01-04-2016, 12:56 PM
"200 cases means 1000 have actually been infected."
Some people get such mild symptoms, possibly no symptoms, some people who live here have NEVER been to a doctor, and some Dengue infections are frequently dismissed as flu symptoms (and it is flu season). I'm guessing that 200 cases means that MANY MANY more than 1000 have actually been infected. Despite all my efforts (eliminating standing water, wearing two mosquito coils, eating raw garlic, spraying myself with 98.5% DEET, all windows screened, doors never left open, mosquito traps and on and on and on) I'm still getting bit. With each bite I think "this could be the one!".
Some people get such mild symptoms, possibly no symptoms, some people who live here have NEVER been to a doctor, and some Dengue infections are frequently dismissed as flu symptoms (and it is flu season). I'm guessing that 200 cases means that MANY MANY more than 1000 have actually been infected. Despite all my efforts (eliminating standing water, wearing two mosquito coils, eating raw garlic, spraying myself with 98.5% DEET, all windows screened, doors never left open, mosquito traps and on and on and on) I'm still getting bit. With each bite I think "this could be the one!".