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<blockquote data-quote="Johnjosiah" data-source="post: 1874167" data-attributes="member: 8177">Have there been mosquitos for eons...yes.Have there been mosquito related illness for eons...yes.&nbsp; Malaria used to be prevalent as far North as the Dakotas.Did &quot;west nile&quot; just suddenly become a human illness...no.&nbsp; There have been similar viruses in the US forever like St. Louis encephalitis.&nbsp; There is also Eastern Equine Encephalitis that can affect humans but is a different virus.&nbsp; West Nile has been prevalent in other parts of the world (the Nile part could be a hint) forever.&nbsp; It may have recently come to the US but also may have been present and we just never did the right test to definitively ID it or thought it was something else.You did fine before you knew about West Nile and it was there lurking.&nbsp; So why worry now that you know it present.&nbsp; We have had outbreaks several times the last 5-10 years.&nbsp; This year the media got ahold of it again.&nbsp; I worry more about the flu.&nbsp; Flu kills 10s of thousands of people world wide each year.Also, stop watching the news - ignorance is bliss.&nbsp; Mostly just drama these days with little objective news.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Johnjosiah, post: 1874167, member: 8177"] Have there been mosquitos for eons...yes. Have there been mosquito related illness for eons...yes. Malaria used to be prevalent as far North as the Dakotas. Did "west nile" just suddenly become a human illness...no. There have been similar viruses in the US forever like St. Louis encephalitis. There is also Eastern Equine Encephalitis that can affect humans but is a different virus. West Nile has been prevalent in other parts of the world (the Nile part could be a hint) forever. It may have recently come to the US but also may have been present and we just never did the right test to definitively ID it or thought it was something else. You did fine before you knew about West Nile and it was there lurking. So why worry now that you know it present. We have had outbreaks several times the last 5-10 years. This year the media got ahold of it again. I worry more about the flu. Flu kills 10s of thousands of people world wide each year. Also, stop watching the news - ignorance is bliss. Mostly just drama these days with little objective news. [/QUOTE]

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