How do we just let stuff like this slide by. Great response SK.
I guess everyone forgets the 1990 football season, when games were played almost the entire season on Friday and Saturday afternoons, until the weather turned too cool for mosquitos to be out and about because of the fear of them spreading Encephalitis.
Those were the Tommie Frazier years at Manatee and I remember missing a few games because I couldn't get off during the day to see the games, when they were played on a Friday afternoon.........But you all can poo poo the whole mosquito thing, but I've already wondered to myself if that might be enforced once again this season with the whole zika thing moving into Miami......
Disease Scare Has Floridians Taking Cover : Health: Encephalitis, borne by mosquitoes, cancels evening outings. The first frost has cooled some of the alarm.
October 30, 1990|
MIAMI — A tiny mosquito that carries a potentially fatal disease has disrupted evening activities and thrown a scare into millions of people throughout much of Florida in recent months.
Since August, 68 people have been infected and three have died from St. Louis encephalitis in Florida's worst outbreak of the insect-borne disease in 13 years. The three deaths occurred within the last three weeks among residents of Central Florida who were 58 or older, state health officials said.
Encephalitis has been found in 23 of Florida's 67 counties, from the north-central part of the state to just south of Miami.
While panic would be too strong a word to describe reaction to the outbreak, alarm is not. In much of the state, traditional Friday night high school football games have been shifted to afternoons. Makers of insect repellents have waged special advertising campaigns and stepped up shipments to Florida. Motorists who stop at Florida welcome centers get an advisory on the disease.
Go Canes Go!
