Orange County Vector Control and the City of Santa Ana distributed a press release yesterday about spraying of an insecticide to kill mosquitoes that is taking place only in the City of Santa Ana, starting on Sep. 8 through Sep. 11, 2014. Why was this news sent out so late in the week, on a Friday? And why isn’t Anaheim getting sprayed when they have had 42 West Nile Virus cases while Santa Ana has had 31 such infections reported? And Tustin and Garden Grove have had twice the West Nile Virus fatalities that Santa Ana has had – which is exactly one death. Click here to see a map showing where the illnesses and deaths have occurred in Orange County.
Santa Ana does lead the County with regard to dead birds identified to have been infected with the West Nile Virus, with 65 such dead birds. Anaheim has had 23 dead birds and there have been 20 in Huntington Beach, according to this map.
Why is the spraying of a poison in our city an issue? Well check out what Vector Control says we should do when the spraying starts, at 3 am this Monday:
The spraying will continue daily through Sep. 11 from 3 am to 5 am.
The product being sprayed is called Clarke Aquaanvil. Click here to read more about it. The product’s Safety Data Sheet admits that:
Opposition to spraying insecticides to stop the West Nile Virus rests on two very simple facts: 1) it does not work, and 2) it is dangerous to some people in the short term and adds to the overall pesticide load in the environment for the long term, according to an organization called Stop West Nile Virus Spraying Now. The second point is moot given that adulticiding is ineffective, but it is important because spraying continues as West Nile virus recedes into a state known as chronic endemicity, one in which very few people are infected. Moreover, indiscriminate spraying can increase resistance in non-target insects so that there might be no effective control available when an actual threat appears, and it harms beneficial insects, whose recovery cycle is often much longer. The question is not whether to spray; rather, it is if we should use effective means of control instead of ineffective and damaging ones.
Why were the people of Santa Ana notified so late about this poison spraying? And why is Santa Ana the only city being targeted by Vector Control? Simple. Our residents generally don’t read newspapers and are not involved in government affairs. And our politicians are asleep at the wheel.
If you are unhappy about the spraying of a toxic mist in our city, with such short notice and no attempt to explore any alternatives to this, here is who you should contact:
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So what will the homeless do? How will they be protected? What if the kids get sick? Many homes in Santa Ana don't have ac, what are the families going to do with this heat?? I hope the city has thought about this.!!
So what are the homeless going to do?? How will they protect themselves? Most homes in Santa Ana don't have ac, so how will the families deal with the heat ??
So what are the homeless going to do?? How will they protect themselves? Most homes in Santa Ana don't have ac, so how will the families deal with the heat ??
its pretty fishy how it seems the most populated state is the only place I've heard that's been affected with the virus I live in north Georgia moved here last year from santa ana and we have some of the biggest mosquitos I've ever seen and lakes and creeks that seem ideal for misquitos to infest yet no virus here . we also have some of the quietist military bases and it is a RED STATE . oh and not to mention latinos are the minority here. just seems odd that the state were latinos are majority is the only state affect to this extent. wake up people. big brother is on the move.
I'm a resident of French Park,I see the spring is postponed..yet the no parking signs are in place. So will people be ticketed if they park in.front of their houses for something that is not even happening??
The only thing this article has done is bring panic and not awareness to the residents of Santa Ana. To the people claiming Santa Ana is being targeted because of racial reasons: get off your high horse! The pesticide is there to do more good than harm. Faux news like this is why you can't trust some paid-by-the-mayor blogger who just wants people to attack the council.
What you cannot deny is that the Vector Control District did a poor job of communicating the message. Sending a press release about Monday spraying on a Friday is not acceptable.
The editor is so clueless and paranoid thinking that "his" city is being targeted. Stop trying to stir shi!t up! In reality, Vector control is trying to prevent anyone else in Santa Ana from contracting the dangerous disease.
Adulticiding is necessary to kill flying adult mosquitoes that might otherwise bite you and transmit diseases. So they're doing a good deed Protecting the people of Santa Ana.
Why Santa Ana? Well, bc Santa Ana is the hot zone for people getting infected with the virus. That city has the most human cases. People really have no clue of what's going on and what measures are done to keep OC residents safe from mosquitoes. If vector control didn't exist, you couldn't step outside of your house without getting eaten alive by mosquitoes
Here ya go:
http://ochealthinfo.com/phs/about/dcepi/epi/disease/wn
Some real accurate facts and info!
Again the Vector Control District would have saved themselves a lot of trouble if they had communicated their plans at least a week in advance. This failure is theirs not mine.
Hmmm...maybe bc there's no time to spare? People are getting the virus on a daily basis? I'm sure they gave enough that was needed.
Countywide there have been 91 cases with one fatality in Santa Ana. More people are dying of the common cold right now.
But if all of this was such an issue why was the Vector Control District so lame about communicating this with the public?
We have run a few press releases BTW from OC Health Care on this very topic. But going from warnings to spraying with almost zero notice is simply not good governance.
You should ask them.
I spoke to their director today. And I just posted an article by Mayor Pulido indicating that he is going to talk to city officials and to Vector Control to get to the bottom of all this.
Santa Ana is being sprayed not only bc we're one of the cities out of three,GG and Anaheim,but because we're Mexicans and no one reads the newspaper nor goes online to keep up with our local city?!And the state department well knows that we won't speak up,especially now that it's too late
Trying to get rid of the homeless.
There are alternative methods , see http://www.stop west milespraying now.org/evidence.hum