Posted on 07/20/2020 9:53:01 AM PDT by Olog-hai
Sophia Garabedian had been dealing with a persistent fever and painful headache when her parents found her unresponsive in her bed one morning last fall.
Doctors ultimately diagnosed the then-5-year-old Sudbury, Massachusetts, resident with eastern equine encephalitis, a rare but severe mosquito-borne virus that causes brain swelling.
Garabedian survived the potentially fatal virus after about a month in Boston hospitals, but her parents say her ordeal and ongoing recovery should be a warning as people take advantage of the outdoors this summer.
“It’s been a rough year,” said David Garabedian, her father. “With any brain injury, it’s hard to tell. The damage is there. How she works through it is anyone’s guess.”
As the coronavirus pandemic subsides for now in the hard-hit Northeast, public health officials in the region are warning about another potentially bad summer for EEE and other insect-borne illnesses.
EEE saw an unexpected resurgence last summer across 10 states: Alabama, Connecticut, Georgia, Indiana, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Jersey, North Carolina, Rhode Island and Tennessee.
There were 38 human cases and 15 deaths from the virus, with many of the cases in Massachusetts and Michigan, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. …
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“DON’T PANIC!! REMAIN CALM!!!”
At least shark attacks and pitbull attacks have fallen off the national radar.
Must keep the suburban moms in a perpetual state of fear and panic....until November 4, when all our problems will vanish.
Next week’s disease de jour will be ......... unknown at this point. However, the cure is spread as much panic and misinformation as possible, followed by incarceration and curtailment of freedom.
Quite frankly, I don’t listen anymore. The boy has cried wolf one too many times.
Time to put up chain link fences to keep those mosquitos out.
All residents should wear mosquito netting when outside. ‘No shoes, not shirt, not mask, no netting, no sale’. If you refuse to wear netting, you’re a Trump supporter and a naughtZee.
Now that government people have discovered that they can declare a public health crisis and strip us of all our rights while we meekly accept the yoke there will always be a new public health crisis.
On the other hand, I have family who used to live in southern New England until recently, and a neighbor of theirs died of of EEE about a decade ago, and one family member contracted it and survived, so maybe it’s getting more prevalent in recent years. I wouldn’t be surprised if some people die of EEE without being diagnosed. If I lived in an area where mosquitoes were testing positive I would definitely take precautions to avoid bites.
I had West Nile Virus. No big deal. Similar symptoms to the current non-pandemic.
38?
Crap, now they're going to panic about drought.
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