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"The emergence of west nile virus in North America, and AIDS and SARS globally, Cunningham points out, arose from such travel and trade in an age when "travelers can be in the middle of a tropical jungle one day and commuting to their desk in London the next." With world air travel expected to grow at about 5 percent a year for at least the next twenty years, the global crisis of newly emerging infectious diseases is unlikely to disappear anytime soon. Others argue for the impact of global warming and hotter weather on growing rates of infectious diseases." - Donna Jackson Nakazawa, The Autoimmune Epidemic (Get the book.) "Mosquitoes that transmit diseases such as west nile virus thrive in warm weather. Simply lengthening the warm season will allow mosquitoes more time to reproduce, which means more generations of mosquitoes each year. Warmer climates may also allow mosquitoes to expand into areas that were too cold for them before. To make matters worse, the heat could also speed up the reproduction of the viruses the mosquitoes transmit. Some viruses thrive in colder climates, others in warmer ones." - Donna Jackson Nakazawa, The Autoimmune Epidemic (Get the book.)

"Report: west nile virus Will Spread Throughout US." Reuters, 24 Nov 2000. 37. Unsigned. "West Nile Virus Surveillance 2001: New World Update." ProMED-mail, 12 Dec 2001; unsigned. "West Nile Virus Surveillance: USA 2000 Final Report." 23 April 2001. ProMED-mail is a program of the International Society for Infectious Diseases. 38. Mozes, Alan. "West Nile Patients May Have Lingering Problems." Reuters 12 Nov 2001. 39. Manning, Anita. "West Nile Virus Could Reach Rockies This Year." USA Today 8 Jan 2002. 40. Lederman, Robert. "Guiliani Flip-Flops on West Nile Spraying." - The Disinformation Company, Everything You Know Is Wrong: The Disinformation Guide to Secrets and Lies (Get the book.)

"A WALK ON THE WILD SIDE: CHANGING VIRUSES AND GLOBAL WARMING One can hardly talk about viruses in the twenty-first century without grappling with the emergence of a number of virulent new pathogens such as the H5N1 virus (avian or bird flu), west nile virus, Ebola virus, and severe acute respiratory syndrome, or SARS. These new potential plagues tend to result, in part, from the global spread of industrialization, which pushes humans toward ever-closer contact with wildlife as we encroach into what were once solely wildlife habitats." - Donna Jackson Nakazawa, The Autoimmune Epidemic (Get the book.)

"Public health authorities would confront growing caseloads of west nile virus, Lyme disease, and other diseases transmitted by insects lured by warmer temperatures. Oregon's best economic opportunity? Public-private investment in what a U of O report refers to as a "forest of new energy technologies" for job and income growth, spawning businesses to help Oregonians adapt while generating revenues the state will need to address the impacts of climate change. Welcome to the new state of Orefornia." - Alex Steffen, Worldchanging: A User's Guide for the 21st Century (Get the book.)

"Avian flu, SARS, anthrax, monkey pox, and west nile virus are all fresh enough that they make other relatively recent insurgents such as hantavirus, Lyme disease, multiple-drug-resistant TB, and even HIV seem like seasoned veterans. Emerging pathogens consume an ever-increasing amount of limited public health resources. The Centers for Disease Control have recently invested many millions of dollars in state-of-the-art command centers to track new outbreaks." - Paul D. Blanc, M.D., How Everyday Products Make People Sick: Toxins at Home and in the Workplace (Get the book.)

"Unsigned. "West Nile Virus Surveillance 2001: New World Update." ProMED-mail, 12 Dec 2001; unsigned. "West Nile Virus Surveillance: USA 2000 Final Report." 23 April 2001. ProMED-mail is a program of the International Society for Infectious Diseases. 38. Mozes, Alan. "West Nile Patients May Have Lingering Problems." Reuters 12 Nov 2001. 39. Manning, Anita. "West Nile Virus Could Reach Rockies This Year." USA Today 8 Jan 2002. 40. Lederman, Robert. "Guiliani Flip-Flops on West Nile Spraying." Robert Lederman Website, 4 May 2001; "Government Lists." No Spray Coalition Website . " - The Disinformation Company, Everything You Know Is Wrong: The Disinformation Guide to Secrets and Lies (Get the book.)

