West Nile Virus Returns to NYC
Get out your bug spray with Deet (I can’t see below) and check that there isn’t any standing water in your yard, mosquitoes carrying the West Nile virus have appeared in Staten Island.
Apparently, the Rockaways are having a hard time with mosquitoes this summer. The city does not spray pesticides unless the West Nile virus has been found. Maybe the government should be proactive, rather than reactive and take care of the existing mosquito population before it spreads.
I am a mosquito magnet, but I do a lot of things to keep them away naturally rather than using the deet spray.
1) We planted Marigolds and catnip around the deck as they keep mosquitoes at bay
2) Use Avon Skin So Soft – it really does keep the bugs away. I buy the original.
3) Put out sliced online – mosquitoes stay away
4) Bounce Dryer Sheets keep mosquitoes away
If you get a mosquito bite, one quick spray of hairspray takes away the sting and the itch. I’ve done this for years and I think it works because hairspray has alcohol.
Hugs,
marlene
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