[Peace-discuss] dead crow and Public Health

[Karen Medina]

For those of you who work with public health, I reported a dead crow in my 
yard that was alive last evening. It fits the very strict conditions under 
which they need the birds for testing for West Nile Virus, yet they seemed 
most uninterested. I even had to ask them to take down the address and 
location of the dead bird in case her supervisor, when he becomes 
available, might check to see if they want to test it. 

They were more concerned that the message machine wasn't working -- I 
was the second person to have told them that I had left a message and they 
hadn't gotten it. So I know they can count. Yet,

I am now less likely to trust the Public Health reports about West Nile and 
the number of cases.

Anyone want to reassure me that their numbers might be correct?

-karen medina