By Juan Montoya
Remember the wave of criticism aimed at OP 10.33's Mike Hernandez for having his boys pass out cases of mosquito repellent in downtown Brownsville neighborhoods where the bloodsuckers could breed and spread the Zika virus?
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There was his cous (and former lawman) George Gavito and a gaggle of St. Joseph Academy football players knocking on doors and handing out fliers and cans of spray alerting residents to the danger of the virus and other mosquito-borne diseases. Many dismissed it as a publicity stunt.
Well, now it appears that the fears of mosquitoes spreading the virus locally might have been well founded after all.
Cameron County health authorities have now confirmed that a 43-year-old Brownsville woman living in the same area where Hernandez's minions passed out the cans of repellent had contracted the virus through a mosquito sting. In response, the city has stepped up its spraying of the inner city neighborhoods where the woman lives.
Authorities also said that the woman poses no danger to others because she can no longer infect anyone with the virus. They also advice residents to use insect repellent with an active ingredients such as DEET or picandin and reapply as needed.
Who knows, maybe Mike and George and his boys will start handing out more cans of the repellent in the city again now that the worst fears about the virus have been confirmed.
Remember the wave of criticism aimed at OP 10.33's Mike Hernandez for having his boys pass out cases of mosquito repellent in downtown Brownsville neighborhoods where the bloodsuckers could breed and spread the Zika virus?
There was his cous (and former lawman) George Gavito and a gaggle of St. Joseph Academy football players knocking on doors and handing out fliers and cans of spray alerting residents to the danger of the virus and other mosquito-borne diseases. Many dismissed it as a publicity stunt.
Well, now it appears that the fears of mosquitoes spreading the virus locally might have been well founded after all.
Cameron County health authorities have now confirmed that a 43-year-old Brownsville woman living in the same area where Hernandez's minions passed out the cans of repellent had contracted the virus through a mosquito sting. In response, the city has stepped up its spraying of the inner city neighborhoods where the woman lives.
Authorities also said that the woman poses no danger to others because she can no longer infect anyone with the virus. They also advice residents to use insect repellent with an active ingredients such as DEET or picandin and reapply as needed.
Who knows, maybe Mike and George and his boys will start handing out more cans of the repellent in the city again now that the worst fears about the virus have been confirmed.