doodledee

West Nile Virus has been found in the metro area! Hide the womenfolk and childrenfolk, board up your homes, bring the pets indoors, and start using Pert Plus with Deet for shampoo. Ok, I guess it's only two cases, but one of the guys who caught it most likely got it while working at the PGA tournament. In case you forgot, I spent 3 big days at the tournament myself. It's simply awesome to think that I may have used the same biff as some dude who now has a headache because a mosquito bit him on the leg. (How all that works, I'll never understand. Is your leg even connected to your head?) Or even worse, he may have touched one of my $4 hot dogs! There really should be 'special areas' for people who get bit by mosquitoes so the rest of us don't have to deal with them.

In all seriousness, while I have sympathy for the people who have been infected with the virus, I really don't understand the media frenzy. We're talking about two cases of a [in all but extreme cases] non-lethal virus. Compare that to, say, the fact that a person dies in an alcohol related traffic accident every 39 hours. Not that I'm asking the media to cover the traffic deaths more, just maybe take the 'Deadly Mosquito Rampage 2002 - The Inside Story Tonight at 10' type coverage down a notch.

That said, be smart. Put on some bug-spray.

hb grossie