{"id":840,"date":"2017-07-27T17:19:45","date_gmt":"2017-07-27T17:19:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/whatsupwindsor.com\/?p=840"},"modified":"2017-07-27T18:33:57","modified_gmt":"2017-07-27T18:33:57","slug":"tips-for-avoiding-west-nile-virus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/whatsupwindsor.com\/?p=840","title":{"rendered":"Tips for avoiding West Nile Virus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/whatsupwindsor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Mosquito.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-841\" src=\"http:\/\/whatsupwindsor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Mosquito.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"269\" height=\"171\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Windsor, ON &#8211;\u00a0 The Windsor-Essex\u00a0County Health Unit\u00a0confirmed this week that\u00a0a local resident has tested positive for the West Nile virus.\u00a0 This is the first confirmed case in 2017.\u00a0\u00a0 Here are ten helpful tips for avoiding the West Nile virus.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Eliminate standing water in low spots, ditches, shallow graves and similar areas as it attracts mosquitos.<\/li>\n<li>When sending them outside to play dress your children in NASA approved space suits to keep them from getting a mosquito bite.<\/li>\n<li>Purchase a 5000 watt bug zapper for your yard.<\/li>\n<li>As mosquitos generally fly below 25 feet climb the giant flag pole in downtown Windsor and wait out the summer.<\/li>\n<li>Light coloured clothing is less attractive to some mosquito species so wear your Miami Vice outfit from 1985.\u00a0 Mosquitos hate pastels.<\/li>\n<li>Conversely as dark clothing attracts mosquitos avoid having Darth Vader over for a summer BBQ.<\/li>\n<li>Seal your windows and doors with duck-tape.<\/li>\n<li>Wear a condom if having sex with a mosquito.<\/li>\n<li>Don\u2019t leave the house until December 1<sup>st<\/sup>.<\/li>\n<li>Move to the Antarctic.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Windsor, ON &#8211;\u00a0 The Windsor-Essex\u00a0County Health Unit\u00a0confirmed this week that\u00a0a local resident has tested positive for the West Nile virus.\u00a0 This is the first confirmed case in 2017.\u00a0\u00a0 Here are ten helpful tips for avoiding the West Nile virus.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-840","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-weekly-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/whatsupwindsor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/840","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/whatsupwindsor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/whatsupwindsor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/whatsupwindsor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/whatsupwindsor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=840"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"http:\/\/whatsupwindsor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/840\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":850,"href":"http:\/\/whatsupwindsor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/840\/revisions\/850"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/whatsupwindsor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=840"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/whatsupwindsor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=840"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/whatsupwindsor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=840"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}