1:54:57 and they bring on some guy from the Department of Preventative Medicine, and he's going to tell us exactly how this works. And there is a historical context to this which I'm hoping you will recall. I've read so far this year paradoxically because those areas have had a drought and you would have thought that the drought would have inhibited development of the mosquitoes but as it turns out in a drought You have pools, limited pools of water that draws the mosquitoes but also draws the birds. The mosquitoes bite the birds become infected and then bite humans." So is this automatically like a bird flu? The mosquitoes bite the birds they get whatever, the West Nile virus... How does a mosquito even bite a bird? It's like hey bird!
1:55:48 Come here, bitch. I'm gonna bite you! I don't know mosquitoes bite birds apparently this was very informative to me and so paradoxically the drought has actually accelerated the spread of West Nile check this out So what do you say when you hear that? Well there isn't much sign that this drought is going to end anytime soon Yes, well they all know about you and that stick yeah Thank you. I'm coming with my stick, baby! And by the way we have something called winter so the drought will end this is not like... We got fall... It's never going to end in the history of mankind. Global warming! We're going to die! So what are your fears for this spread of the virus? How much worse could it get?
1:56:25 Well, it could get worse and that's why everybody is urging preventive measures. Preventative measures? Listen up! To search around the house for any pools of standing water where... John! The house?! Do you have a pool of standing water in your living room by any chance? What!? Yeah look at make sure you don't have- Your house?? Yeah what do you- Eww there's a gla- Hey! Standing water!! You left a glass of water in your room! Clean up your room! Mosquitoes might breed use insect repellent. Oh, this is great advice! If you're going out and about particularly in the evenings or early morning take your hookers wear long sleeve garments and long trousers This is so I'm listening to this like okay they're not even gonna sell a vaccine to me what is this? What's going on?
1:57:15 and just use insect repellent constantly. Are we talking epidemic proportions here? I bathe in it! Well, it's certainly a large outbreak and a large outbreak is often called an epidemic. It's a bit of a slippery slope. And also one of those sensational words you have to be careful about using... That's why we just use it over and over again! If you have been bitten by a mosquito that happens to have been infected with West Nile virus What are the symptoms that you would get and what kind of treatment is available? Now this is very interesting. John, do you know the symptoms of the West Nile virus and what it actually is and how you die from it? It's like a mild flu
1:58:03 Well, the symptoms are first of all fever. You can have chills feeling poorly aches and pains And that may be all but a small proportion of people go on to develop West Nile encephalitis now That's the key word Encephalitis that you don't want that? That's the keyword that is the encephalitis is basically ahead Brain swelling zombie I'm thinking zombie virus. That's what encephalitis is, listen... The older you are John the more likely that is to occur and of course that's an infection that involves the brain And you lose uh.. The function to think You become the walking dead! And you can become comatose Yeah And thats obviously the most serious kind of infection Yes The treatment is supportive care at the moment
1:58:58 Do you feel better? Most people... supportive care. Over 50. Let me send you a card, you've got the zombie virus. one time or another in their lives. This is not a problematic situation. Well, essentially we take care of you while your body fights off the virus. Okay Dr Shafni mentioned the kind of things that individuals can do but in Texas they're already taking measures at a state level they want to start spraying some other cities I understand from the air haven't done that since Lyndon Johnson was president now this is very interesting to me and hoping you can add some historical perspective as a now you have your doctorate in history
1:59:36 Lyndon B. Johnson sprayed the population of, I believe at the time Houston, Gemini was launching and multiple people at Mission Control, the way i understand it had encephalitis so not even necessarily West Nile virus but encephalitis and he just went ahead and just sprayed the whole population and I will say...I've been to Houston! I think..I think it had effect What? Houston's always been that way. What the hell happened and you know this spraying is an issue now This happens all the time do you ever take an international flight in a good old days where two guys with masks on never had that happen I've had it happen twice
2:00:23 They, and I've seen it before. There's in one of the movies...I think it was one of the Crocodile Dundee films or one of these films. And they spray the passengers? You're in a big 747 and they come down the aisle and they spray everybody! This is the same thing that happened with the bird flu. They were spraying everybody on airplanes Yeah, well there's some malathion just in case there was a random mosquito. They used to spray the population of California routinely for all kinds of things because we're an agricultural state and we don't need any aggravation. John, this is not something that bothers me. But spraying insecticides can't be healthy for you?
2:01:02 It's a very low, no it can't be. Thank you! But it is extremely low, low, low...it's like if you stay inside for this is not something that people should fret about Oh yeah? Well why don't you book a ticket to Dallas and go stand there with your mouth open That's not what you're supposed to do by the way. Oh, oh okay well... Stand there with your mouth open! Or say hey why don't you pour some in? Why don't just give me some straight? No this is not the idea What are you supposed to do? Just stay inside? Stay inside for a few hours So we just shut down the city of Dallas It wouldn't hurt. So they, um... Someone tried to file an injunction They always do. Somebody's just, you know, hand-wringing old lady or something like that Well listen to the response of this from the local Dallas elites Injunction has been filed I'm told by the emergency manager for the state of Texas Oh! That wasn't an old lady John it was the emergency manager for the state of Texas How did you know that is not an old lady?
2:02:00 Could be an old man. And the state's lawyers, as long as... State's lawyers? Is that an old lady? Could be. As we're under this state of emergency and these disaster declarations this spring will go forward We're going to take the steps necessary today to ensure that the home rule cities have the capability To protect their citizens What can you tell us about the injunction? Where was it filed? Who filed it on behalf of who? I don't know. I have not read the document He should have just said some old lady I know it exists and I didn't need to see it to get on the calls with my state counterparts And begin the work so you don't have to go through any sort of special legal Wranglings to be able to forge ahead The states top lawyers and our top lawyers are looking at that but the states top lawyers are telling me that we do not
2:02:48 And I'll be meeting with my lawyers in the next 120 seconds, as soon as these cameras turn on. And the purpose of this clearly is to get this spraying to stop? Yes and what the CDC tells me as far that goes in most hard hit areas Is uh... The delay in spraying can be counted In a number of West Nile cases and potential deaths So we're not gonna let that happen Sooo..in other words uuhhh hmmm SHUT UP! Now, I wanted to know who was doing the spraying. Is this the state of Texas? And they showed on the news two aircraft...two King Air aircraft and of course it's stupid enough to show that to me and i see detail number November 7th 2 Juliet and if you put that into Google it comes up with Dynamic AV Lease Inc in Bridgewater Virginia
2:03:38 Virginia yeah, and it was a what's the tail number again November 7 to Juliet I Do you mean? I can just skip ahead for you One of their big clients is CDC so it is the CDC who is spraying now. I asked you I would have guessed after this new that gap But I ask you do you still feel comfortable if the CDC is? I'm sorry I said, I think the CDC's compromised. Thank you! Based on some of this stuff that has been going on... I think the local authorities should make these decisions for their citizens but yeah but they're not during the days of the spraying in California was a state of California well this is not this is and this is the government this is the CDC now what the feds what do they got to do with it why did they care about because it's the zombie virus and they're trying to stop it get it okay
2:04:30 Hey citizen, put your head back open your mouth and let the spray in. It's good for ya! The chat room is saying the fluoride is not working so they have to do that to spray I find this abhorrent. Yeah, apparently you do yeah well i'm You know what if all of a sudden we have West Nile virus in Austin? Hey, what this won't happen in California? I think encephalitis is Could be the zombie virus that everyone's been talking about but we've heard a lot about that on this tour people are talking About the zombie bars your head swells up you become here let me see symptoms include headache fever confusion drowsiness