West Nile Gets More Virulent
On May 17 2004, The Sacramento Bee reports that West Nile has mutated to become more virulent. West Nile is a powerful bioweapon in our toolbox. Rachel Carson anticipated a Silent Spring because of DDT. We at the CHL can achieve a silent spring without organophosphates. Hell, we could do it without West Nile, but we will not look the proverbial gift horse in the mouth.

Excerpt: From within the glossy feathered bodies of crows, scientists have discerned an unsettling clue to the virulence of the West Nile virus sweeping the United States. The preliminary research suggests the germ is a mutated strain far deadlier to birds than West Nile strains in most other parts of the world. Whether it's more dangerous to humans, too, is an open question, but the virus has already caused more cases of neurological illness in people in this country than anywhere else, ever. That combination of facts has public health officials on edge, as warm weather brings forth new legions of mosquitoes, which carry West Nile virus between birds, humans and other susceptible animals.
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