Virus Outbreak In New York City | Diagnosis Unknown | Real Responders

[@DominicNJ73]

I'm one of the lucky ones. I contracted West Nile in 2003 on a cross country road trip that brought me through Mississippi. I returned home to Texas and about two days later I got viciously sick, never experienced that kinda sick before and I knew something was seriously wrong when I couldn't move my neck without electrifying pain shooting through my body. I went to the ER and the doctor speculated it might be West Nile, he did a spinal tap and admitted me to the hospital for a few days...the results came back on day three and yep, it was West Nile. Fortunately I was young and strong and my body was able to fight it off. I came out of it unscathed except for a paranoid fear of mosquitos.

[@ljr3061]

Unfortunately, they failed to tell the true story and give Dr. McNamara the credit she deserves for discovering the cause as West Nile Virus. Initially, the CDC was unwilling to listen to her or even take her phone calls since she is “just a veterinarian.”

[@stopgotdamndeletingmycomme8642]

The cdc still hasnt even isolated covid.nowhere has.

[@missbutterfree]

Did you read "Secret Agents" by Madeline Drexler? It discusses this outbreak and comes to the same conclusion.

[@TheBadbucky]

Viral encephalitis?

[@ljr3061]

@@missbutterfree I have not. I actually had the privilege of meeting Dr McNamara at a function where she told her side of the story.

[@godschild3640]

@@stopgotdamndeletingmycomme8642. All 😡diseases😡 are 😡active😡 now😡& OPEN BORDER

[@GoblinsAteMyCats]

A few years back I was working at a wildlife rehabilitation center and we had a bald eagle come in with west nile virus. Poor guy got to us wayyyyy too late for us to save him

[@awalkthroughtorah6897]

I remember this. It's been in the news off and on over the last 20 years.

[@bayoulafourche]

In July of 2002, I left San Diego and was taking a tour at the Navy Base outside of Memphis. After being there a month or so, hundreds of birds covered the ground and streets on the base. It was as if they fell out of the sky. I believe they called them gackles. For the first couple of days after this had happened, no one said anything. Finally it was like the calvary swooped in collecting them all and sending out bulletins regarding West Nile Virus. Several horses at the nearby navy stables died. After watching this show, it kind of makes me mad. Our children were running all over the place outside, our dogs, I was outside working in my new yard... other than telling us not to touch the dead birds, we weren't told we were potentially in danger until much later when a little boy got it. He was sickly as I recall. Had a medical condition that made his health fragile. When he died we all panicked until the weather cooled off.

[@amberkat8147]

Grackles? But yeah, they should have warned you. I get that they probably wanted to avoid panic, but not taking action to save lives and letting peoples' kids or other loves ones die is a great way to kill people's loyalty to the country.

[@GunnWrights]

Outside of Memphis? Sounds like you were touring NAS Millington. I'm not sure about 2002, but several years before that - there were A LOT of people at this base. 1 side was active, and the other side was training for all 'Aviation' rates. Meaning, the average age of the area would be between 20-30 years old and physically fit. People who would not normally develop any symptoms from this disease. It makes sense that no one was really worried??

[@savagesfortruth]

Last year a small body of water had fish made all the fish die and thousands of fish died in the water they apparently bloated up and died

[@aubreyfasano9814]

Its crazy to think that I was a little kid when the wast Nile virus came to the usa but I'm an adult now

[@Jolenesmart1980]

One of these will be about Covid soon

[@klunastorm9362]

I was thinking the same thing

[@gonefishing167]

Spot on 🦘🦘🦘🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺

[@gacha_nerd2162]

I was thinking the same thing while rewatching these

[@sarahmorey6337]

I remember hearing news reports about this as a kid. This is why it always p's me off hen I hear the MFWICs talk about how we could have never seen covid coming.

[@florinivan6907]

In some ways the system was a victim of its own success. Since past crises like West Nile or Ebola had been contained before they got out of control the assumption was that covid would be the same.

