Valley Fever on the Rise in California

[DizzyDigger]

All you dry washers out there need to pay attention to this....if you're gonna be out digging, make damn sure you've got some protection over your face..like an N95 mask.

Valley Fever is nothing to mess with..

MSN

"California is heading toward another record year for cases of Valley fever, the disease caused by fungal spores linked to cycles of drought and precipitation.

There were 3,123 reported cases of Valley fever in the first three months of the year, according to state health officials — roughly double the 10-year average for the first-quarter time period. Cases ranged from a low of 801 in 2016 to 3,011 last year.

.....Because most people clear the disease on their own, the true number of infected people is not known. However, if a person's immune system is unable to clear the disease, and it is left untreated, it can cause death or permanent disability."

Not worth the risk, when all ya gotta do is wear a mask.

 

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[CoinsAndThings]

I got Valley Fever on a job site in Arizona about 15 years ago. I was down hard for over a week. The OP is right. Valley Fever is nothing to mess with.

 

[Bodfish Mike]

Thanks for the heads up - I always have a mask on when running drywasher but some times
when I'm digging in a hole and kicking up some dust I don't - I will now mast up digging.
Thanks Mike

 

[BAW]

I was an archaeologist in Southern California for many years, starting in the 1970s. Early in my career I and two colleagues were working on a small site associated with but isolated from a larger site. We all contracted valley fever. I developed a chronic case; the other two died. Doctors told me that I would probably live into my forties and then die rather suddenly.
When you are 21, being told that you will live until your forties is like being told that you will live forever. Still, it was always in the back of my mind and shaped my life in many ways, and not necessarily for the better. It is worth avoiding if you can.

 

[ConceptualizedNetherlandr]

Thanks for the heads up - I always have a mask on when running drywasher but some times
when I'm digging in a hole and kicking up some dust I don't - I will now mast up digging.
Thanks Mike

I reckon the hole will appreciate your mast up situation. Otherwise you would be considered a disappointment.

 

[ToddsPoint]

I’ve never heard of that. One more reason to avoid CA.

 

[pepperj]

I’ve never heard of that. One more reason to avoid CA.

They need a Prop 65 label on the welcome sign.