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County reports first human case of West Nile virus Officials urge extra precautions
By Sandra Landen Machaj CORRESPONDENT
Since November 23, 1963 an entire generation or two of people have asked each other, “Where were you when President Kennedy was shot?” For people of that era, that moment in time defined a change in life as they knew it, for the impossible had occurred. That is a United States sitting president had been assassinated here on United States soil at a time when most believed that Presidential security was the best available. Then on Sept. 11, 2001, the “where were you on 911?” question replaced the Kennedy question. On that day, another unexpected event occurred, which changed the lives of all Americans. On that Tuesday morning, four scheduled airliners, two United Airlines and two American Airlines planes, left their airports on flights from the east coast. The four flights were never completed. Two of these planes, minutes apart, hit the twin towers of the World Trade
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Today the footprints of the twin towers, which were destroyed on 9/11/2001, still stand in New York. The two footprints are now water pools and the names of those killed in the buildings on that day are inscribed along the outer wall.
Center in New York and cost the lives of about 3,000 people and injured more than 6,000 others. The third plane crashed into the Pentagon in Washington and the fourth airplane, believed to be targeting the Capitol Building or the White House, crashed in a Pennsylvania field as its passengers tried to overcome the hijackers. Firefighters, police officers and other first responders also lost more than 400 members of their rescue crew, the largest loss of law enforcement officers in United States history. None of these crashes
were accidents as was first thought. Rather the airplanes had been hijacked by members of an IslamextremMark Justen ic ist group, Al-Qaeda on a suicide mission against United States targets. For most Americans, it was one of, if not the scariest moment of their lives for the idea of an attack in the country by a foreign entity was not expected. But that day proved that it was possible.
In the aftermath of the tragic event, our nation came together. First responders from throughout the nation made their way to New York, spending days, weeks and months searching through the rubble, for signs of survivors and in worst cases removing the remains of those who didn’t survive. One first responder was local resident Mark Justen, a fourth generation Funeral Director, who owns funeral homes in Round Lake, Wonder Lake and McHenry. On Sept. 12, 2001, Justen was sent to New York by the
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Lake County health officials confirmed the first human case of West Nile virus in 2017, after an elderly Grayslake woman got sick and was hospitalized in mid-August, according to a joint release issued by the Lake County Health Department and Community Health Center. With the confirmed case, Executive Director Mark Pfister of the Health Department urges residents to take additional precautions, which include insect repellent. “This is the time of year when we begin seeing human cases of West Nile Virus,” Pfister said. “Although the weather is getting cooler, mosquitoes will remain active until the first hard frost. We encourage people to stay active outdoors, but please remember to wear insect repellent and take other precautions to avoid mosquito bites.” Precautions include draining items with standing water, like bird baths, gutter, plant containers and buckets around the perimeter of homes and businesses; exercising caution at dawn and dusk; and dress with
long-sleeves and keep skin covered. As health officials offered tips to cut the risk of West Niles Virus, they also conducted emergency remediation of area waterways affected by July’s floods, including the Des Plaines River. Emergency remediation consisted of applying aerial larvicide treatment, targeting 130 acres where Culex mosquitoes are breeding, which is the primary carrier of West Nile Virus. In 2017, Lake County officials report 52 mosquito batches or pools, and one bird has tested for West Nile Virus. Since 2002, there have been 59 confirmed human cases of West Nile virus in Lake County, as well as two confirmed deaths. Most people infected with West Nile virus have no symptoms of illness. However, some may become ill approximately three to 15 days after the bite of an infected mosquito. Common symptoms include fever, nausea, headache and muscle ache. In
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