"Occasionally a new disease appears: AIDS, SARS, west nile virus.... But in the absence of true diseases, diseases such as "prostate problems" and "dropped bladder syndrome" may be identified or reclassified. These can be counted on to provide a money stream by requiring one or more pills a day for successful treatment.3 • Marketing staffs are increasing while R&D rosters remain static or decline in corporations' race for unrestrained profits. This is nothing short of exploitation of disease for profit." - Brent Hoadley, Ph.D., Too Profitable to Cure (Get the book.)

"The current fear is reminiscent of the way many people blew out of proportion the risk for contracting anthrax, west nile virus, SARS and mad cow disease. I warn my patients that too much worry can lead to overeating, cigarette smoking and drinking too much alcohol. It also can increase levels of circulating stress hormones in the blood, which places more demand on the heart and appears to contribute to heart disease and stroke. But these very real diseases seem abstract when compared to the scary-looking chickens we regularly see on TV. Our own brains make us easy prey to such distortions." - Bottom Line Health, Bottom Line's Health Breakthroughs 2007 (Get the book.)

"We'll find ourselves under threat from diseases not known in our areas (like west nile virus in the Eastern United States). Plants and animals will invade regions they never could have survived in before, as the climate in those places becomes friendlier to them. Meanwhile, our efforts to protect fragile ecosystems will have to take into account that the weather that created those places is now changing. In a warming world, the only certainty is change. Mountains serve as metaphors in the era we're entering." - Alex Steffen, Worldchanging: A User's Guide for the 21st Century (Get the book.)

"Spraying Pesticides to Combat Mosquitoes Suspected of Carrying the west nile virus," Consumer Health Newsletter, July 2001: 24 (Issue 7). 104 "Lung Damage Occurs from Single Oral Dose of Malathion," Toxicology, 1983:26, 73-79. 105 McKinney, Deanna, "Meeting the Challenge of west nile virus Without Poisons," J. of Pesticide Reform, Winter 2002: 22 (4) 2. 106 Rea, William, M.D., Chemical Sensitivity. Vol.3. Chapter 27, "Pollutant Injury to the Eye," pg. 1885. CRC Lewis Publishers, Boca Raton. 107 Berkowitz, Gertrude S." - Doris Rapp, Our Toxic World: A Wake Up Call (Get the book.)

"Then we must deal with the threats of terrorism; snipers; and SARS, west nile virus, and other newly minted infectious diseases, which only fuel our anxiety levels. Just thinking about it all makes us toss and turn well into the night, compromising the sleep we so desperately need to replenish our dwindling energy reserves. We yawn and stumble through our days, feeling simultaneously tired and wired. Does this sound familiar? If so, you may be one of the millions of Americans who chronically expend more energy than they have, someone whose energy reserves are almost always tapped out." - Richard P. Brown, M.D., and Patricia L. Gerbarg, M.D., The Rhodiola Revolution: Transform Your Health with the Herbal Breakthrough of the 21st Century (Get the book.)

"More crows died from pesticides, along with many beneficial birds, than from the west nile virus from July 1, 2000 to March 31, 2001.35 It is evident that crows and horses are more sensitive to this virus than humans but there is some question as to whether this is the same virus. Dogs, cats and horses can become infected with the west nile virus but, like humans, they usually recover. 2'n'18,30a'65,66 Horses need vaccines, however, to control this illness.66 There is one anecdotal single controlled observation that might be of great interest." - Doris Rapp, Our Toxic World: A Wake Up Call (Get the book.)

"There are four basic categories of diseases that pose different kinds of threat to the American public: (1) the new diseases, including AIDS, SARS, bovine spongiform encephalopathy ("mad cow disease"), and "designer" bugs developed in labs; (2) the old standard diseases with developed immunity to antimicrobial drugs; (3) invading vector-borne exotics moving into new territory, such as dengue fever, malaria, west nile virus, and Lyme disease; and (4) viral epidemic influenzas.9 Some diseases apply in more than one category." - James Howard Kunstler, The Long Emergency: Surviving the End of Oil, Climate Change, and Other Converging Catastrophes of the Twenty-First Century (Get the book.)

