Growing concerns over mosquito-borne disease
FOR JOINING US. I THINK GUY.
>> ONGOING CLIMATE CHANGES
FUELING WARMER AND WETTER
CONDITIONS ACROSS LARGE
PORTIONS OF THE WORLD CREATING
BETTER BREEDING GROUNDS FOR
MOSQUITOES AND MORE BUGS COULD
INCREASE THE CHANCES OF
MOSQUITO-BORNE DISEASES.
KEVIN CORKE TAKES A CLOSER LOOK
AT HOW YOU CAN PROTECT
YOURSELF.
>> HAVE YOU HEARD THE BUZZ?
THEY'RE ALL OVER TO MISS HIS
NEVER QUIT SO WEAK AND OTHER
HEALTH EXPERTS AROUND THE WORLD
ARE SOUNDING THE ALARM, CITING
HOW WETTER AND WARMER
CONDITIONS ON THE PLANET COULD
INCREASE THE POTENTIAL THREAT
OF MOSQUITO-BORNE VIRAL
DISEASES THIS SUMMER.
>> WHICH COULD INCREASE
TRANSMISSION OF DENGUE IN ON
THEIR SO CALLED THAT MOVE
VIRUSES SUCH AS ZIKA AND TO
MOVE IN SYMPTOMS OF MANY
MOSQUITO-BORNE DISEASES CAN
INCLUDE HIGH FEVER, HEAD AND
BODY ACHES. NAUSEA, RASHES,
AND MORE.
>> WITH MANY STATES
EXPERIENCING A HIGH VOLUME OF
RAIN THIS WINTER AND SPRING.
MANY AREAS ARE STILL SATURATED
WITH STANDING WATER THE PERFECT
BREEDING GROUND FOR THE PESTS
THOSE EXIT. THOSE MOSQUITOES
LAID ARE COMING COMING DO WITH
WATER THAT'S COME LATELY.
A GROWING NUMBER OF LOCAL
PUBLIC HEALTH OFFICIALS ARE
MONITORING THESE TYPES OF AREAS
FOR MOSQUITO
>> AND NOTING THE MOST
NOTORIOUS AREAS THAT SHOULD
BE SPRAYED WITH INSECTICIDE,
A PROCESS THAT CAN BE DONE BY
DRONES, HELICOPTERS OR OTHER
FLIGHT CRAFT.
>> WE HAVE ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS
IN THE MACHINE THAT TELL ME
EXACTLY GIO REFERENCING WITH
GPS COORDINATES WHERE TO GO IN
AND SPRAY. THE HERBICIDE
SPRAYING THE BUGS.
>> YOU SHOULD ALSO BE SPRAYING
YOURSELF ANYWAY. I I FEEL LIKE
I HAVE THUS WE PULL IT OUT
THERE. SO THAT WAS DONE FOR ME.
>> AND THAT WAS KEVIN CORKE
REPORTING TO KEEP YOUR YARD
FROM BECOMING A MOSQUITO HAVEN.
MAKE SURE YOU DRAIN YOUR
GUTTERS. ANY BUCKETS YOU HAVE
LYING AROUND AND OTHER
CONTAINERS OF ANY STANDING
WATER. I WAS IN MY PULLING
WEEDS YESTERDAY AND I DIDN'T
PUT MOSQUITO REPELLENT ON AND
IT WAS A MISTAKE TO WAIT IT