Reports of people across the country being infected by the virus have been occurring frequently, including one man in Arizona and one person in Los Angeles County dying as a result of being infected. Sen. Charles Schumer has even asked for the federal government assist in killing mosquitoes in New York to prevent the virus from spreading in the state.

While it can cause sickness and death like COVID-19, the West Nile virus can be a silent killer since it comes from mosquitos. Victims who don't know they are infected could face seriously complications. Noreen Hynes, director of the Geographic Medicine Center of the division of infectious diseases at Johns Hopkins University, told USA TODAY "the real important thing is people have to protect themselves."

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