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.
Then it’s climate change!
Also extremely rare in humans, and usually only seen around people who work long hours close quarters with horses (grooms, etc.).
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...