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West Nile Virus in Texas: 10 dead and hundreds infected in Dallas County
http://www.examiner.com/article/west-nile-virus-texas-10-dead-and-hundreds-infected-dallas-county ^ | 8/18/2012 | Heather Tooley

Posted on 08/18/2012 8:31:24 PM PDT by dragnet2

Edited on 08/18/2012 10:06:29 PM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]

The West Nile Virus has hit Dallas County in Texas, which has killed 10 people and infected hundreds of others.

Planes began spraying for harmful mosquitoes in Dallas north of Interstate 30 and east of the Dallas North Tollway at 10 p.m. Thursday night and continued until early Friday morning.


(Excerpt) Read more at examiner.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: dallas; dallascounty; sourcetitlenoturl; virus; westnilevirus
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News reports are also saying 3 have died in Oklahoma.
1 posted on 08/18/2012 8:31:32 PM PDT by dragnet2
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To: dragnet2

Now is a good time to ask how West Nile Virus came across the ocean to the USA.


2 posted on 08/18/2012 8:33:34 PM PDT by DBrow
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To: dragnet2

http://westnile.ca.gov/

CA is next. And you guys won't spray, so it's going to be uncontrolled.

3 posted on 08/18/2012 8:35:12 PM PDT by Spktyr (Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
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To: DBrow

Ask the Cubans.


4 posted on 08/18/2012 8:35:18 PM PDT by thescourged1
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To: dragnet2
Lombard's [IL] village president just died from West Nile Virus. He was my husband's scout leader way back when. Great guy! So sad. http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2012/08/18/lombard-village-president-dies-of-west-nile-virus/
5 posted on 08/18/2012 8:37:34 PM PDT by mlizzy (And if we accept that a mother can kill even her own child, how can we tell others not to kill? --MT)
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To: dragnet2

West Nile....wonder where that came from?

West Nile...Egypt...’Arab Spring”

An AQ sponsored bio attack?


6 posted on 08/18/2012 8:38:58 PM PDT by lightman (Settling for the "lesser of two..." is still choosing Evil)
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To: DBrow

LOL—let’s say you get your answer. What makes it a good time to ask?


7 posted on 08/18/2012 8:41:03 PM PDT by 1rudeboy
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To: Spktyr

I haven’t even seen a mosquito this summer.


8 posted on 08/18/2012 8:41:03 PM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: DBrow

You can ask but it’s like the 1k varieties of plant and animal life that were not native to the US, and just somehow got “loose”. Throw in fire ants, boas, and kudzu.


9 posted on 08/18/2012 8:42:10 PM PDT by pepsionice
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To: DBrow

Horses. No joke.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15338540
http://www.thehorse.com/ViewArticle.aspx?ID=15779


10 posted on 08/18/2012 8:43:20 PM PDT by mnehring
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To: dragnet2

Are they spraying with DDT?


11 posted on 08/18/2012 8:44:11 PM PDT by Navy Patriot (Join the Democrats, it's not Fascism when WE do it, and the Constitution and law mean what WE say.)
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To: dragnet2

Time to bring back DDT!


12 posted on 08/18/2012 8:44:11 PM PDT by Lawdoc (My dad married my aunt, so now my cousins are my brothers. Go figure.)
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To: lightman

West Nile is a province in northwestern Uganda.


13 posted on 08/18/2012 8:44:11 PM PDT by Fiji Hill (Deo Vindice!)
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To: lightman

Facepalm

It was spread by Horses and the first cases outside of Africa were with Alexander the Great’s forces.

It has been around for thousands of years.


14 posted on 08/18/2012 8:45:07 PM PDT by mnehring
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To: dragnet2

Apparently your fellow Californians have. 8 new human cases this week, 211 positive mosquito samples this week, 56 sacrificial chickens this week - all in CA, per the CA official website.

Also, CA West Nile human fatalities are up to 9 so far this year.


15 posted on 08/18/2012 8:45:14 PM PDT by Spktyr (Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
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To: lightman

Forgot the link:

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15338540


16 posted on 08/18/2012 8:45:46 PM PDT by mnehring
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To: Navy Patriot

TX can’t spray with DDT, but we’re using Duet.

http://www.clarke.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&layout=blog&id=54&Itemid=135


17 posted on 08/18/2012 8:47:19 PM PDT by Spktyr (Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
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To: 1rudeboy

” What makes it a good time to ask?”

It’s starting to be a serious problem.


18 posted on 08/18/2012 8:47:50 PM PDT by DBrow
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To: Spktyr

Seems to be spreading!


19 posted on 08/18/2012 8:48:53 PM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: mnehring

And horses from the Middle East carried the virus to the USA in the ‘60’s?


20 posted on 08/18/2012 8:50:50 PM PDT by DBrow
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