Reply #112: west nile is not contagious at all (my nitpick) [View All]

[pitohui]

you do not get west nile from ppl w. west nile you only get it by being bitten by an infected mosquito & supposedly 999 times out of 1,000 you do not have symptoms even then

i lost a friend, age 17, to st. louis encephilitis, i know what this disease complex can do, but we can't live our life indoors

most ppl will never show any symptoms from la crosse, st. louis, west nile etc.

there is no using stressing abt it, you have a good attitude & i think you are right to protect yrself where you can