"The Ontario Human Rights Commission already instructed the Ministry of Health on April 9th, that people sensitive to pesticides must be protected from any spraying for west nile virus. While justice for the severely disabled MCS patient is now within their reach and the recognition of this condition fully recognized by medical science, the battle is not over. Consider the fact that the same month when the international consensus on MCS was published (June 1999) the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario found environmental medicine expert Dr." - Helke Ferrie, Dispatches From the War Zone of Environmental Health (Get the book.)

"In an era of antibiotic-resistant pathogens and seemingly new infectious threats like SARS and west nile virus, the value of boosting one's immune system becomes immeasurable. Inulin, a dietary fiber, is an additive used in Stonyfield Farm Yogurt. It's been shown to increase calcium absorption. For example, an intake of 8 grams of inulin a day increased calcium absorption among teenage girls by an average of 20 percent." - Steven G. Pratt, M.D. and Kathy Matthews, SuperFoods Rx: Fourteen Foods That Will Change Your Life (Get the book.)

"M*84 It has been reported that more than 80% of Egyptians were previously or are presently infected with the west nile virus but, in general, only the very young, the elderly or those with weak immune systems are considered to be seriously at risk.29 The majority of those who were killed by the virus in a recorded Israeli outbreak were over 80 years old.29 Human mortality varies from 3% to 15%, mainly in the elderly. Other studies predict much lower rates." - Doris J. Rapp, M.D., Our Toxic World: A Wake Up Call (Get the book.) "There is some research that noted a strong correlation between petrochemical refinery pollution and the death of birds from the west nile virus. One must ask if full spectrum toxicological studies are being done on either the humans or the birds that died from this illness. Could some of them have died from chemical pollution unrelated to or secondary to infected mosquito or malathion exposure? If the proper testing was not done, who would know?l26a'b It appears that a weakened blood brain-barrier enables viruses, for example, to enter the brain more readily." - Doris J. Rapp, M.D., Our Toxic World: A Wake Up Call (Get the book.) "There were six birds positive for the west nile virus in New Hampshire and 448 birds in Massachusetts in the year 2000, but no human cases of encephalitis in either state.30 Those in favor of spraying believe their prophylactic spraying measures helped prevent an epidemic. Weigh this possibility against the more probable one. In time, if and when all the facts are known, it may be determined that the health of an immense number of humans was temporarily or permanently hurt because they developed a chemical sensitivity type of illness due to the exposure." - Doris J. Rapp, M.D., Our Toxic World: A Wake Up Call (Get the book.) "In NYC in 1999, with a population of about 10 million, 62 people were reported ill with the west nile virus, or about six persons per million. A high estimate suggested if you were bitten by an infected mosquito, less than 1 in 300 would show mild signs of a flu-like illness.3a'30 Based on current information on casualties, the odds of anyone in the United States dying from this virus is roughly one in a million.3" - Doris J. Rapp, M.D., Our Toxic World: A Wake Up Call (Get the book.)

"As the Long Emergency proceeds, and globalism winds down, this kind of travel and traffic will decrease, but much of the damage has already been done. west nile virus and dengue fever are already established in places where they had not previously been. They are probably there to stay. If anything, global warming will now likely extend their range. AIDS has already made the crucial genetic leap from being a disease established in apes in a wild backwater of Africa to now being a public health catastrophe on every continent of the globe, with no cure in sight." - James Howard Kunstler, The Long Emergency: Surviving the End of Oil, Climate Change, and Other Converging Catastrophes of the Twenty-First Century (Get the book.)

"The Zoonotic Threat Though west nile virus caught the attention of citizens and the press, what wasn't played up was the larger threat that the virus exemplifies. west nile virus is a zoonotic infection—it jumps to us from animals. It is not the most fearsome zoonosis; but zoonoses have shadowed us throughout human history and remain an ever-present menace, a limitless reservoir of pestilential surprise. To understand what's on the minds of public health officials, it helps to take a quick detour into this territory." - Madeline Drexler, Secret Agents: The Menace of Emerging Infections (Get the book.)

