2020-07-15 -Signs, Portents, and the Weather-
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One more thing for New Yorkers to worry about ... NYC Health Department issues a warning after mosquitoes infected with West Nile Virus are detected in the city
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[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] - New York City has detected its first cases of West Nile Virus this year after infected Culex mosquitoes were discovered on Staten Island and in the Bronx
- The Health Department said it has already conducted larviciding from a helicopter over marsh areas in Staten Island, Bronx, Queens and Brooklyn
- The plan is to apply larvidcide in catch basins, marshlands and other areas with standing water so they can kill larvae before the mosquitoes can bite
- West Nile virus is a neuroinvasive disease that can cause mild or moderate febrile illness but 80 percent of cases as asymptomatic
- People 50 years or older tend to be most at risk, as well as those with a weakened immune system
...just like everything else, it seems...
- Remove standing water and wear mosquito repellent to avoid infection
- The virus was first detected in NYC 21 years ago
- Out of the 353 people who have contracted the virus 46 (13%) have died
Terrifying. Why that’s slightly more than two per year. Let’s start panicking now.
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