[a fool in paradise]

“DON’T PANIC!! REMAIN CALM!!!”

[a fool in paradise]

At least shark attacks and pitbull attacks have fallen off the national radar.

[BlueStateRightist]

Must keep the suburban moms in a perpetual state of fear and panic....until November 4, when all our problems will vanish.

[NTHockey]

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.

[rktman]

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.

[pepsi_junkie]

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.

[TheDandyMan]

When you factor the millions of people, getting millions of mosquito bites over the course of the summer, there are probably all told billions of harmless mosquito bites each year, and about a dozen fatal cases of EEE each summer per state. Your odds are minuscule.

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.

[crusty old prospector]

I had West Nile Virus. No big deal. Similar symptoms to the current non-pandemic.

[pas]

38?

[Sirius Lee]

I'm surprised as I have encountered very few skeeters this year because we have been in near drought conditions.

Crap, now they're going to panic about drought.