WE'RE
WE'RE ON
WE'RE ON INSTAGRAM, FACEBOOK AND TWITTER SMILE AND SAY CHEESE SUMMER IS HERE AND SO
ARE MOSQUITOES AS PEOPLE SPEND
MORE TIME OUTDOORS THEY ARE
SURE TO COME IN CONTACT WITH
MOSQUITOES WHICH OF COURSE ARE
NOT ONLY A NUISANCE BUT ALSO A
PUBLIC HEALTH CONCERN.
THE SACRAMENTO YULO MOSQUITO
AND VECTOR CONTROL DISTRICT
WANTS YOU AND YOUR FAMILY TO
STAY SAFE FROM MOSQUITOES AS
THEY CAN CARRY HARMFUL VIRUSES
LOOSE.
MARIA ROBLES FROM THE
SACRAMENTO YIELDER CONTROL
DISTRICT.
SHE JOINS US NOW TO TALK ABOUT
HOW WE CAN STAY SAFE IN THE
MONTHS AHEAD AND FIGHT THE
BITE.
GOOD MORNING , LUCE.
HI.
GOOD MORNING .
HOW DO YOU WANT TO START WITH
THIS MOSQUITO THAT IS NOT THAT
BIG .
THANK GOODNESS BECAUSE
MOSQUITOES LOVE ME NOT SO MUCH.
I DO NOT LOVE THEM BACK STAY
AWAY MOSQUITOES.
NO BUT RIGHT HERE THIS IS JUST
BORING STUFF.
IT IS IT IS IMPORTANT BUT AS
YOU'RE MENTIONING OBVIOUSLY
SOME PEOPLE ARE SPENDING A LOT
MORE TIME OUTSIDE AND HOPEFULLY
THEY'RE NOT GOING TO COME IN
CONTACT WITH SOMETHING AS LARGE
AS THIS.
BUT FOR SURE THEY ARE GOING TO
BE COMING IN CONTACT WITH
MOSQUITOES BECAUSE TO THE
SEASON RIGHT IS THE SEASON AND
IF IF THAT WAS THE REAL DEAL, I
WOULD DEFINITELY NOT BE GOING
OUTSIDE.
BUT LET'S TALK ABOUT THE
SACRAMENTO MOSQUITO AND VECTOR
CONTROL DISTRICT AND THE
SERVICES THAT YOU GUYS PROVIDE
.
SO AS MANY PEOPLE KNOW, WE ARE
THE LOCAL AGENCY IN CHARGE
OF PROTECTING RESIDENTS FROM
MOSQUITOES AND MOSQUITO
TRANSMITTED DISEASES AND THE
DISEASE THAT WE HAVE MAINLY
HERE IN OUR AREA IS WEST NILE
VIRUS.
SO YOU KNOW, AS PEOPLE ARE
SPENDING TIME OUTSIDE, IT'S
IMPORTANT THAT THEY PREVENT
MOSQUITO FOR THE REASON THAT
OBVIOUSLY NOT ONLY MOSQUITOES
CAN BE ANNOYING VIRUS, THEY CAN
MAKE US VERY ITCHY BUT
MOSQUITOES CAN ALSO MAKE US
VERY, VERY SICK.
AND WEST NILE VIRUS IS THAT IS
A DISEASE THAT WE HAVE HERE IN
OUR AREA AND THIS IS THE TIME
WHEN PEOPLE NEED TO BE MOST
CONCERNED AND DO EVERYTHING
THEY CAN TO MAKE SURE THAT
THEY'RE PROTECTING THEMSELVES
AGAINST BITES.
OH YEAH.
SO TALK ABOUT THE DIFFERENT
TYPES OF MOSQUITOES THAT ARE
OUT THERE AND EXACTLY WHERE DO
THEY BREED?
WELL, ACTUALLY MOSQUITOES CAN
BREED IN A LOT OF DIFFERENT
PLACES KNOW NOT ONLY AROUND
YOUR HOME BUT ALSO IN
AGRICULTURAL AREAS THEY CAN
READ ENTRY HOLES.
THEY CAN FIT IN AS LITTLE AS
THEY ONLY NEED A VERY SMALL
AMOUNT OF WATER TO BE ABLE TO
LAY THEIR EGGS.
