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West Nile Virus reported in 11215 — Brooklynian

West Nile Virus reported in 11215

stacey
stacey
edited November -1 in Prospect Heights
Hey all just got this email and I know its for PS but its so close to here plus we all use the park so:

Greetings!

The Department of Health advises us that West Nile Virus activity has been detected in 11214 and 11215.

A flyer from the DOHMH has been added to our website as a download at the following link:
http://www.brooklyncb6.org/announcements/

Feel free to circulate.

Please be advised of the following:
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West Nile Virus activity detected recently in the following Brooklyn zip codes: 11214 and 11215

Now is the time for New Yorkers - especially people over 50 - to take personal precautions to prevent mosquito bites:

. Use repellents that contain DEET, Oil of Lemon Eucalyptus, or Picaridin and ALWAYS follow label instructions.
. If outside from dusk to dawn, wear protective clothing if possible, such as loose-fitting pants, long-sleeved shirts, and socks.
. Make sure that your doors and windows have tight-fitting screens. Fix or replace screens that have tears or holes.

Reduce mosquito exposure around your home:

. Eliminate any standing water that collects on your property.
. Remind or help neighbors to eliminate standing water on their properties.
. Call 311 to report dead birds and standing water.

For more information about West Nile virus, call 311, or go to www.nyc.gov/health.
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Best, Craig

Craig R. Hammerman
District Manager
Brooklyn Community Board 6
250 Baltic Street
Brooklyn, NY 11201-6401

t. 718.643.3027
f. 718.624.8410
w. www.BrooklynCB6.org
e. [email protected]

Serving the neighborhoods of Carroll Gardens/South Brooklyn, Cobble Hill, Columbia Street District, Gowanus, Park Slope and Red Hook

Comments

  • armchair_warrior
    armchair_warrior
    i hope they dont do the stupid pesticide sprays. cause that kill more people than west nile does.
  • carnivore
    carnivore
    armchair_warrior wrote: i hope they dont do the stupid pesticide sprays. cause that kill more people than west nile does.
    That is completely false, even though West Nile doesn't kill many people.
  • pete_c
    pete_c
    Indeed. Although I also hope that they can avoid using the sprays. They do kill a lot of lobsters, and who wants all that toxic crap floating around the city anyway?
  • doctorj
    doctorj
    pete_c wrote: Indeed. Although I also hope that they can avoid using the sprays. They do kill a lot of lobsters, and who wants all that toxic crap floating around the city anyway?
    Apart from the fact that in a toxic city, bug spray is a drop in an ocean of crap, the die-off of Lobsters in Long Island Sound since the late `90s appears to have been very thoroughly investigated over several years at a cost of ca. $10Mil. In short, spraying malathion against West Nile Virus does not kill a lot of lobsters.

    The final report (May'06) from the Long Island Sound Lobster Initiative is available here.

    "Sixty-five scientists at 30 institutions and agencies nationwide participated in the research initiative, investigating the effects of environmental factors, mosquito control pesticides, and disease on the physiology and health of American lobsters. The results indicate that the physiology of the lobsters was severely stressed by sustained, hostile environmental conditions, driven by above average water temperatures. A new lobster disease, paramoebiasis, was identified as the proximate cause of death for the majority of lobsters examined by pathologists. Laboratory studies demonstrated that the pesticides used for mosquito control have sub-lethal or lethal effects on lobsters, based on concentration and time of exposure; however, modeling exercises indicate it is unlikely that the concentrations of individual pesticides in western Long Island Sound were high enough to cause the mortality event."
  • armchair_warrior
    armchair_warrior
    Carnivore wrote: [quote=armchair_warrior]i hope they dont do the stupid pesticide sprays. cause that kill more people than west nile does.
    That is completely false, even though West Nile doesn't kill many people.

    i'm just trying to kill one overblown ;) hype with another fake one :P.
  • metulj
    metulj
    Carnivore wrote: [quote=armchair_warrior]i hope they dont do the stupid pesticide sprays. cause that kill more people than west nile does.
    That is completely false, even though West Nile doesn't kill many people.

    No shit. Ever feel fevery sick in the summer time? That's often a flavivirus. West Nile is a bullshit media scare disease. If you think that you are going to avoid getting nailed by the hybrid culex pipiens here in the States you can forget it. It is no big deal. You should be more freaked by various hepatic nasties than West Nile Fever.
  • kosherdave
    kosherdave
    I think I caught west nile virus (that's my zip code)... can I go home from work early and go to the park, I mean, go to bed?
  • joshua
    joshua
    i've gotten over 50 mosquito bites this summer - i'm a little scared

    but feeling pretty good still . . .
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