West Nile Disease

[fermy88]

Freaky stuff. One out of 100 mosquitoes have it. Only 1 out of 150 people who are bitten by one of those gets the serious kind of the disease. Well, what do you guys think??

 

[Klostrophobic]

I think I won't get it. And I don't think anyone should worry about it.

 

[1X83Z]

Illinois is becoming ground zero for it, I can't wait.

 

[Joey D]

Michigan is being invaded to. Two people have died from it here.

 

[1X83Z]

I think we had three deaths or infections in the last day or two.

 

[Rumple Foreskin]

we have it in my area, no one has died from it yet though

 

[Ferrari 308]

A Non-Story in my opinion.

People die from diseases like cancer every day in the thousands. There is no cure for that, and it is world-wide.

This West-Nile virus has claimed 11 people in the entire country in the last month?

They make it sound like it's the plague.

 

[1X83Z]

Well, it belongs in Africa, so it's a bit rare over here.

 

[Ferrari 308]

Yeah, it is rare, which is the key .

The people on CNN have made it sound like the plague has hit the US and we're all going to get the disease. Kind of like the anthrax scare. Two weeks and it's out of the news.

 

[vat_man]

Sounds like the meningococcal thing here - the death rate hasn't changed much over the last couple of years, but because it's pretty horrific in terms of who it hits (young healthy people) and how quickly it attacks people, the media lap it up - the new ebola virus for the new century!

 

[Ferrari 308]

lol, that's what it's like here...

Now the death toll is up to 12. Quick, time to go find a bunker to hide in for 10 years!

 

[kyle]

We have it here, but no one's died.

 

[1X83Z]

What happened to the smiley train?

 

[Ferrari 308]

It's up to 16 now, but still not a national epidemic as it's being made out to be.

 

[kyle]

Originally posted by M5Power
What happened to the smiley train?

It's gone. I thought it sucked.

 

[1X83Z]

I loved it.

 

[kyle]

Thankx. I might bring it back.

 

[RVDNuT374]

Jersey has no human cases, only animal cases for now.

 

[kyle]

Go back to Africa you west nile mosquitos, its where you BELONG!

 

[Talentless]

So the disease carrying insects belong with a people already sufferring under an aids epidemic?

You may want to rethink your position or consider better material if that's a joke.

 

[1X83Z]

Yes, it's back! I love the colours!

 

[F1man]

here in illinois we have it baaaddd a few people in peoria(county i live in) got it!

 

[viperguy]

not much of a bother here in Connecticut. its one of those thoughts in the back of your head.

 

[ajs887]

a few people in dupage county have it too. but i'm not to worried about it

 

[rjensen11]

No need to worry, unless you either have AIDS or have an EXTREMLEY weak immune system. The statistics say that healthy, grown people are able to shake it off.

 

[rjensen11]

Originally posted by Talentless
So the disease carrying insects belong with a people already sufferring under an aids epidemic?

You may want to rethink your position or consider better material if that's a joke.

You may also, if that was suppose to be a joke. He's just saying, West Nile, the Nile, they should be together.

 

[bigwhlkid]

the first death in illinois was of a 67 year old father of 12 who lives 1/4 mile from my house.

 

[rjensen11]

Yeah, but look at his age... 67

I'm not saying that all 67 year olds are weak, I saw some 88 year old dude who was in better shape than most 60 year olds, but still... Also, remember the odds of actually getting it. And the doctors also say that a person of good health is able to shake it off pretty easily.

 

[bigwhlkid]

yeah and just this past weekend a girl (15) who lives a block down the street from me got put in the hospital for it, but she is back in school now.

 

[Pako]

I don't think I have much to worry about here in Montana...., but those darn Hobo Spiders (also known as the Agressive House Spider) are everywhere. They class the Hobo with other venomous spiders such as the Black Widow and the Brown Recluse.