That's how nasty ass epidemics start, though. There is no vaccine for West Nile virus. It also causes encephalitis, which is exceedingly painful and has no cure. You just have to let it run it's course. This happened to my duplex neighbor last year. (Not West Nile, but another viral encephalitis.) She was out of commission for three months and went through enormous pain. Not fun.
So, not only is there no vaccine or cure, but the disease is extremely painful. It's also spread by mosquitos, which spread it to each other, and the transmission can therefore be exponential and unpredictable.
Spraying is good...
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