Connecticut dad dies from rare mosquito-borne virus he caught in his own backyard – and cases are on the rise

NY Post ^ | 10/16/2024 | Katherine Donlevy

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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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Anyone who took IT.