itsahoot
You're right about the DDT. People claimed erroneously that DDT killed birds. Now, this virus is actually killing birds. Looks like DDT could save the birds as well as people!
FoxNews report on DDT - Rethinking DDT
To: All
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posted on
09/24/2002 2:45:54 AM PDT
by
backhoe
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