[@synergisticcollusion134]

​@@florinivan6907 Except they FAILED to follow/utilize appropriate & effective protocols at a CRITICAL time and ALLOWED it to spread!💯💯🙄🙄🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️🤬

[@olisaprice9870]

Amazing medical TV show

[@seatbelttruck]

I remember this. My mom wouldn't let me pick up any bird feathers because this outbreak. Understandably. I was like 8 though and was sad.

[@Emily-me]

I remember that. I was only 1-2 during this period, but the bird feather ban lasted all my early childhood. I never knew it was provoked by something like this.

[@20PINKluvr]

Don't pick up any bird feathers PERIOD!!! eww they harbor so many diseases

[@LotusStitchandSketch]

I remember it too, I was also 8 and have lived in ohio all my life but even though to me this seemed like 1000's of miles away from my family I remember how worried a lot of the adults in my town were about this. I also had a habit of collecting feathers, and at first I didn't understand why my father wouldn't let collect them anymore since I never cared too much for watching the news. I didn't understand that there was a real danger with my feather collecting until he sat me down and actually MADE me watch one of the updates about this outbreak and I was so terrified that I could get sick too that I actually burned all the feathers I'd collected over the last couple of weeks because he said it would only take a single infected feather to make me sick.

[@chloris6349]

It’s strange why there is no word on whether they interacted with health services in the eastern hemisphere. It would be logical to take advantage of their experience, rather than develop anti-epidemiological measures from scratch.

[@pandorasbox4238]

I remember this. I was in Kansas City at the time. Everyone was using shitloads of DEEP. I think most of the big cities went on missions to eradicate mosquitoes just to be safe.

[@PinkiePow]

Here at our area the first guess would be tick bites. Local ticks have Lyme and viral encephalitis as well.

[@LeadTrumpet1]

I’m actually surprised they didn’t think of Lyme Disease or POW first. NYC Metro is endemic for both of them via ticks. Then again, we’re now endemic for West Nile Virus too. Although it is possible that the patients didn’t have contact with ticks.

[@bonnylouwho76]

My brother almost died from viral encephalitis. I wonder if you and I are from the same area of the country.

[@mujkocka]

Watching and a mosquito flying right in front of me!

[@robertsollory7475]

Oh my goodness, this was 22 years ago.

[@In_Rem]

I think it is today

[@JaneHall-f9j]

When paralysis struck tracy it had never been seen in west nile virus? Didn't the first victim have paralysis?

[@forbiddenmosaic]

Not the legs. And he was much older I think.

[@nerysghemor5781]

All these mosquito-borne viruses that have come to the US (West Nile, Chikungunya, Zika) are why I wear long sleeves, socks, and no open toed shoes, even in the hot summer. Even though I'm in the South and we do have mosquito control programs, bites can still happen. If I do get a bite it will be on my hands or arms, somewhere I can see. And even though it sounds paranoid, I always make sure someone else in my family knows if I do still get a mosquito bite. So far so good but at least if something weird were to happen, someone would know to add that to my medical history.

[@DIYsober]

@Nerys Ghemor I have been bitten many times through my clothes by a mosquitos.

[@nerysghemor5781]

Purple Haze Yikes! I can’t say I’ve had that happen yet...

[@samanthaisawesome2937]

@@DIYsober I've had them bite through clothes too, even a jumper, if the fabric is close enough to your skin they can get their sucker through and bite you.

[@kingofichigo]

Mosquitos are part of why I don't go outside unless I have to

[@robertanesmith172]

My son does the same. Even 90 degree heat and he's in pants and long sleeves. For some reason, mosquitoes really like him, hence the long clothes.

[@wendydebois1685]

I love all these shows. It teaches us a lot about all these horrible sickneses

[@catalinacurio]

Yes! My bro is travelling, one of his digs had black slimy mould in the shower, but after watching one of these videos I was able to warn him about the danger (needless to say he didn’t stay).

