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West Nile Virus reported in 11215 — Brooklynian

West Nile Virus reported in 11215

stacey
stacey
edited November -1 in Park Slope
Just got this email:

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
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  • brookfetish
    brookfetish
    Great.

    Can't we get something cool - like Monkey Pox?
  • trixienyc
    trixienyc
    I love how it starts off with "Greetings" all nice and cheery, then then drop the bomb....
    Do you think this is the similar to that Con Ed email scam from last week or do you normally get DoH emails?
  • stacey
    stacey
    trixieNYC wrote: I love how it starts off with "Greetings" all nice and cheery, then then drop the bomb....
    Do you think this is the similar to that Con Ed email scam from last week or do you normally get DoH emails?
    No this comes from the District Manager of CB 6 and forwarded to the northslope yahoo group. Definately not a scam :)
    But I do know a Nigerian national who is looking to deposit a couple million in your account ;)
  • trixienyc
    trixienyc
    Thanks Stacey, good to know, I'll break out the pesticides tonight and crop dust my backyard....seriously.
  • armchair_warrior
    armchair_warrior
    pesticides is wrost than west nile. west nile is just another scare type of hype. god i wish they stop the stupid spreying.
  • carnivore
    carnivore
    armchair_warrior wrote: pesticides is wrost than west nile. west nile is just another scare type of hype. god i wish they stop the stupid spreying.
    The West Nile scare hype is overblown, but you're wrong about the pesticides. The main danger is to the people doing the spraying.
  • stacey
    stacey
    Carnivore wrote: The West Nile scare hype is overblown
    Why do you feel that way? Is this something that is "not true" or "just made to sound worse than it is"?
  • carnivore
    carnivore
    stacey wrote: [quote=Carnivore]The West Nile scare hype is overblown
    Why do you feel that way? Is this something that is "not true" or "just made to sound worse than it is"?
    Just made to sound worse than it is. Don't get me wrong- it's important to know where cases develop and when. It's just not much of a threat to most healthy people. West Nile can be a serious or even fatal illness in the very young, the very old, people with HIV and others with impaired immune systems. Most people who contract it get a flu-like syndrome, feel lousy and get over it. It's an important public health issue, but the media has raised the level of hysteria to the point where young healthy people without any symptoms come the the ER demanding to be tested for West Nile (which requires a spinal tap) because they have a mosquito bite.
  • livetotravel
    livetotravel
    The first human case of West Nile virus (WNV) in the city has been confirmed in a 67 year-old- Staten Island man, the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene announced on August 4 . . .
    http://www.foodconsumer.org/777/8/West_Nile_virus_hits_a_Staten_Island_man.shtml

    and from WCBS-TV Ch 2 . . .
    http://wcbstv.com/topstories/local_story_216210852.html

    From a Suffolk County newspaper today ...
    http://www.northender.com/northend_news_details.jsp?id=467

    An Albany paper from from Sunday . . .
    http://www.northcountrygazette.org/articles/080606WestNile.html
  • carnivore
    carnivore
    Good link, LivetoTravel! The FAQs cited from the DOH after the first article give good basic information (basically what I said above).
  • armchair_warrior
    armchair_warrior
    Carnivore wrote: [quote=armchair_warrior]pesticides is wrost than west nile. west nile is just another scare type of hype. god i wish they stop the stupid spreying.
    The West Nile scare hype is overblown, but you're wrong about the pesticides. The main danger is to the people doing the spraying.my bad :P. but still over blown hehe. i wish it would go away already been doing this for how many years like 5 or 6 years since?
  • medusa
    medusa
    Carnivore wrote: [quote=stacey][quote=Carnivore]The West Nile scare hype is overblown
    Why do you feel that way? Is this something that is "not true" or "just made to sound worse than it is"?
    Just made to sound worse than it is. Don't get me wrong- it's important to know where cases develop and when. It's just not much of a threat to most healthy people. West Nile can be a serious or even fatal illness in the very young, the very old, people with HIV and others with impaired immune systems. Most people who contract it get a flu-like syndrome, feel lousy and get over it. It's an important public health issue, but the media has raised the level of hysteria to the point where young healthy people without any symptoms come the the ER demanding to be tested for West Nile (which requires a spinal tap) because they have a mosquito bite.

