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Article #295Re: West Nile Virus 'Here to Stay' (was:West Nile Has Me Scared!
From: Adam Finkelstein
Date: Thu, 12 Oct 2000 00:00
Date: Thu, 12 Oct 2000 00:00
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In article <39e593ff.78621371@news.epix.net>, Sharon C. Smith <trsc@epix.net> wrote: >Oh but I forget - it's for the environment and therefore has a higher >priority than public health. Question to all you "Health" and "Biology" experts: How do you know the virus hasn't already been around for years? Why decide that now is the time to be concerned about "public health" and that spraying is the solution to the challanges our "public health" faces? Another question: Since nobody in Maryland (my state) has contracted the disease and died, what justification, besides panic and political "efficiency" is there in spraying broadly? Last question: Do you know the history of insect pest eradication by broad spraying programs? Adam -- Adam Finkelstein adamf@radix.net http://www.ibiblio.org/bees/adamf
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 108b95,64fe9d222db38136 X-Google-Attributes: gid108b95,public X-Google-Thread: 101049,64fe9d222db38136 X-Google-Attributes: gid101049,public X-Google-Thread: 10675b,64fe9d222db38136 X-Google-Attributes: gid10675b,public X-Google-Thread: 10a9ce,64fe9d222db38136 X-Google-Attributes: gid10a9ce,public X-Google-Thread: fa37c,64fe9d222db38136 X-Google-Attributes: gidfa37c,public X-Google-Thread: 111d00,64fe9d222db38136 X-Google-Attributes: gid111d00,public From: adamf@saltmine.radix.net (Adam Finkelstein) Subject: Re: West Nile Virus 'Here to Stay' (was:West Nile Has Me Scared! Date: 2000/10/12 Message-ID: <8s51r9$f5l$1@saltmine.radix.net> X-Deja-AN: 680690601 References: <39D2BFC6.E76C7ED9@bigtreepa.com> <39DD31E0.7E4C23C3@wwbgn.com> <39DEB506.ABEC7F18@ix.netcom.com> <39e593ff.78621371@news.epix.net> Organization: Self-Organized. Dig that. Reply-To: adamf@radix.net Newsgroups: phl.media,nyc.general,nj.general,md.general,dc.general,balt.general Summary: When in doubt, do something STUPID!