[@Mrs.TJTaylor]

I fear mosquitos and ticks. I’ve had a virus try to kill me. It left me very changed and disabled. It’s no joke.

[@autodogdact3313]

I'm with you, I had babesiosis from a tick. I almost died 3x while in the ICU and had acute kidney failure. Watching this I thought can you imagine coming home from work, and being asked what you did that day you respond, "I sorted mosquitos."?

[@Mrs.TJTaylor]

@@autodogdact3313 What a horror for you! I’m so sorry. I only nearly died once from my virus. :) I’m very careful about ticks. I spend a lot of time outdoors. Scary.

[@chantalbrown81]

Watching in 2020, so really, it’s the Coronavirus of the 90’s....😷

[@debrahennip2266]

Oh noes! Better get mask!😷

[@4everfaithful32]

I have always believed that all luggage/baggage of any kind should be fumigated - once they go onto the belt, instead of heading to the unloading dock, they should be passed through an enclosed area where fumigation begins, and then out to the area to be loaded onto the plane. This would also discourage people from trying to sneak in live animals like snakes and turtles, and remove any pest from plants.

[@vampoftrance]

Yes we had West Nile killed birds in Tampa, 1999. I kept birds and they didn't get sick because of their type.

[@Sassy2025]

Dam that's some big mosquitos. Down south here in Louisiana the mosquitos aren't that big, but we've had ppl with westnile, and our neighborhood ditches are sprayed on a regular basis. We are advised not to have small collections of water cause they prefer that over large amounts of water. If I get bit I spray the bite with alcohol. Our pets have to be given a heart worm vaccine in case they get bit, cause it causes heart worms. I sometimes pore bleach in my ditches. I spray myself with alcohol if I have to go out at night, and I bring my spray bottle of alcohol with me. Mississippi has huge black mosquitos.

[@dougmoran13]

God Bless the greatest NY mayor ever Guliani

[@doreen6686]

@32:34 the guy is spraying with more then a little wind just to get the job done! That's not right someone should have reported him.

[@wioi]

I have no idea what you're talking about

[@killianfritz5840]

I got West Nile in the mid 00's. It's a nasty illness, highest temp was 104. Took a lot of ice baths to lower my temp, not sure what meds I was on. At the time, I didnt know how lucky I was. I lived in southwest MN at the time

[@broomrider2697]

Our younger daughter & I both got West Nile in 2003. It truly was scary. I dont recall half of it. Colorado was spraying to keep the mosquitoes down, but it still got many ppl here.

[@tuckerbugeater]

@@broomrider2697 Bioterror and biowarfare. People will never stop it.

[@broomrider2697]

@@tuckerbugeater Sadly many people don't even believe it's a real thing. They just want to keep their heads in the sand, stay on the couch, keep those reality shows on their TV non-stop, etc. The decline began long long ago

[@o0o-jd-o0o95]

WOW.... 104 Temperature is very bad.. i had 104 temp one time in my life and it was when i was like 6 or 7 years old. i had strep throat really bad.... when my mom saw my temperature we went to the doctor immediately

[@LivingWithScience82]

That was 20 years ago. Now they are everywhere. The mosquito's in question come out during the day, and possibly also at night. I contracted Lyme disease and I was in a huge amount of mosquito's working outside, before I was diagnosed. So do or can they also carry lyme?

[@cutebutsadisticable]

You're lucky in one aspect, it's not spread by mosquitoes. The bad news dogs and cats can transmit it.

[@SimonBissell]

Lyme disease is spread by ticks. It is therefore important to wear insect repellent in tick habitats, and properly remove it as soon as it is noticed. The classic bullseye rash (erythema migrans) doesn't always appear but is a telltale symptom. Early antibiotics usually result in cure. I was one of the lucky ones who got the rash and on Doxycycline in less than a week.