    People do tend to change their mind about that test when they hear about the spinal tap.
  • stacey
    stacey
    Carnivore wrote: [quote=stacey][quote=Carnivore]The West Nile scare hype is overblown
    Why do you feel that way? Is this something that is "not true" or "just made to sound worse than it is"?
    Just made to sound worse than it is. Don't get me wrong- it's important to know where cases develop and when. It's just not much of a threat to most healthy people. West Nile can be a serious or even fatal illness in the very young, the very old, people with HIV and others with impaired immune systems. Most people who contract it get a flu-like syndrome, feel lousy and get over it. It's an important public health issue, but the media has raised the level of hysteria to the point where young healthy people without any symptoms come the the ER demanding to be tested for West Nile (which requires a spinal tap) because they have a mosquito bite.


    Thanks C.
    So you mean that the a healthy body can actually fight off the virus? And when you say very young you mean infants right not Brandon's age.

    Sorry to pick your brain but you explain so well :)
  • armchair_warrior
    armchair_warrior
    stacey wrote: [quote=Carnivore][quote=stacey][quote=Carnivore]The West Nile scare hype is overblown
    Why do you feel that way? Is this something that is "not true" or "just made to sound worse than it is"?
    Just made to sound worse than it is. Don't get me wrong- it's important to know where cases develop and when. It's just not much of a threat to most healthy people. West Nile can be a serious or even fatal illness in the very young, the very old, people with HIV and others with impaired immune systems. Most people who contract it get a flu-like syndrome, feel lousy and get over it. It's an important public health issue, but the media has raised the level of hysteria to the point where young healthy people without any symptoms come the the ER demanding to be tested for West Nile (which requires a spinal tap) because they have a mosquito bite.


    Thanks C.
    So you mean that the a healthy body can actually fight off the virus? And when you say very young you mean infants right not Brandon's age.

    Sorry to pick your brain but you explain so well :)

    he is the resident md or something :P. hey carnivore you got your md yet or just doing the residency?
  • carnivore
    carnivore
    stacey wrote: So you mean that the a healthy body can actually fight off the virus?
    Exactly. There's probably more West Nile than the the official stats even reflect because a young healthy person might get over it and never come to the hospital. Unfortunately, for the sicker people who do come to the hospital, there's no specific treatment for West Nile.
    stacey wrote: And when you say very young you mean infants right not Brandon's age.
    Right again.
  • drano
    drano
    Damn. This board is hopping. I was out of town for a few days and I'm not current yet.

    I'll offer a few random observations on what I have seen:

    1) West Nile can't possibly make me feel worse than that salmonella a few years back. I haven't had a turkeyburger since.

    2) I, um, read up on the entire Ms. Scribe saga. Really funny stuff, and probably the reason I haven't caught up here.

    3) The CNN article on Brooklyn was cool.

    4) I lost my wedding ring in Chicago. So if I suddenly stop posting, my wife has probably killed me in my sleep. I reckon this cool act is just that.
  • armchair_warrior
    armchair_warrior
    Drano wrote:

    4) I lost my wedding ring in Chicago. So if I suddenly stop posting, my wife has probably killed me in my sleep. I reckon this cool act is just that.

    I'll avenge you. i'll accept payment in the form of your board acount ;).
  • carnivore
    carnivore
    Drano wrote: 1) West Nile can't possibly make me feel worse than that salmonella a few years back. I haven't had a turkeyburger since.
    Uhg. Sorry to hear that. Salmonella sucks. Get that turkey burger well done next time! The dryness can be countered with mayonaise!
    Drano wrote: 2) I, um, read up on the entire Ms. Scribe saga. Really funny stuff, and probably the reason I haven't caught up here.
    What is this and how did I miss it?
    Drano wrote: 4) I lost my wedding ring in Chicago. So if I suddenly stop posting, my wife has probably killed me in my sleep. I reckon this cool act is just that.
    You'd better take her out somewhere nice!
  • quijibo
    quijibo
    oh feck. how much duct tape are we gonna need for this?

