I just got bit by a mosquito......

[TimNDansMom]

I knocked it off as soon as I felt the "prick" but now I'm going to worry about West Nile Virus for the next several days.

I didn't intend to work in my garden ~ I had been potting some impatients in my garage ~ but saw some grass that was going to seed growing in a nearby flower garden. You know how it is, you gotta stop everything to go pull it out and once you get started......

I came in the house and scrubbed my arm with detergent and a scrub brush.

 

[amid chaos]

Our mosquitos are AWFUL right now...I feel like a piece of raw meat when I go out there!

 

[Scratch42]

that's the last thing you need! You have enough on your plate right now as it is.

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[TimNDansMom]

Thanks, Janet. If it weren't for the fact that a dead crow was just confirmed positive for West Nile where I live, I probably wouldn't be concerned.

We had better get out our Deet, Amid!

 

[Scratch42]

I don't know which is worse!

Be careful with DEET, it can kill too!

Pretty soon we will all have to go around wearing suits of armour!

Scratch

 

[WebmasterAlex]

The chances of you getting west nile from a single mosquito bite are pretty small even in area's that have it.

From the Center for Disease Control :

Q. If I live in an area where birds or mosquitoes with West Nile virus have been reported and a mosquito bites me, am I likely to get sick?
A. No. Even in areas where the virus is circulating, very few mosquitoes are infected with the virus. Even if the mosquito is infected, less than 1% of people who get bitten and become infected will get severely ill. The chances you will become severely ill from any one mosquito bite are extremely small.

 

[Snowwark]

I bumped up the West Nile thread, Julie. There's lots of good info on it.