[@TheDyingScotsman]

@@SimonBissell Good info thanks

[@upshitcreek998]

I just have to say that I was camping in Maine about 6 years ago and one night I was laying in my tent and I felt something was stuck to my chin (more underneath it) and I tried to scrape it off. I assumed it was just dirt... it was small. The next morning I went to the showers and when I got to the mirror I could see what I thought was a small scab under my chin.. naturally I had to pick it so I pulled out my tweezers and grabbed hold... pulled and realized when it came out it was as a tick. It didn’t look at all like a tic I used to pull off my neighbors dog in South Carolina. Anyhow.. I went on about my camping trip and I developed a bullseye rash. I had no idea what that meant. Well two years later I was diagnosed with fibro. And my Lyme test came back negative. I know I am misdiagnosed but I also don’t think it’s Lyme. I truly wholeheartedly believe that the levels of arsenic that the FDA said was ok to treat town water... affected me. But dang after seeing everyone’s comments I wonder.. maybe I do have a Lyme type issue. I think Fibro is honestly a NOS diagnosis meaning they don’t know what the hell is wrong with you... and your not worth figuring it out. I can say my symptoms are awful. I still work full time and I take care of my family and I push through. But I’m pretty miserable. I have awful biting stinging pains down my right arm and my left leg. Weird. And sometimes when the burning is really bad, both my forearms feel like they are about to deliver gigantic babies. At the top of my spine I a get a huge swollen lump and my heart palpitations are insane. But I say nothing and keep on pushing. No one cares to really figure it out

[@upshitcreek998]

Also I think because Lyme tics are out generally associated with Maine.. most doctors won’t be test for it anyway. We need a doctor house! Haha

[@judymccoy6688]

I am a retired nurse of 30 years and have been exposed to many diseases in that time. To me viral encephalitis is the most scary as by the time it has been diagnosed so many people have been exposed. Antibiotics do work on viruses so even if people survive they will have life long physical issues. You can protect yourself from AIDS but not from diseases such as this. Once a person is diagnosed they are placed in isolation but before diagnosis many people are at risk!

[@wioi]

What? No, that's not true at all. Antibiotics do NOT work on Viruses. You were a nurse? How on earth would you say that antibiotics work on viruses as a nurse????

[@Ciesiam]

And just how do antibiotics fight viruses?

[@Mrs.TJTaylor]

You mean that antibiotics don’t work on viruses.

[@SurvivedaReset]

@@Ciesiam she meant do not ... read in context

[@kelseyswanepoel7056]

"Cars and stop signs" and you were doing what exactly while your child was struggling?

[@kellymorgan4174]

Maybe they shoulda worn a mask.....

[@stopgotdamndeletingmycomme8642]

Yes.cdc report shows it reduces spread by 0.5-1.9%.👍

[@dadt8009]

The US used to take infectious diseases much more seriously. But now surrendered to Covid19 without much of a fight.

[@markusallport1276]

The majority of American's do take it serious, sadly it falls on the government to take the steps to prevent it from spreading into a pandemic. We all know the story on that, most understand why it took off so fast and we still have fall flu season starting. Be safe, if the government won't do anything to protect you, you can protect yourself and others by wearing a mask.

[@victoriaofthevictoriavicto7270]

That's down to the current administration....just sayin'...

[@ananthropomorphictalkinggo6641]

It's because the stupid trump administration and fox news politicized it like they do with literally everything. If you ever want to stop something from being put in to action, just politicize it.

[@stopgotdamndeletingmycomme8642]

@@markusallport1276 the mask doesnt protect u.it protects others from ur droplets.cdc report shows it reduces spread by 0.5-1.9%.

[@stopgotdamndeletingmycomme8642]

@@ananthropomorphictalkinggo6641 u are aware trump isnt ur pres anymore right?

[@aprillondon11]

Well, this aged well.

[@tuckerbugeater]

don't worry

[@forbiddenmosaic]

Regarding Tracy's case, I find it odd they didn't consider her immune system overreacting to WNV being the cause of the paralysis. Did they evaluate her for immune/inflammatory disorders? Or Porphyria? I have both. And when I get the flu or covid, I get leg and respiratory weakness.

