Hey, Burners: mosquitos in Black Rock test positive for West Nile. Watch out for fevers

[Recursion]

Personally I blame the fact that Grover Norquist was there.

http://mic.com/articles/97966/your-friends-who-went-to-burning-man-may-have-brought-home-a-pretty-crappy-souvenir

Bad news, Burners: The 65,000 people who just got back from Burning Man may be bringing home more than just memories. They might've been exposed to the West Nile Virus (WNV).

What? Nine mosquito traps in Gerlach, Nev. – a town near Black Rock Desert – tested positive for the mosquito-borne ailment this week, which attacks the nervous system and causes brain inflammation or meningitis.

This could get ugly. In a press release on Wednesday, the Washoe District Health Department said Nevada's first human case had been confirmed earlier in the summer. And on Aug. 25, test results from the mosquito traps affirmed that the virus was indeed present in Washoe County, which encompasses the desert region where Burning Man is held, officials told the Reno Gazette-Journal.

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If you just returned from the counterculture festival and are experiencing symptoms such as fever, headache, vomiting or a rash, then you should see a doctor. However, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports that 70-80% of people who have been infected do not have symptoms, making the mosquito trap results that much more worrisome.

[NutmegYankee]

1. We've had it entrenched on the East Coast for a decade now.

The cases are fairly limited and the meningitis cases are extremely rare.