Start spreading the news - on paper plates

By adamg on Sun, 07/22/2018 - 5:36pm

Warning about West Nile Virus on a paper plate at Jamaica Pond

At Jamaica Pond this afternoon.

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West Nile Virus

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WNV

By SwirlyGrrl on Sun, 07/22/2018 - 9:50pm.

NOTE: screw paper plates ... get your skeeter test results from Massachusetts DPH right here: http://www.mosquitoresults.com/

The vast majority of people who get WNV end up ... oh ... complaining that they feel tired and miss a day of work.

That's it for most people. Something like 900 of a thousand.

Some of us feel like we have a nasty flu for most of a week. Like 100 of a thousand infections.

It is only a very very tiny minority of people - mostly elderly and immune compromised - who develop the scary extreme form of the disease. - somewhere between 2 in 1000 to 10,000.

So ... wear bug spray. Go out. Have fun.

Never assume that WNV is NOT out there, either. If there are mosquitoes and birds, WNV is probably in the mix - meaning, like, 9-10 months of the year.

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