NEVER!

First one to relax gets it.

I'm hoping to get a little East Nile virus. It's a little more laid back and intellectual.

strangeguitar: I'm hoping to get a little East Nile virus. It's a little more laid back and intellectual.

You've no idea how much animosity there is between left bank mosquitos and right bank mosquitos. Down in the Delta, there's all-out war over mosquito territory.

We will not allow you to relax.

One would think that the idiots at the CDC never heard of the boy who cried wolf.

jaylectricity: First one to relax gets it.

If that's not a plot for a gay porn, I don't know what is.

There's been lots of cases in my area this year.

West Nile Virus?
More like Best Nile Virus, amirite?

I had to read this headline twice... I swore it said Willie Nelson

Remember back when humans first plodded about on the earth, and Heysuess rode a Dinosaur. To enhance the species of Man, the weak dies from disease and the strong continued to multiply until we have the computer gamer who does not multiply.

/Eh. I just got up.

Already relaxed.

If you relax the terrorists win.

schattenteufel: West Nile Virus?
More like Best Nile Virus, amirite?



yaaaay!

But it's still out there. Lurking. Just like me.

/Be afraid.
//Be very afraid.

Barakku: jaylectricity: First one to relax gets it.

If that's not a plot for a gay porn, I don't know what is.

I had an old timey stick 'em up movie coupled with a play on words, but you have fun with those gay thoughts of yours.

/pretty funny though

So all that talk about swarms of mosquitoes coming from the pools of foreclosed homes was bullshiat?

DblDad: We will not allow you to relax.

Damn it! I came here to make the Nile reference.

Oh well....

How is this news? Isn't the news supposed to make us worry and panic?

I see Nile, and I raise you Melechesh

I blame Bush.

/no I really do

Did anyone else read that as "Willie Nelson appears to be mildest in seven years"?

/can't imagine what Willie Nelson's rage looks like

West De'nile Virus

Willie Nelson?

baked beans: One would think that the idiots at the CDC never heard of the boy who cried wolf.

What about that press release makes you think they are crying wolf? I don't remember the version of that tale where the boy calmly walks into the village and said, "Didn't see any wolves today" and because of that the villagers ignored him when something bad happened the next day.

i thought that said willie nelson virus...

damn, that would scary,

"people of zee whirled.. RELAX!"

baked beans: One would think that the idiots at the CDC never heard of the boy who cried wolf.

Having taken care of a patient with nearly fatal West Nile encephalopathy once (first case in Mass in 2006), I'm quite delighted. Kick, etc.

WNV is probably woefully underdiagnosed, but it's not worth sending off blood tests for evryone with a flu-like illness if they're getting better.

Anybody can feel free to laugh at these viruses if they like. But it is a virus with no cure, and no treatment except supportive treatment.

/Kill them skeeters. Ain't nothin' work better than DEET (and removing standing water, of course).

So why the fark have we been doing so much extra testing for it at The American Red Cross?

Just the .org trying to cover its ass, I'm sure.
Still no excuse for making me work hard though.

I'd argue that it's because they're better training interns/residents/students at diagnosing and managing WNV. Or global warming.

/Just sayin.

Madagascar still closes its borders, just in case.

some_beer_drinker: i thought that said willie nelson virus...

damn, that would scary,

I'm glad I'm not the only one who saw that.

My grandma died of that in '06. It was traumatizing to be a witness to two weeks of her hell.

Considering that only 1 in 150 of those bitten by an infected mosquito end up developing serious symptoms, immunity to West Nile is probably starting to reach a critical mass in the population (it's almost impossible to contract WNV twice).

I'm working on a weaponized version of WNV for next year, look out population.

Muhahahaha, I'll make you sick for a few days and you'll like it!

That's funny, I've seen 2 cases in the ICU this month.

/Getting a kick out of some of these replies.

embra1: My grandma died of that in '06. It was traumatizing to be a witness to two weeks of her hell.

Two weeks of hell... now she has an eternity of hell

/haha...grandma is in hell
//with most of my family waiting around for me...