tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8049832311913108906.post8557981103569059031..comments2023-12-16T02:39:56.603-06:00Comments on Gordon Grice: West Nile Virus in the USUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8049832311913108906.post-68459761437492227112012-08-24T02:17:10.385-05:002012-08-24T02:17:10.385-05:00"Pulesck" sounds like a good name for a ..."Pulesck" sounds like a good name for a mosquito. Or a James Bond villain. Gordon Gricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13068980330242909601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8049832311913108906.post-25751755231174871622012-08-23T18:01:55.464-05:002012-08-23T18:01:55.464-05:00You're not alone- we're being "invade...You're not alone- we're being "invaded" by hungry swarms of mosquitos too. I have become a very skilled mosquito hunter out of necessity. My window screens, insect repellants and "pet spiders" have been unable to control them.<br />Speaking of Culex, I had to correct the local newspaper which had supossedly quoted a doctor as calling the problem mosquitos "Pulesck". The journalist had obviously not bothered to ask how the word was spelled and wrote what he thought he heard. Sometimes I just feel ashamed of working for that newspaper...<br /><br />Croconutnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8049832311913108906.post-18684664993405130782012-08-23T17:51:54.045-05:002012-08-23T17:51:54.045-05:00Doctors have to know way more than a human being p...Doctors have to know way more than a human being possibly can. The example I most I frequently hear about is spider-bite diagnoses that show the doctor really doesn't know spiders. <br /><br />It's interesting that this doc didn't know which mosquitoes bite. That's common knowledge now, but it must not have been back then. Gordon Gricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13068980330242909601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8049832311913108906.post-90584203162397721402012-08-23T17:42:06.835-05:002012-08-23T17:42:06.835-05:00When my father was in the Army (1950's) there ...When my father was in the Army (1950's) there was an encephalitis outbreak at Fort Dix, so the men were instructed to report any mosquito bites to the medical staff. Dad got bitten and duly checked in; after a cursory exam the doctor informed him that he couldn't really do much in the absence of symptoms, and in any case, only the females carried encephalitis. Dad--at the time--didn't know that only the females bite and was a bit confused as to how in hell he was to know male from female, and the doctor didn't know either! After he told me that story, I was less than surprised to read about many doctors not knowing what to do for snakebite, etc.James Smithnoreply@blogger.com