Re: West Nile Virus Help ???

["Erny May" <emay1 at wi_rr.com>]

Leo,
Want to applaud your good sense and
logic (with a touch of flair). Somehow we
have gotten to the point where we decry
the loss of habitat of whatever, but totally
disregard the needs that led to the destruction.
There is an absolute maxim in nature; survival
of the fittest/most flexible/most adaptable/most
determined. If we need to spray to control the Nile
virus then it needs to be done. If that saves one or
ten or a million is irrelevant. To the best of my
knowledge, humans come first and the age,
status or health is not a variable for consideration.
Now whether you culture mossies or not is really
neither here nor there, since none of the cultures
amount to a hill of beans when compared to an
acre pond, and the spraying will occur there!
Even then, the impact is limited according to our
local DNR. But of course they are "politicians,
bureaucrats and civil service types" and as such
cannot be believed.
erny


----- Original Message -----
From: "Leo Arieux" <HOLLIS1506 at webtv_net>
To: <killietalk at aka_org>
Sent: Tuesday, August 06, 2002 6:50 AM
Subject: Re: West Nile Virus Help ???


>
> Wayne et al :
>
> I was not concerned with the difference between the blood chemistry  of
> humans and horses. I brought this up to say _if_ it is possible to
> develop a serum for horses, there should have been one developed for
> humans as well. Only one other person was decerning enough to get my
> point.
>
> Take your stastistics and tell the family's of the people who died from
> the disease....
> well it's _only_ a small percent of the small percent that die.I'm sure
> that this will be of great comfort to them.
> The _small_ percent who contract the virus will be relieved as well.
>
> I will hazard a guess, based on the figures that were so nobly quoted in
> the previous e-mails, as to why no human serum has not been developed.
> This has (in the past) occurred in 3 rd world countries and as such
> wasn't important enough to cause too much concern....especially since
> they couldn't afford the research and had a large poor population that
> the virus mostly affected. It's the old "Let them eat cake" Syndrome.
>
> NO actually this is not rambling but a comment of the concern or lack
> there of
> for the people in those areas that this directly affects. Since I live
> in Louisiana,
> then this affects me !  I have little concern that I will contract the
> virus but I am only 1 person among many. I resent the remark that "it
> only affects the old and weak". This must be symptomatic of today's
> throw away society, since at one time the "older generation" was valued
> more.
>
> Yes. I am of the older generation and quite proud of this seemingly
> simple accomplishment. Just wait and see how simple it really
> is.....when and if you get "old".  Have a good day and stay well.
>
> Regards,
>
> Leo
>
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