[@jmslaforzadeldestino4943]

Infected human or mosquito from Africa, Eastern Europe or Middle East carried by plane? - I mean both international airports are in Queens - La Guardia is in Northern Queens

[@Dexter037S4]

Ethiopian or Egyptair through JFK was likely

[@michaelripley4528]

Shipping containers spread 🦟In Europe these days🤷🏼‍♂️

[@dmax4838]

In not endemic to Este Europe. We had an epidemic in 1996 in Romania before 1996 no cases are known

[@ZA-mb5di]

35:16 that's the most swollen IV bag I've ever seen

[@huntermcfann1627]

I'm sick

[@jennifertarin4707]

I'm curious to know what the lasting effects of all of the chemicals that were sprayed are.

[@chillie2552]

It’s soon to be 2024. Do we have a vaccine for West Niles Virus?

[@always3541]

The government of🇮🇳 has Lost control over the PANDEMIC and the ECONOMY...... Pls prayers🙏 for us All❤

[@arianefr78]

A beaten egg yolk is a natural non-toxic treatment that can be used in stagnant water where mosquitos lay their eggs, this breaks the water tension, so the mosquito larvae can't breathe and so suffocate and die...

[@Mrs.TJTaylor]

What? That doesn’t make sense. Like how many egg yolks would you need to treat a pond? Otherwise, just dump the stagnant water, or channel it away.

[@venetiazaharias6869]

Deer ticks. It wasn't only the mosquitos. It was the deer ticks. It wss all over the news in the 1980s. I know because like I said 2 months ago I was in prison in Bedford, Westchester County.

[@simonaionescu2324]

the mosquito: public enemy #1

[@JamieRichard_]

This is Like House, On an Overdose of vicodin.....

[@sandreawhite7534]

Terrifying

[@canadianintheend]

We have the West Nile in Ontario now for a number of years. The public health will give notice on the news when there are human cases.

[@Mrs.TJTaylor]

Rudy Giuliani used to be a respectable and effective guy. What the heck happened to him? Did he bump his head falling down all those rabbit holes?

[@davidplowie4670]

Ohhhhhh little did they know what would happen in 2020

[@thecynic9232]

Mosquitos were the first thing out of Pandora’s Box. 2023 … West Nile is all over Canada as well. This will only get worse with climate change… dengue fever, yellow fever … 🇨🇦

[@Mark1405Leeds]

The Soviet method of putting DDT through a jet engine was quite effective!

[@TheDyingScotsman]

Seems to be like Legionnaires disease

[@rachelmartin3631]

I truly hope covid doesn't act like West Nile. It'll never end.

[@adamcleary7756]

@tell me the truth if people listen to the vaccine experts that is..

[@Springtime562]

@@adamcleary7756 let's be honest. How likely is that to happen?

[@nickh7040]

@@Springtime562 why get vaccinated when people still get corona with both vaccines and the booster? LOL wheres the logic... make it make sense please.

[@laratheplanespotter]

This comment didn’t age well 😕

[@tuckerbugeater]

@tell me the truth Was West Nile a lab leak too? All these weird viruses seem a bit suspicious. Vax up and make sure you go insane.

[@ryanchow2165]

What year was this filmed. Seems very old

[@SBQDawn]

they Learned nothing from this /2020 Covid-19 Pandemic did not get even this level of attention

[@JimmyDee12]

This one is kinda mass hysteria, yes you can be bitten by a mosquito, but it’s kinda easy to avoid too at the same time

[@douro20]

In Maine collecting rainwater is highly illegal...it's considered having an illegal reservoir...

[@lolitacarmen8927]

That’s crazy!

[@SapphirasMama]

Interestingly, here in Australia, well NSW it is very much encouraged to have tank water as well new houses getting water tanks😊

[@dessiewatkins1006]

Thanks for sharing this understanding of the motivation behind the rule.

