Posted on 10/16/2024 11:21:00 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
A Connecticut father died Monday — five years after he was bitten by an infected mosquito while clearing brush in his wooded backyard.
Richard Pawulski, 49, was killed from complications of Eastern equine encephalitis (EEE), a fatal disease that caused its first New York state death in nearly a decade last month — marking a startling resurgence that’s left health officials baffled.
The mosquito-borne illness is a rare but “severe” disease that targets the brain, causing rapid physical deterioration and lifelong disabilities — if it doesn’t kill you first.
“I’m not joking when I say your life can change in the blink of an eye, because that was what happened to us,” his grieving daughter Amellia Pawulski, 18, told The Post.
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“...Eastern equine encephalitis (EEE)...”
DEEET is your friend.
EEE is endemic in the NE United States, has been for a long time, case numbers fluctuate from year to year, it has been a “bad” year with somewhere around ten cases, a good year would be zero, 1-2 is not uncommon.
Has nothing to do with SUVs - or with illegal aliens.
“The mosquito-borne illness is a rare but “severe” disease...”
So was tuberculosis and a host of other diseases that had been eradicated in the US for decades, until 2020 that is..
Then it’s climate change!
How long until there’s a mandatory “vaccine”?
Time to bring back the mosquito spraying trucks, too. Ahhh, you always knew it was summer when you heard the “purr” of the mosquito truck.
It’s mosquito borne and has been a problem, especially in horses, for a long time. It was first recognized in 1831 in Massachusetts.
I knew a guy it happened to, the rest of his life in a wheel chair from a mosquito bite, and time is not kind to a body that exists in a wheel chair, especially to just a normal average joe with no exceptional will or drive.
There has been one in development for a long time, but it’s unlikely it will be approved for general use in humans. The disease is too rare in humans, and development would be too costly for an acceptable ROI.
Also extremely rare in humans, and usually only seen around people who work long hours close quarters with horses (grooms, etc.).
You know, the guy who released tens of millions of genetically modified mosquitos.
AND when the trucks left we could sit outside in comfort.
BUT one stupid book filled with lies ended one of the greatest inventions that saved countless lives.
Well, I lived in plush, wooded, eastern CT for only one year after marriage, and that was long enough to get the tick-borne Lyme disease, despite not wearing shorts and not being outdoorsy. Not much of a risk here in Arizona.
How come a bunch of weird diseases pop up in CT a stone’s throw from Plum Island?
Horse Flu?
Jab! No immunity!
So was Diazinon
It's all the fault of man-made climate change. /sarc (Yes, I've seen this argued on other sites.)
Mosquitos are and have been one of the deadliest animals on the planet for centuries because of the nasty things they carry. During mosquito season, wear protective clothing and use some form of repellant.
Interesting kinda funny thing: mosquitos just don't bite me. Instead, I get stung or bitten by anything with venom. Been stung/bitten by wasps, hornets, ants (including once by a bullet ant in Texas), spiders, etc. so many times (think well over a hundred) I can barely even feel it. Think I've developed an immunity to most of those kinds of venoms. Now my sis-in-law, she's a mosquito magnet. Just one of those things...
That billowing white cloud following the mosquito truck was aerosolized DDT. Me and about 10 million other American kids used to run out into the street and follow the truck, playing in the cloud.
So if DDT is so dangerous, why was there never a rash of cases of any injuries or illness from such a mass of people being directly exposed to it?
And here's where I mention (again) that the leading cause of death on the planet is mosquito-borne disease.
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