mperatures. With the increasing temperatures consistent with global warming, the virus can quickly develop in the infected animal and can be transferred through another mosquito bite quickly. Although the mid-eastern region of the United States has not had a large number of human casualties due to the virus, it may only be a matter of time. The virus first identified in Uganda in 1933 has appeared in many world countries and has claimed nineteen lives in Israel. This year in New York, seventeen people have become ill with the virus and one man has died from it. Although no reports of human infections have been reported in our area, the virus is fairly new here. The virus was found in an infected bird near Baltimore, MD in mid September of this year. Ward Stone, New York’s state veteran wildlife pathologist said “Three years from now,,, it will be a national problem…” The increase in the world’s population no doubt will have a bearing on global warming. But, global warming is not the only effect from over population. The spread of disease will be rampant amongst humans and other mammals unless we can alter the way our economic development uses power and energy. ...
