A Quiz

What should you do if you are bit by a mosquito?

A. Call 911 immediately, as the mosquito might be carrying West Nile Virus.
B. Slap the mosquito and either go to an area with no mosquitoes or apply DEET.
C. Wait 8 hours and then call 911, just in case you might have an allergic reaction.

The correct answer below.

Here is a nice picture of my new deck off the master bedroom. It has nothing to do with the topic, but is a nice filler between the quiz and the answers. The Johnson kids like to sit out here after dinner.

A is not the correct answer. If you are that worried about West Nile Virus, you are going to develop PTSD from the incident and will require Prozac or Welbutrin just to maintain day to day. The upside is, you will no longer care about getting any kind of bites.

B is not the correct answer. It is only partly correct and depends on whether or not you would kill a mosquito in the first place.

C is the correct answer. By waiting 8 hours, (if you are indeed having an allergic reaction), you will have given yourself ample time to develop and exhibit all the signs of an allergic reaction. Not waiting could cause the paramedics to mistaken your mosquito bite for something else. Also, waiting will give the mosquito bite time to disappear, so that when the paramedics arrive they can spend some quality time with you attempting to locate it, while reassuring you that you aren’t likely going to die…today.