Most of the advice I’ve heard for dealing with West Nile Virus has been pretty unrealistic, at least if you are in mosquito country. You can use all the mosquito repellant you want and wear long sleeves and long pants and you are still bound to get some bites. Fortunately, I also hear that the virus is not serious in most cases - only a small minority turn into serious illness.
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Posted by Dan Mitchell on Sunday, August 17, 2003, at 10:29 pm, and filed under Commentary.Follow any responses to this post with its comments RSS feed.Both comments and trackbacks are currently closed.
2003.08.17
***A Wet Spring and a Hot Summer Bring West Nile Virus to Colorado.
The state has the worst outbreak of the West Nile virus in the nation this year with at least seven deaths. By Nick Madigan. [New York Times: NYT HomePage]
Most of the advice I’ve heard for dealing with West Nile Virus has been pretty unrealistic, at least if you are in mosquito country. You can use all the mosquito repellant you want and wear long sleeves and long pants and you are still bound to get some bites. Fortunately, I also hear that the virus is not serious in most cases - only a small minority turn into serious illness.
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