The Red Brick Times

The West Nile Virus is spreading with the mosquito and bird population. Crows and Blue Jays are the usual victims, although most infected birds survive. Mosquitos can give humans the virus, although most humans never know they have it, and the incidence of fatal encephalitis is about 1 in 1000 cases. It has been known since 1937 in Uganda, and can also affect horses. Hey, a Virus is just life trying to survive. It is probably good for the animal and plant population as a whole to have these stresses and dynamic interactions, but that is little comfort to sentient individuals who face their own mortalities.

The United States Geological Survey (USGS) has a web page with maps of the Virus for human, mosquito and bird populations for the West Nile Virus. And don't forget the Deet when you go outdoors. Also, look around your house and home and dump, fill, overturn or cover those places that have teeny little puddles of water standing in them. They are perfect little hatcheries for new hordes of mosquitos.
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