[@MitchGaming381]

The reason it is so bad it is infection of both the brain and spinal cord

[@charlesallen8901]

Lights and siren sound in portant

[@marianagoulartdossantos9134]

O que vocês nunca passa sim passa lá fora

[@williamsanan6728]

God bless you Dr osere on KZbin you are really a truer definition of a great man thank for helping me get rid of low blood

[@tuckerbugeater]

Do you have high blood now?

[@laurelcaccivio6651]

I wonder what part the mosquito eating bats play in this. I can't imagine all the vector controls are good for bat populations.

[@carsanmar13]

1:14 o}how funny, my birth date lol, august 12th 1999

[@kimchee94112]

How come we have West Nile vaccines for horses but not humans?

[@vampoftrance]

West Nile died off after killing the birds as a host. We exterminated the mosquitoes and West Nile didn't need a vaccine it was short lived. Also people didn't get it so much as birds.

[@mirandavanzee6366]

mosquito😟😭😭

[@debbiedavidson57]

No gloves

[@nicolekenny1112]

Ok I can make worth it is a good movie to watch for now mmm.

[@shanerr7252]

This attitude is the reason the sars cov I 2 has ravaged new york

[@stopgotdamndeletingmycomme8642]

Dont forget to wear ur mask.cdc shows it reduces the spread by 0.5-1.9%.👍

[@ultimatewitcherfan6677]

@stopgotdamn deletingmycomments some people can’t wear mask due to certain medical conditions. Besides, wearing a mask doesn’t reduce the spread, it only protects people around you from you 😒

[@ianriggs]

This was in a time before Rudy Giuliani completely lost his mind

[@crystalawrey2362]

Image there fear when covid hit

[@ultimatewitcherfan6677]

Yeah! Mass hysteria 😱

[@charlesallen8901]

Closed minded

[@julienrockingham-ip4co]

Wow, impressive. Where was that same energy for Covid19

[@missfluffydiva2120]

So was this the COVID practice run?

[@heytam7162]

Nah they couldn’t control what they have cooked up properly so they just weaponised the flu.

[@marleybedford8628]

I love your Mayor Giuliani.

[@Manny-zk4xe]

Diagnosis Unknown: S1 E6 - New Epidemic (Nov 25, 2002)

[@meredithisme3752]

Again failure of CDC

[@SevereWeatherCenter]

Right as I just turned 8, in August that summer, I noticed helicopters spraying a mist despite being hundreds of feet high. Because it was discussed in the news about the aerial spraying I rushed inside but not before I got a bit itchy on my face. But that was likely psychosomatic as I overheard them discussing the effects of the spraying.

[@marianagoulartdossantos9134]

aTu não está passando mais ela pra passar

[@mariekatherine5238]

EEE?

[@nerysghemor5781]

Eastern Equine Encephalitis.

[@elisebalk]

How many watching this Thought it was about covid?

[@fluffgirl1000]

An other click bait

[@barbaraschwimmer1338]

imagine PLAYBOY BLASIO handling this

[@frankstein5373]

time to reach out to God almighty and Jesus.

[@markusallport1276]

I have no idea what you think that will do, other than comfort your mind.

[@AndthenthereisCencorship-xc6yi]

Why is this played in 2023? Scare tactics? This video covers soomething 25 years ago.

[@fernfokes7749]

I am studying her body language and she looks like she is lying and nodding her head up and down like trying to convince her audiences.

[@CommanderHarataIdaku]

Who looks like they're lying?

[@kandiceblu1]

Who’s her?

[@Jolenesmart1980]

Who?

[@stopgotdamndeletingmycomme8642]

Fern just wear ur mask ull be fine.it reduces spread by 0.5-1.9% cdc report shows.

[@Jolenesmart1980]

@@stopgotdamndeletingmycomme8642 what???

[@okboomer6201]

It came from Israel.

[@mickgatz214]

China's early attempts of spreading a virus via mosquitoes. :)

[@Trapperboy190]

This is why we need to bring back DDT