Category Archives: West Nile Outbreak 2012

Covering the Wes Nile Outbreak 2012

Mid-West Nile Outbreak Day 7

by funklord

According to the CDC, this outbreak of West Nile is the largest in US history. Why is this?  Mosquitoes multiply in standing water, streams, rivers, etc.  The Midwest is in a drought.  The amount of standing water is significantly less than it would be during a wet summer.  I am not entomologist, but this whole situation seems crazy to me.  I will say, and this is strictly to fuel the conspiracy flames, that a mosquito would be a perfect delivery system for any type of virus.  They are in most climates in the US, they are basically walking syringes (as are viruses), and they multiply like crazy.

What irked me in this article is that the CDC says that one in 500 are infected.  As I reported a few days ago, officials in Chicago found that 90% of the mosquitoes tested positive!  90%!  This whole thing is unbelievable.

Also, according to this article, there have been over 1,000 cases, and HALF of them are in Texas?  I KNOW it’s a big state.  I know this.  I’m just mentioning it because it stuck out to me.

 

First case in 1999.  Where did it come from?  I want to do a quick study on all the NEW virulent forms of disease.  Not new strains, that can be attributed to Antibiotics.  I mean entirely new, extremely deadly diseases.

Mid-West Nile Outbreak: Day 6 part 2

by funklord

Ok, it seems there have been a few more fatalities associated with West Nile.  ABC News just reported that there have been West Nile related deaths both in Dallas Texas, and Fresno California.  It seems the victims were both elderly.  It really begs the question:  Why has this strain become so virulent, so quickly?  This wasn’t even news a week ago and now several confirmed cases all across the country?

Mid-West Nile Outbreak: Day 6

by funklord

In an attempt to alleviate the mosquito problem, and thus the West Nile situation, the government is various communities has decided to aerially spray pesticides on the towns.  As the article explains, these pesticides are responsible cor Colony Collapse disorder (the ongoing Bee die off), liver toxicity, AND have little to no effect on containing the mosquito epidemic.

 

I remember a few times, sitting in my bedroom with the window open, reading peacefully.  Breaking the silence was the rumbling of the M.A.D. (Mosquito Abatement District) trucks, clumsily coming down the road.  They had these hoses on the back, and they would, honest to God, be spraying a pesticide mist right at the houses.  I remember watching it creep up the driveway, and even as a goofy kid, I knew this was a really bad idea.  I would shut my window just as the mist splashed against window.  Common sense.  This is not the way to handle this problem.

Mid-West nile Virus Outbreak Day 3

by funklord

Also known as Egypt Fever, The West Nile Virus has been ripping through the Midwest and Texas this summer.  As you can see from this article, 90% of the Mosquitoes tested were positive for West Nile.

The real question is, how can we absorb the tax burden of vaccinating all these mosquitoes?