RUN FOR YOUR LIFES. RUN NOW!!!!

“THE NATION'S CAPITOL, August 7, 2002 (AP) -- National scientists confirmed today that the West Nile Fever Virus is out to get us all. "If you don't run NOW and get away, you're gonna get dead," said CDC Chief Tess Tube. Tube concluded from laboratory analyses that an Iraqui corporal recently demoted for trying to inseminate a camel is behind the spread of the virus.

There you have it. Get away now. Before it's too late. Before you get dead.

”

“Add Illinois. Woman doing an intership in one of the western Chicago suburbs was diagnosed with the fever--supposedly milder than the brain infection.”

“I'm surprised no one's died of it here in Jacksonville. But then we have a very agressive spraying program that kills everything but the mosquitoes.”

“I'm taking a week long hike through the Smokies in a few weeks and I'm a little concerned about this virus.

From what I've heard, we've all got less than 1% chance of getting it.

What do ya'll think ??”

“run? you've got to be kidding.”

“West Nile has been in SE Pa for about three years now and I still haven't gotten it, knock on wood. And if you do get it, you still stand a good chance of only mild symptoms.”

“You gotta leave NOW MDS. Don't wait throw some stuff in your truck and head for the border NOWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW”

“I'm getting the he$$ out of here!!”

“Yes, MDS, the probability of getting West Nile is about 1%, and, as reports say, it is people with compromised immune systems that have died.”

“So really, if someone healthy got it, they'd think flu/ bad headache or something like that? I haven't read ANYWHERE what the effects are on a healthy person. Has anyone else heard?”

“Flu-like symptoms.”

“LMAO Biz, that's funny stuff!”

“damn it, im in north carolina now and plan to travel to goergia on friday....damn im screwed, nice knowing u all.”

“Man, put up the border and keep all those damn infected East Coasters away from CA!”

“You can run, but you can't hide! The crows will find you, and the skeeters will find the crows, and then they'll find you. It's pointless. It's nature's way of keeping the population in check.”

“What geobait said. Flu-like symptoms. "They" figure that many more people got the 'mild' version and didn't even know it--just assumed it was flu.”

“that should be geobEET...guess I need to make up for Ice Tea's absence.”

“what a bloody way to go, travelled around the earth, been to 20 thousand feet, jumped outta airplanes, slept a tent away from GeoBeet, and even worse....get a Mosquito bite, and your dead....Bloody Oath!!!”

“crikey.”

“spraying for west nile?
i never heard of that.
but maybe thats why when i turn off the lights at night im a funny color blue that kinda glows in the dark

i love ny”

“geez people, let's not get hysterical.

Go for a nice drive. Odds are you'll die in a traffic accident first and then you won't have to worry about dengue, or Blue Nile, or tick borne diseases like Lyme, babesiosis or Rocky Mountain spotted fever.”

“Hey, everybody's gotta die of something. Nobody gets out of this world alive. Die now and avoid the late rush! When the baby boomers start popping off, there's gonna be a long, long line.”

“wish i could stay and chat but im
mellltttiiinnngggg”

“Better to lie down and chill out than run...the more carbon dioxide you puff out..the more the bugs will be attracted to you.

Like Geobeet wrote...it's nature's way of culling humans.”

“I actually had the virus. Seriously, when it was at it's worst in NY, I went to the hospital to get checked out. The doctor, who was from some indeterminable country, laughed at me and said "Look at the healthy man, exercise a lot, and he is defeated by a tiny moskweeto!" So I laughed back and commented about the very intelligent doctor who was defeated by the English language. He gave me a dirty look, stuck me with a needle, and that was the end. West Nile is not that bad unless your immune system sucks. I eat it for breakfast.”

“Well that explains everything, don't it!”

“I think about it but I don't let it get to me becuase life is full of risks and I am not going to stop backpacking becuase of that!

8D”

“Anyone notice that state in the middle of it all? No Nile here.”

“I agree with you Corporal Nasty....My middle finger is fliping the bird at the virus right now as the Southern Charlotte Enviromentalists (the men with the large roach spray cans are working on the 8 dead animals this last week....
So hey man, throw me an email if ya wanna travel to another trip soon and knock back a few brews.....catch ya soon hey...”

“I know an old lady who swallowed a fly
I don't know why she swallowed the fly
Perhaps she'll die”

“Hey Goretex, while you're in Georgia, do me a favor and crap on it. We definitely need to get together and have a few, but I can't find your email. I think mine's on my profile here, if it ain't, it will be.”

“if u get yourself perished, like, can we have your stuff.”

“The local TV news had an article about it tonight...they found dead birds that tested positive with the virus in the adjacent county below us.
=80”

“I found a dead bird outside my office building today!!

I'm running for the hills !!”

“Hey MDS just have a nice cigar and all is good!

8D”

“From the New York City Department of Health & Mental Hygiene

Q: What are the symptoms of West Nile virus?

A: Most people who are infected with West Nile virus either have no symptoms or experience mild illness such as a fever, headache and body aches before fully recovering. Some persons may also develop a mild rash or swollen lymph glands. In some individuals, particularly the elderly, West Nile virus can cause serious disease that affects brain tissue. At its most serious, it can cause permanent neurological damage and can be fatal. Symptoms of encephalitis (inflammation of the brain) include the rapid onset of severe headache, high fever, stiff neck, confusion, loss of consciousness (coma), or muscle weakness, and may be fatal.”

“now they are saying to put bug spray on your animal but nothing with DEET in it.”

“After you get it once, are you immune? You know, like chicken pox.

Damn, I wish the CDC would be more forthcoming with details.”

“why does my #&%!$ burn so bad when i urinate?”

“hay you were told to stop playing with that weed wacker!

lllllllllooooolmmmmmmmmns”

“Cranberry juice for you fella!”

“lmfAAAAAAAAAAo ! ! ! !”

“from the CDC webpage

"Q. If a person contracts West Nile virus, does that person develop a natural immunity to future infection by the virus?
A. It is assumed that immunity will be lifelong; however, it may wane in later years."

CDC West Nile Virus Page”

“Thanks Pathman, I searched the CDC site but did not come up with that page.”

“Im still screwed, Im down the street from all the rukus!”

“Dead horse found in Kansas. It feels good to be in the club.”

“Another one in Illinois. 57 year old man has encephalitis from West Nile.”

“http://www.westnilefever.com/
I'd say skeeter coils and some Repell should be reasonable protection. Survived 5 years of tropics dattaway. Just a way of life, really.
WNF doesn't sound like something I couldn't whip, dengue was way worse symptom-wise, and mom's malaria wasn't fun either.”

“huh? I thought Dead Horse was in the Yukon Territory?”