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Georgia’s first human case of West Nile for the
season confirmed in Southwest Health District
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kins.
Geor
gia typ
ically
sees six
to 10
cases of
the infection each year.
August is peak season
for West Nile Virus in
the state.
Jenkins said the area
where the resident re
sides has been assessed
by an environmental
health team for mosqui
to breeding sites and a
vector control specialist
is sampling the area for
disease-carrying mos
quitoes.
The best protection
against West Nile Virus
is to avoid being bit
ten by mosquitos that
carry the potentially
dangerous infection,
said Southwest Health
District Health Director
Dr. Charles Ruis.
Ruis offered tips for
protection against mos
quitoes:
Apply insect repellent.
DEET, picaridin, oil of
lemon eucalyptus, and
IR3535 are effective
repellents recommend
ed by the Centers for
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vines
to dis
cour
age
mos
quitoes.
En
sure
window
and door screens fit
tightly to keep mosqui
toes out of the home.
Ruis added that 80
percent of the people
infected with West Nile
Virus experience no
symptoms. “It has no no
ticeable effect on them,”
he said.
“About 20 percent of
infected people will
experience symptoms
such as headache, fever,
fatigue, joint pain and
weakness,” he said. “The
majority of those will
make a complete recov
ery within a few days.”
But about one percent
of people infected with
West Nile Virus will
develop severe symp
toms such as high fever,
severe headaches and
mental status changes.
Ruis added, “Uncom
monly, the outcome is
death.”
West Nile Virus cannot
be transmitted from per
son to person. “Further,
humans are considered
dead-end hosts where
West Nile is concerned,”
Ruis said. “This means
that even a mosquito
cannot bite an infected
human and transmit the
virus to another human,
in contrast to the Zika
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The Lee County High
School Debate Team
is hosting a Character
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at Lee County Middle
School - West. VIP
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Ticket prices (include
meet and greet time
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one child and adult and
$5 for each additional
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and adult and $10 for
each additional child.
Photos will be taken
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will also be a Silent
Auction.
Tickets can be pur
chased at any school or
by emailing faustbi@
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ceeds benefit the Lee
County High School
Debate Team.
there she was responsi
ble for the welfare, fi
nance, security, training
and operations, supply
and maintenance of 600
soldiers and supervised
a staff of 20 personnel,
officers, soldiers and
civilians. She arrived
at U.S. Army Pacific
Command in August
2010 and served as the
Current Operations
Branch Chief and later
the Supply and Services
Branch Chief; there she
monitored current oper
ations in support of joint
and multinational forces
in the Pacific Area of
Operations, tracking
real-time logistics
packages for readiness
to include placement of
weapons systems (Pa
triots/Missiles). Finally,
Lieutenant Colonel
DaSilva was selected to
join the Physical Eval
uation Board unit at
Joint Base San Antonio,
Texas where she served
as a Board President,
presiding over Medical
Boards to determine
the physical ability of
a soldier serving in the
U.S. Army. In this posi
tion, Lieutenant Colonel
DaSilva has made a dif
ference in many soldiers
lives by ensuring that
they were physically and
mentally prepared for
the next chapter of their
lives, whether it was still
serving in the military
or going into the civilian
circuit.
In July 2009, she was
deployed to Kabul,
Afghanistan and was as
signed to NATO Train
ing Mission Afghanistan
as the Combined Joint
Task Force-J4, Mainte
nance and Fuel Officer
In Charge operating in
an extremely dangerous
and austere environ
ment that supported the
equipping, training, and
sustaining of the Afghan
National Security Forces
and served as the Project
Management Officer of
developing a compre
hensive maintenance
contract, valued in ex
cess of $1.9 billion. She
was deployed again from
2013-2014 to Germany
assigned to special mis
sions in Niger (Africa).
There, she served as a
Logistic Planner Joint
Special Operations Task
Force - Trans Sahara
Headquarters Special
Operations Command
AFRICA performing
as the lead crisis-action
planning logistician for
exercises, conducting
extensive coordination
with 11 U.S. Partner
Nations executing the
movement of all rations,
ammunition, weapons,
fuel, water and vehicles
on the African continent.
Lieutenant Colonel
DaSilva retired honor
ably in September 2016.
She is a graduate of the
Army Logistic Course
and the Command Staff
General College. Lieu
tenant Colonel DaSilva
holds a master’s degree
in Human Resource
Management from Web
ster University.
Some of Lieutenant
Colonel DaSilva’s
awards include the Joint
Service Commendation
Medal; the Defense Mer
itorious Service Medal;
the Meritorious Service
Medal; and the Army
Achievement Medal.
Lieutenant Colo
nel DaSilva (retired)
currently works as a
Senior Consultant, for
Logistics Management
Institute in Huntsville,
Alabama. She was
married 23 years to the
late Boaventure DaSilva,
and has three children,
Lisa DaSilva, a senior at
Kennesaw State Univer
sity, Jasmine DaSilva, a
junior at Valdosta State
University, and Boaven
ture DaSilva II, a fresh
man in high school. She
is the daughter of James
and Dorothy McCray.
The LCHS Dis
tinguished Alumni
Committee is proud to
recognize Mary McCray
DaSilva as a member of
the 2019 Class of Dis
tinguished Alumni. The
purpose of this program
is to recognize outstand
ing alumni who have
maintained a high stan
dard of excellence and
distinguished themselves
through their work,
personal accomplish
ments, or in the lives of
others. These individuals
exemplify the ideals of
the Lee County School
System and the commu
nity it serves, and thus
serve as role models for
current and future Lee
County High School
Students.
Special to the Ledger
The first human case
of the season of West
Nile Virus has been
confirmed in a Mitch
ell County resident,
according to officials
with Southwest Health
District.
“The resident is an
elderly adult male with
underlying health con
ditions who is current
ly hospitalized,” said
District Epidemiologist
Jacque-
line
Jen-
Disease Control and
Prevention.
When possible, wear
long sleeves, long pants
and socks, particularly
at dawn and dusk and in
mosquito-prone areas.
Eliminate standing wa
ter in gutters, planters,
toys, wheelbarrows and
old tires. A mosquito
needs only a few drops
of water in order to
breed and lay eggs.
Trim tall grass, weeds,
and
virus.
Those most at risk
of severe illness from
West Nile Virus include
those with pre-existing
medical conditions and
older adults.
For more information
about West Nile Virus,
visit www.cdc.gov or
contact your county
health department.
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