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Sunday, July 21, 2002"Stop calling us," said Cook County Health Department spokeswoman Kitty Loewy. "We are no longer collecting birds -- you can underline that," said Fred Carlson, Kane County's director of environmental health. Illinois is one of the states where West Nile virus is already known to be established. Others are: Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware, the District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Virginia and Wisconsin. So don’t worry about those dead birds if you live in any of those states. Health officials already know the virus is there. Just wear your mosquito repellant. posted by Sydney on 7/21/2002 07:37:00 AM 0 comments 0 Comments: |
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