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"Project: Long Sleeve Shirt"
Radio Script

BOSS (AUTHORITATIVE SOUNDING): Wilkie, whadya got?

WILKIE (NASALLY SOUNDING KNOW-IT-ALL): Uh, sir, we've been developing innovations to protect people from the West Nile virus, and we've had some recent breakthroughs.

BOSS: Time's wasting.

SFX: CURTAIN BEING PULLED, A GASP IS HEARD

WILKIE: Sir we call this first one… bug spray.

BOSS: Bug spray?

WILKIE: The name's a work-in-progress. (SFX: Spray) You apply it to exposed skin and clothing and voy-la - no mosquitoes.

BOSS: Impressive. What else.

SFX: CURTAIN BEING PULLED, A GASP IS HEARD

BOSS: The sleeves on that shirt… They're so…

WILKIE: Long? Hence the title, Project: Long Sleeve Shirt. With longer sleeves, mosquitoes can't bite people's arms and thus, no West Nile virus.

BOSS: Will it work with shorts?

WILKIE: We have reason to believe it will.

BOSS: You're good, Wilkie. You're very, very good.

VO: The West Nile virus can be deadly. But it's no match for common sense. Apply bug spray with deet, wear pants and long sleeve shirts, and stay indoors during prime mosquito hours like dawn and dusk. Avoiding the West Nile virus… (SFX: THWACK) … is in your hands. A message from the Illinois Department of Public Health and your local health department.





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Illinois Department of Public Health
535 West Jefferson Street
Springfield, Illinois 62761
Phone 217-782-4977
Fax 217-782-3987
TTY 800-547-0466
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