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Rick Morel

On Fri, 01 Aug 2008 16:52:17 -0400, wrote:

Yes, and the water that collects in each one makes a dandy little mosquito
factory. In many locales, that spells "West Nile Virus".

That's why holes are drilled in the bottoms.

According to the CDC, the best way to deal with West Nile is to get
it. Then you're immune. A CDC doctor stated that one is 800 times more
likely to die or have serious damage from the regular yearly flu than
from West Nile. He blamed the media for all the scare stories.

Most people who get it don't even know it, some think it's the flu,
some (like in my case) suffer what seems the worst case of flu ever,
and some die or suffer permanent damage. Remember the later are 1/800
of those who die or suffer permanent damage from the "regular" flu.

Rick

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