West Nile Virus or EEE question:

Nurses General Nursing

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  1. Concerning the WEST NILE VIRUS or EEE, you :

    • 11
      Have noticed a huge increase in awareness and concern.
    • 8
      Have not noticed a change in awareness or concern.
    • 5
      Have not idea what WNV or EEE is.

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How many of you have been bombarded (as I have by working in pediatric and public health telephone triage) by questions and concerns about WEST NILE VIRUS and/or EEE the past few weeks? Each time a child has fever or headache a parent calls my workplace worried about one of these illnesses. Come to think of it, they could call with a "hangnail" and worry about this as well. While I understand their concern, I realize it's the media adding fuel to this fire.

So........anyone else noticing the rise of anxiety and paranoia?

I have to admit it but I haven't really heard of either wnv or eee.

Perhaps it's because we don't have many "skeeters" out here in New Mexico.

Here's my dumb question. Are they the same or is WNV different from EEE?

I take it that WNV is mosquito caused. Is

EEE also?

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