[Ansteorra] West Nile Virus

Rod Jackson culn97 at yahoo.com
Fri Jul 19 09:02:13 PDT 2002


And lighting is a lot prettier!

Colin
--- Kimberly Koch <sarapenrose at yahoo.com> wrote:
> One of the sites Susan posted said the following:
>
> From its discovery in 1999 in New York City, the
> virus
> has infected at least 149 people and killed at least
> 18 nationwide, according to the Centers for Disease
> Control and Prevention.
>
> The NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric
> Administration) website says lightning averages 93
> deaths and 300 injuries each year.
>
> So,
> West Nile Virus = 18 deaths in the US since 1999
> lightning = about 300 deaths in the US since 1999
>
> You are more likely to be struck by lightning than
> to
> contract West Nile. Does that help put it in
> perspective?
>
> Sara
>
(massive snippage)

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