"For example, Hantavirus strikes mainly young men, such as lumberjacks or farmers who work in the fields and come in contact with mice; but mortality is low, and it rarely strikes mothers or children. The west nile virus hits young people and older people, but lethal outcomes are limited mainly to the elderly, who are past their earning and reproductive years. Another reason virus epidemics rarely threaten human survival is that most viruses depend more on other animals than on us." - Jaap Goudsmit M.D., Viral Fitness: The Next SARS and West Nile in the Making (Get the book.) "In the late summer of 1999, New York was struck by an outbreak of the west nile virus (WNV). This Flavivirus caused illness in 62 people, most of them elderly, and 7 died. Within a short time, the virus had infected about 10 species of mammals in a local zoo and more than 60 native species of birds. Crows and sparrows especially died in large num- bers. This is remarkable, because WNV is essentially an avian virus that might be expected to infect birds without harm. The birds of Africa and the Mediterranean, where it seems to have originated, are widely infected but often not harmed." - Jaap Goudsmit M.D., Viral Fitness: The Next SARS and West Nile in the Making (Get the book.) "SARS joins the ever-longer list of new viruses or viruses expanding their territory, like the AIDS virus, the west nile virus and all others that threaten the health of more and more humans. Some come and go with the change of seasons, others take longer to re-emerge, like pandemic flu, and some become a permanent part of human suffering, like the AIDS virus. EPILOGUE 1 #irwses are a mreaf ro us more than ever before. We can tell from the vi-w ral diseases that are spreading like wildfire." - Jaap Goudsmit M.D., Viral Fitness: The Next SARS and West Nile in the Making (Get the book.)

"As with most infectious diseases, people differ markedly in how well their immune systems respond to west nile virus. After the initial outbreak in 1999, Layton and the CDC's EIS officer Denis Nash surveyed residents and took blood samples from the general population at the epicenter in Queens and several other city areas.12 They estimated that 8,200 people had been infected. From interviews they found that about 20 percent had experienced fever, headaches, muscle and joint aches, and fatigue between late summer and early fall. Less than 1 percent were hospitalized." - Elinor Levy, Mark Fischetti, The New Killer Diseases: How the Alarming Evolution of Germs Threatens Us All (Get the book.) "The extra funds paid dividends immediately, helping to pin down the surprisingly rapid spread of west nile virus in 2002. But that level of cash infusion was a one-shot deal. And the uncomfortable irony is that continuing to reallocate massive resources to counter bioterrorism could actually jeopardize our already underfunded defenses against naturally evolving threats. Determining the optimal balance of resources will be one of the public-health community's great challenges in the coming years." - Elinor Levy, Mark Fischetti, The New Killer Diseases: How the Alarming Evolution of Germs Threatens Us All (Get the book.) "Meanwhile, the backyard mosquito is spreading west nile virus. After its surprise arrival in New York City in 1999, West Nile affected a few dozen people a year, but in 2002 it expanded at an alarming rate, infecting 3,698 people in forty-four states by mid-November, killing 212.6 Other killers, previously limited to far-off jungles, increasingly threaten us as they learn how to thrive in the temperate climes that blanket America, Europe, and Asia. The vicious Ebola virus from Africa weakens a person's blood vessels, causing a gruesome death by bleeding from the inside out." - Elinor Levy, Mark Fischetti, The New Killer Diseases: How the Alarming Evolution of Germs Threatens Us All (Get the book.) "TB and cholera that have reemerged stronger or spread wider than ever, and thirty newly discovered diseases, including Lyme disease, west nile virus, Ebola, and AIDS, and now SARS.4 Lyme disease was first described in 1977.5 Today deer ticks are spreading the bacteria steadily, infecting more than 16,000 people a year. Originally confined to the Connecticut region, the disease has now cropped up as far away as northwest California. Its first symptom may be a characteristic bull's-eye rash, but when left untreated it can develop into chronic, debilitating arthritis." - Elinor Levy, Mark Fischetti, The New Killer Diseases: How the Alarming Evolution of Germs Threatens Us All (Get the book.)

"There is one controlled laboratory report indicating the west nile virus causing encephalitis spread from bird to bird without any interaction with mosquitos.31b'33 If this were true, mosquito control would certainly not be the total answer to control this virus.29, 34a,b More crows died from pesticides, along with many beneficial birds, than from the west nile virus from July 1, 2000 to March 31, 2001.35 It is evident that crows and horses are more sensitive to this virus than humans but there is some question as to whether this is the same virus." - Doris Rapp, Our Toxic World: A Wake Up Call (Get the book.)

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