West Nile Virus & the Media

Kevin · #1 08-23-2002, 01:55 PM

West Nile Virus... the 529189582th most likely thing to kill you in America has been on the front page of the newspaper and had its special time slot on the news shows since it first landed here in America.

The question is: Is anyone fed up with hearing bout this? Do you think the media is bombarding us with pointless information just to scare us and get ratings? I think malaria or leporsy probably have claimed more lives this year in the US than West Nile Virus.

Maybe as ag news but that's all I really see it as.

FuzzieAlum · #2 08-23-2002, 02:47 PM

The big part of the word NEWS is NEW. Leprosy or cancer or heart attacks kill a lot of people, but they aren't new.

Rio_Kohitsuji · #3 08-23-2002, 05:20 PM

Ack...West Nile..yeah..there's always something out there to kill ya I guess...
But hey..I live near a river and well..a lot of farms..plenty of still water..we've have a lot of animals die from this...so..it's a threat around here...