west nile virus

[dbcolli]

Does any one know about a villagers death caused by West Nile virus after being bitten at the Fenney area a couple weeks ago.
I am hoping this is a bad rumor.

[CWGUY]

Does any one know about a villagers death caused by West Nile virus after being bitten at the Fenny area a couple weeks ago. I am hoping this is a bad rumor. :confused: Maybe the County Health Dept. knows? Sounds like the spreading of a rumor to me? :popcorn:

There is no Fenny ...... Did you mean Fenney or maybe the fanny area?

[NotGolfer]

Does any one know about a villagers death caused by West Nile virus after being bitten at the Fenney area a couple weeks ago.
I am hoping this is a bad rumor.

Where did you hear this? I'd suspect rumor until verified!!

[dbcolli]

I did call Sumter County Health and all they would say there is an investigation open in regards to this matter.
They did say to use normal protection.

Guess it is not a rumor.

[CFrance]

I received an email about this death five weeks after a group my neighbor is in that went golfing in Fenney, then had a hot dog lunch around a fire pit there. The group was driven out by mosquitoes. This was in November. A member of the group became ill, went through several diagnoses and ended us at Shands, where West Nile was diagnosed. He died a week ago. The neighbor (former college professor, very reliable, ethical man) sent this around to our neighborhood social group and suggested to share the email so people would beware and wear insect repellent in the newer areas of TV. I started to put it on TOTV but decided not to because of fear of being shot as the messenger.

But I believe it is true. My neighbor is in the golf group, called Gourmet Picklers.

[dewilson58]

:confused: Maybe the County Health Dept. knows? Sounds like the spreading of a rumor to me? :popcorn:

There is no Fenny ...... Did you mean Fenney or maybe the fanny area?




My fanny was bit last night, but I did not report it to the Health Department.

[CFrance]

My fanny was bit last night, but I did not report it to the Health Department.
Maybe it wasn't a mosquito?:a040:

[Challenger]

My fanny was bit last night, but I did not report it to the Health Department.

Hmnnnnnnnnnnn!! by whom?

[CWGUY]

Hmnnnnnnnnnnn!! by whom?

:shrug: Don't ask....don't tell! :1rotfl:

[Bogie Shooter]

If this is true, why hasn't the health department put some kind of warning?

[Rango]

According to articles on the web, West Nile is almost never a fatal disease.

[fw102807]

According to medical websites online, West Nile is almost never a fatal disease

Almost being the key word

[Aces4]

If this is true, why hasn't the health department put some kind of warning?

If you do some checking, you will find warnings have been sounded as early as August last year from different sources and October 1, 2018 the “-news” indicated Sumter County officials were warning residents about rising West Nile problems.

[Challenger]

I would think that a death attributed to West Nile by competent authority would be widely reported in local news venues. Has anyone seen a local news report by a legit news source. Understand the person who was recently reported as a casualty was elderly and suffering from a number of other issues .

[Challenger]

According to articles on the web, West Nile is almost never a fatal disease.

My understanding also

[dsnrbec]

Fatal or not, I don’t want it! I hate that mosquitos have become such a problem in The Villages. We were swarmed this weekend and had to leave our patio.

[EdFNJ]

If this is true, why hasn't the health department put some kind of warning?

Maybe for this reason (from the OP's followup):

I did call Sumter County Health and all they would say there is an investigation open in regards to this matter.
They did say to use normal protection.

They probably don't want to "officially announce" it until it is certain so as not to create panic. Or a sales slowdown?

[ColdNoMore]

Lots of folks here with 'da-nile' virus and while it often manifests itself in some really strange ways...never heard if it being fatal. :shrug:

[ColdNoMore]

They probably don't want to "officially announce" it until it is certain so as not to create panic. Or a sales slowdown?

If it turns out to be true...I think you have a BINGO there.