The West Nile Virus
Date Thursday, March 28, 2024 - 06:22 PM PST
Topic Lemmings on Parade


CNN: sensationalism at its best. Raise your hands if you have ever heard of the West Nile Virus. According to the center for disease control, it is a disease spread via the bite of blood sucking insects - such as mosquitoes. The virus starts out with flu like symptoms and can be fatal, primarily to the old, young and infirm.
Now… According to my friends at CNN (The same journalists running the TV listings as news), we are in the middle of an epidemic. 9 people have died in the US from the virus since 1999. Wow… some scary epidemic.

Let's review some of the other relevant facts. 15 people have died this summer from the heat. According to news papers from all over the country, hundred died from the flu in the same period. And 9 have died from the West Nile Virus.

Epidemic: An outbreak of a contagious disease that spreads rapidly and widely.

I'm confused… I think that I am suffering from a cerebral hemorrhage.

Feral


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