west nile

We've heard a lot about people walking around "asymptomatic" with COVID in the past year, and it turns out that can happen with West Nile too. Hundreds of Idahons will likely have the West Nile virus this summer and not even know it.

Mosquitoes can carry the West Nile Virus, and they can infect humans with the disease. Unfortunately, that's exactly what they're doing.

Mosquitoes love moisture, and the Treasure Valley has plenty of it right now. As the Boise River flooding subsides, West Nile could be the big new worry.

The war is on against mosquitoes at our place.  Just in the past couple of weeks they've gotten really bad.   I had Ada County Mosquito Abatement come out and fog the place and called our Vet to make sure our horses were up to date on all their vaccinations...