Posted on 08/30/2002 2:49:54 PM PDT by newsperson999
SPRINGFIELD, IL – Two Chicago-area deaths are among 24 new laboratory positive cases of West Nile virus illness announced today by the Illinois Department of Public Health. Illinois has reported 122 cases of West Nile virus illness this year, including seven deaths; these totals are the second highest in the United States.
Dr. John R. Lumpkin, state public health director, said the latest deaths were an 82-year-old woman from Chicago, who died Aug. 27, and an 89-year-old woman from southern Cook County, who died Aug. 25. As has been the case with the other deaths in Illinois, the two women had West Nile encephalitis.
"As we enjoy the outdoors this Labor Day weekend, I would like to remind people to follow some simple precautions to reduce their risk of mosquito bites," Dr. Lumpkin said. "While this disease is relatively rare, infecting less than 1 in 100,000 people in Illinois, there are some common sense steps we can all take to protect ourselves."
These include –
Avoid being outdoors at dawn, dusk and early evening when mosquitoes are most active. If outdoors at these times, wear shoes and socks, long pants and a long-sleeved shirt. Loose-fitting, light colored clothing is best.
Use mosquito repellent containing 25 percent to 35 percent DEET to be outdoors, applied sparingly to exposed skin or clothing, as indicated on the repellent label. Consult a physician before using repellents on young children.
Check for and repair any holes or tears in residential screens, including porches and patios. Eliminate stagnant water in bird baths, ponds, flower pots, wading pools, old tires and any other receptacles in which mosquitoes might breed. The new cases reported today include seven from the city of Chicago, 15 from suburban Cook County, and one each from LaSalle and Stark counties:
A 51-year-old woman from Chicago. Hospital information is not known. A 71-year-old woman from Chicago. Hospital information is not known. A 16-year-old woman from Chicago. Hospital information is not known. A 21-year-old woman from Chicago with West Nile encephalitis. Hospital information is not known. A 12-year-old girl from Chicago, who was hospitalized with West Nile encephalitis. A 69-year-old woman from Chicago. Hospital information is not known. A 73-year-old man from southern Cook County, who was hospitalized with West Nile fever. A 58-year-old man from southern Cook County, who was hospitalized with West Nile encephalitis. A 45-year-old woman from southern Cook County, who was hospitalized with West Nile fever. A 65-year-old woman from southern Cook County with West Nile fever. She did not require hospitalization. A 43-year-old man from northern Cook County, who was hospitalized with West Nile encephalitis. A 45-year-old man from northern Cook County. Hospital information is not known. A 51-year-old man from southern Cook County with West Nile encephalitis. Hospital information is not known. An 86-year-old woman from northern Cook County. Hospital information is not known. A 53-year-old woman from northern Cook County, who was hospitalized with West Nile encephalitis. A 77-year-old woman from northern Cook County, who was hospitalized with West Nile encephalitis. A 77-year-old man from northern Cook County, who was hospitalized with West Nile encephalitis. A 73-year-old man from southern Cook County, who was hospitalized with West Nile encephalitis. A 58-year-old man from northern Cook County. Hospital information is not known. A 39-year-old woman from southern Cook County, who did not require hospitalization. A 54-year-old woman from LaSalle County with West Nile encephalitis. Hospital information is not known. A 35-year-old woman from Stark County, who was hospitalized.
Human cases have been identified in Chicago and 11 Illinois counties: Chicago (21), suburban Cook County (70), DuPage County (8), Ford County (1), Jackson County (2), LaSalle County (2), Madison County (3), Montgomery County (1), Sangamon County (2), Shelby County (1), Stark County (1), St. Clair County (3) and Will County (7). The average age of the Illinois cases is 54.3. Previous to today's reported fatalities, there have been five other deaths due to West Nile virus illness in the state: a 67-year-old man from DuPage County, a 67-year-old woman from suburban Cook County, an 83-year-old man from Chicago, a 92-year-old woman from suburban Cook County and an 83-year-old woman from suburban Cook County.
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We on the right/Libertarian side are engaged in an "information war" with the Left- one where they have enjoyed the great advantage of having about 90% of the news and entertainment industry on their side for easily the last 30 years.
The 'net, working in hand with talk radio, is slowly changing this scenario as more and more ordinary people are starting to see "the rest of the story."
If the media doesn't like a story, they simply won't talk about it- or will mention it once, them forever dismiss attempts to bring it back up as "old news, we already covered that, nobody's interested in it anymore..."
One key to winning the info wars is simply getting people to be better informed and more skeptical of pre-digested news and opinion, and to give them tools for finding their own news, rather than passively absorbing it from the TV set.
I've heard this is a spectacular sight. And of course, you are quite correct, we should encouraging the bat population (some conservation efforts are in our best interests).
That the chemists had poisoned his brain!
The cause of his sorrow
was doubtless di-chloro
di-phenyl tri-chloro-ethane.
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