    the media along with the medical community feed the hysteria
    people wish to have a sense of control
    even when we don't

    or when the solution is to eat healthy and exercise

    i'd wish they'd stop spraying that crap on the streets
    couldn't we release an infestation of bats to eat all the squeeters?

    and then of course we'd need monkeys in the trees
    right above the double parked mcclaren's
    on 7th avenue
  • carnivore
    carnivore
    quijibo wrote: couldn't we release an infestation of bats to eat all the squeeters?
    Bats are a major rabies vector, and rabies is much more deadly than West Nile!
  • armchair_warrior
    armchair_warrior
    i'm going to start a save the mosquito group. or people for the ethical treatment of mosquito.



    dont you guys know that the mosquito is a vital part of our environment. they are in the web of life. they are part of the food chain man!!!

    stop the spraying now!!! stop the murder!
  • quijibo
    quijibo
    Carnivore wrote: [quote=quijibo]couldn't we release an infestation of bats to eat all the squeeters?
    Bats are a major rabies vector, and rabies is much more deadly than West Nile!
    park slope bats don't give you rabies
    park slope bats just fly around like lubricated spazzes
    and fly all akimbo while eating mosquitoes

    how many people in brooklyn are bitten by bats?
  • quijibo
    quijibo
    armchair_warrior wrote: stop the spraying now!!! stop the murder!
    that would make an excellent t-shirt
  • armchair_warrior
    armchair_warrior
    quijibo wrote: [quote=armchair_warrior]stop the spraying now!!! stop the murder!
    that would make an excellent t-shirt

    feel free to make it bro, and dont forget to donate to the save the Mosquito group. so we can fight man's unjust war against Mosquito kind.
  • brookfetish
    brookfetish
    West Nile is the new Communism.
  • jamzer
    jamzer
    I love when they spray to kill mosquitoes! I hate those little buggers. I've lost like three pints of blood to them this summer.

    Many more people are killed each year from TVs falling on them than are killed by West Nile Virus. TV and the News/Post like to talk about it because it has a scary name and gets dumb people all fired up. It is also easier to talk about West Nile than it is to talk about real problems like George Friggen Bush eroding the power of Congress and taking away our civil liberties.
  • cat
    cat

    Subject: right on... no pesticides...

    you people are really on target!

    The West Nile virus affects like 1 person in a million. The Boston Globe did a chart of how much greater your chances are of getting hit by lightening or getting food poisoning.

    The pesticides weaken the immune system of the people who *might* get west nile virus - and the rest of us - and thus make them more susceptible. it does not mean we should be sprayed by pesticides which cause cancer, respiratory problems, and more.

    as we say, the cure is worse than the disease.

    visit: www.nospray.org.

    also, the pesticides kill natural predators of mosquitoes like dragonflies.

    one year, i was handing out fliers in prospect park after the spraying and a woman told me she went through the park right after they sprayed and she saw all these ladybugs on the ground dying. it affects the whole ecosystem.

    it is part of a continual scare tactic.

    guiliani was the 'perfect' person to put this in place.
  • che
    che
    quijibo wrote: how many people in brooklyn are bitten by bats?
    I was bitten by a bat!

    (But, it was my fault. I got sloppy when handling it. Rabies shots are a drag, though rabies itself is much, much worse. You want to get freaked, read about how it kills you.)

    Anyway, yes, more bats! More swallows! More swifts! More flycathchers! More martins!
  • quijibo
    quijibo
    CHE wrote: [quote=quijibo]how many people in brooklyn are bitten by bats?
    I was bitten by a bat!

    (But, it was my fault. I got sloppy when handling it. Rabies shots are a drag, though rabies itself is much, much worse. You want to get freaked, read about how it kills you.)

    Anyway, yes, more bats! More swallows! More swifts! More flycathchers! More martins!
    what were you doing handling a bat?
    you were asking for it man........
  • carnivore
    carnivore
    quijibo wrote: what were you doing handling a bat?
    you were asking for it man........
    I hope "handling" isn't some kind of euphemism! :shock:
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