SO THE AREAS THAT WE'RE MOST
CONCERNED ABOUT ARE THE AREAS
AROUND PEOPLE'S HOMES SAY A
BASKET OF PLANTS, ALSO A DOG
DISH, A KIDDY POOL, ANYTHING
THAT CAN BREED OR THEN THEY CAN
HOLD WATER FOR MORE THAN A
COUPLE OF DAYS WILL DEFINITELY
BECOME A MOSQUITO BREEDING
SOURCE ESPECIALLY IN THESE HOT
TEMPERATURES THAT WE'VE BEEN
HAVING.
SO YOU KNOW, LIKE I SAID, IT'S
IMPORTANT FOR RESIDENTS TO LOOK
AROUND THEIR YARD TO DO
EVERYTHING THAT THEY CAN TO
DRAINAGE STAGNANT WATER FROM,
YOU KNOW, POLLEN CONTAINERS
THAT WOULD NATURALLY HOLD THEM.
AND AS I MENTIONED, I AM NOT A
FAN OF MOSQUITOES BECAUSE WHEN
I GET BIT I MEAN I HAVE A
PRETTY INSTANT REACTION A
LITTLE WORSE THAN THE MOST
COMMON CASES I SHOULD SAY.
WHY ELSE SHOULD VIEWERS BE
CONCERNED ABOUT MOSQUITOES
BEYOND JUST GETTING BIT?
YES.
SO OBVIOUSLY BEYOND THE
ANTIBODY YOU'RE SEEING A LOT
OF PEOPLE HAVE DIFFERENT KINDS
OF REACTIONS SO REALLY WHEN
MOSQUITOES BITE IS THEY INJECT
SALIVA AND THEY'RE THE BUG THAT
WE GET IS THAT IS ACTUALLY OUR
SKIN'S ALLERGIC REACTION TO THE
SALIVA.
SO SOME PEOPLE GIVE JUST A
SMALL OTHERS GET LIKE BIGGER
BUGS WHEN YOU KNOW PEOPLE SAY
THAT THEY'RE ALLERGIC.
BUT AS I WAS MENTIONING
EARLIER, THE REASON THAT THEY
NEED TO BE CONCERNED BECAUSE
OF WEST NILE VIRUS EVERY YEAR
WE DO SEE CASES OF WEST NILE
VIRUS IN OUR AREA.
LAST YEAR IN CALIFORNIA THERE
WAS ABOUT MORE THAN 30
CONFIRMED CASES OF WEST NILE
VIRUS, 11 FATALITIES.
SO YOU KNOW, IT'S DEFINITELY
SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO BE
CONCERNED ABOUT AND WE NEED TO
DO EVERYTHING WITHIN OUR POWER
TO BE ABLE TO PREVENT THOSE
MOSQUITO.
RIGHT.
MOSQUITO. RIGHT. SO I MEAN ON A TYPICAL DAY IF
I'M GOING OUTSIDE I'M GOING TO
PUT ON MY REPELLENT.
BUT WHAT ELSE CAN WE DO?
WE SAW SOME PICTURES OF A MAN
SPRAYING.
I MEAN IS THAT SOMETHING
RESIDENTS CAN DO AROUND THEIR
HOME TO PREVENT MOSQUITOES?
IS THERE MORE THAT WE CAN DO TO
KEEP THEM AT BAY?
YEAH, ONE OF THE SERVICES THAT
WE OFFER THAT I NEGLECTED TO
MENTION EARLIER ABOUT OUR
SERVICES WAS THAT, YOU KNOW, IF
YOU NOTICE YOU HAVE A LOT
OF MOSQUITOES IN YOUR HOUSE AND
YOU CAN CALL OUR DISTRICT AND
WE'LL OFFER WE OFFER FREE HOME
SERVICE INSPECTIONS.
SO A TECHNICIAN COME UP TO YOUR
HOUSE, THEY CAN LOOK AROUND
YOUR YARD, SEE WHERE MOSQUITOES
MIGHT BE COMING FROM AND IF
THEY DO FIND MOSQUITOES THEY
COULD DO A VERY GOOD TREATMENT
THAT TREATMENT THAT WE SAW ON
CAMERA WAS FOR AN AGRICULTURAL
TYPES OR SOMETHING THAT WE
WOULD NORMALLY TREAT.
YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY AROUND OUR
AREA THERE'S MANY AREAS
OF MOSQUITOES BREED BUT AT HOME
RESIDENTS CAN MAKE FIRST OF ALL
MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE NOT
BREEDING MOSQUITOES ON THEIR
PROPERTY.
SO AT LEAST ONCE A WEEK LOOK
AROUND YOUR YARD, MAKE SURE YOU
DRAIN OUT STAGNANT WATER.
BUT IF YOU YOU LOOK AND YOU
DON'T SEE MOSQUITOES, THEN YOU
CAN ALWAYS CALL US FOR A FREE
HOME SERVICE INSPECTION.
WE ALSO OFFER FREE MOSQUITO
FISH FOR RESIDENTS THAT MIGHT
HAVE A FOUNTAIN, A POND OR
MAYBE A HORSE WATERING TROUGH
AND THOSE ACTUALLY HELP US
CONTROL MOSQUITOES NATURALLY
THAT'S SOMETHING THAT OUR
DISTRICT OFFERS.
WE ALSO OFFER FREE REPELLENT.
SO ANYBODY THAT'S HAVING A SAY
AN OUTDOOR EVENING EVENT
ESPECIALLY NOW THAT A LOT
OF THE CITIES IN THE COMING
BACK TO OUTDOOR EVENTS IN THE
SUMMER WE DO OFFER FOR A WHILE
ESPECIALLY FOR AGENCIES THAT
HELP THE HOMELESS POPULATIONS
THAT WE OFFER READILY AND THEN
WE ALSO OFFER PRESENTATIONS FOR
YOUR FOR YOUR SCHOOL OR FOR
YOUR COMMUNITY SERVICE
ORGANIZATION AS PART OF OUR
OUTREACH AND EDUCATION THAT'S
REALLY GOOD TO KNOW AND
BRINGING IT BACK ONE MORE TIME
BECAUSE YOU SAID THE THING
WE'RE CONCERNED ABOUT IN OUR
AREA IS WEST NILE VIRUS THAT
YOU CAN GET FROM THE FIGHT.
WHAT ARE SYMPTOMS THAT YOU NEED
TO LOOK OUT FOR IF PERHAPS YOU
DID GET A BITE AND YOU'RE NOT
FEELING WELL.
YES.
SO SYMPTOMS CAN DEVELOP
ANYWHERE FROM TWO TO 14 DAYS
AFTER BEING BITTEN AND SOME
OF THOSE SYMPTOMS INCLUDE
HEADACHE, FEVER, FATIGUE, MAYBE
SWOLLEN LYMPH NODES.
SO ABOUT 20 PERCENT OF THE
POPULATION CAN DEVELOP THOSE
SYMPTOMS.
SO IF YOU ARE FEELING GUILTY
ABOUT THE GO TO YOUR DOCTOR AND
THEN ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY
PEOPLE WILL DEVELOP VERY SEVERE
TYPE OF MENINGITIS IS THE
LATEST SYMPTOMS.
SO OBVIOUSLY THOSE ARE THE
CASES THAT WE'RE MOST CONCERNED
ABOUT BECAUSE THOSE ARE THE
ONES THAT TYPICALLY LEAD TO
DEATH LIKE WE'VE SEEN WEST NILE
VIRUS IS DEFINITELY VERY IT'S
ENDEMIC TO OUR AREA VERY
ESTABLISHED AND YOU KNOW, OUR
AGENCY IS VERY COMMITTED TO
MAKING THE WE'RE DOING
EVERYTHING WE CAN TO PROTECT
THE HEALTH OF THE RESIDENTS
OF THESE ARE GREAT TIPS
ESPECIALLY FOR SUMMERTIME.
KEEP THEM TOP OF MIND IF YOU DO
GET A BITE, DON'T IGNORE ANY
OF THOSE SYMPTOMS BECAUSE YOU
DON'T WANT IT TO GET ANY WORSE
LOSE.
GREAT TALKING WITH YOU THIS
MORNING .
THANKS FOR