Fires, Foreclosures Raise Risk of West Nile Virus

Fires, Foreclosures Raise Risk of West Nile Virus: "SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -Two plagues in California, fires and
foreclosures, may be increasing the risk of another: West Nile
virus. Wildfires have sullied the air in the Sacramento area so badly
that officials there have held off aerial spraying of insecticide
to combat the virus, which is spread to humans and animals by
infected mosquitoes. At the same time, backyard pools left with standing water in
abandoned, foreclosed properties have created a breeding ground for
mosquitoes, raising the risk of West Nile infection."
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Just wait. Next it will be frogs, and then locusts.