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Oxford approves curfew to prevent EEE spread, despite protests (eastern equine encephalitis. Massachusetts)
cbs ^ | 8-22-24 | Tiffany Chan

Posted on 08/24/2024 8:42:47 AM PDT by dynachrome

The Oxford Board of Health approved an outdoor curfew after the town reported its first human case of Eastern Equine Encephalitis (EEE) this year.

Curfew could impact fall sports The Board of Health met Wednesday evening to recommend ending outdoor activities before dusk to avoid peak mosquito hours, despite residents' protests.

"Being heard is our No. 1 goal," said Oxford Webster Football and Cheer Vice President Josh Ziemski, before the meeting.

"We don't want to see another human case of EEE this year," Public Health Director Rike Sterrett said. "One is already too many."

The move could impact fall sports. The Fournier sisters are worried it'll jeopardize their only season cheering together.

(Excerpt) Read more at cbsnews.com ...


TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; US: Massachusetts
KEYWORDS: curfew; eee; encephalitis; joshziemski; massachusetts; mosquitos; oxford
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We need to lockdown now! EEE + ebola + birdy flu + covid 666 + minkeypox + aids will kill everyone!
1 posted on 08/24/2024 8:42:47 AM PDT by dynachrome
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To: dynachrome

3 Words: BILL GATES’ MOSQUITOS 🦟


2 posted on 08/24/2024 8:46:00 AM PDT by Jan_Sobieski (Sanctification)
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To: dynachrome

Now we’re going to have Horse Flu to fret over?
I’m triggered! The CDC is nothing but a One Trick Pony, one contrived hurdle after the other.


3 posted on 08/24/2024 8:54:42 AM PDT by lee martell
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To: Jan_Sobieski

I thought the Gates mosquitoes only spread dengue fever. Maybe he is branching out.


4 posted on 08/24/2024 8:58:41 AM PDT by Dutch Boy (The only thing worse than having something taken from you is to have it returned broken. )
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To: dynachrome

Make them wear masks and maintain a 0.01 furlong social distancing.


5 posted on 08/24/2024 9:00:25 AM PDT by FirstFlaBn
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To: dynachrome
peak mosquito hours

It's 5 o'clock somewhere..

6 posted on 08/24/2024 9:01:44 AM PDT by Ezekiel (🆘️ "Come fly with US". 🔴 Ingenuity -- because the Son of David begins with MARS ♂️, aka every man)
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To: dynachrome

Everyone in Massachusetts will be getting a mail-in ballot.

As we did in California in 2020, my neighbor got three, others got up to five, all “legitimate.”


7 posted on 08/24/2024 9:02:36 AM PDT by Bon of Babble (You Say You Want a Revolution?)
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To: dynachrome

You said minkey:)


8 posted on 08/24/2024 9:03:25 AM PDT by Ken H (Trump 2024)
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To: dynachrome

If we curfew the humans, will it be a teachable moment for the mosquitos? No, aggressive mosquito abatement and DEET are the best strats, for starters.


9 posted on 08/24/2024 9:04:08 AM PDT by Seaplaner (Never give in. Never give in. Never, never, never...in nothing, great or small...Winston ChurchIill)
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To: Dutch Boy

Of course! I caught dengue in the Philippians. It’s not strong enough to reduce the population too much. 65+ people routinely make it through. Expect many more stronger viruses from the 400+ biolabs you and I fund. Underfunded liabilities are America’s greatest threat (besides Sodomite Leadership)


10 posted on 08/24/2024 9:07:05 AM PDT by Jan_Sobieski (Sanctification)
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To: dynachrome

Infrequent cases of EEE are nothing new. What is new is the ability of the left to force people to do their will in the name of “public health”.


11 posted on 08/24/2024 9:07:50 AM PDT by vetvetdoug
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To: dynachrome

God save us from the unelected Bureaucrats, puffed up with their meddling, political self-inportance.


12 posted on 08/24/2024 9:08:43 AM PDT by citizen (Put all LBQTwhatever programming on a new subscription service: PERV-TV)
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To: dynachrome

Just get rid of all the horses. Make them stay inside. Nobody needs a horse anyhow.


13 posted on 08/24/2024 9:10:00 AM PDT by Panzerfaust (The HK P7 .....it's what Jesus would carry)
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To: dynachrome

“The Oxford Board of Health approved an outdoor curfew after the town reported its first human case of Eastern Equine Encephalitis (EEE) this year.”

these people are fricking insane idiots: western equine encephalitis is endemic to our area of Colorado ... mosquito control is employed to help kill the WEE disease vector mosquitoes ...

only a small percentage of those who contract the disease even show symptoms, and an even smaller percentage show symptoms, and an even smaller percentage wind up in the hospital ...

no one is insane enough to even THINK about a curfew: they would have to shut down half the state all summer every time someone got bit by a mosquito ...

likewise, a few expected cases of plague during the summer and a few expected rabies-infected bats bring forth no more than: “You and your dogs stay the hell away from prairie dog colonies, and don’t pick up dead bats or other dead animals, but call your local health department to pick them up for testing.”


14 posted on 08/24/2024 9:12:41 AM PDT by catnipman ((A Vote For The Lesser Of Two Evils Still Counts As A Vote For Evil))
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To: dynachrome

I still remember the panic and fear promotion caused by VEE(Venezuelan equine encephalitis) back in 1962. It came, infected lots of horses and a few people, then it passed on.

No change in our own lifestyle at all as no one around here came down with it, but it was on the news each night.

Much the same for the Swine Flu of 1976. Fear mongering. More people died of heart attacks standing in line for the shot than came down with the flu.


15 posted on 08/24/2024 9:19:20 AM PDT by Ruy Dias de Bivar ( Government is not reason, it is not eloquence-it is force!--G. Washington)
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To: Seaplaner

Maybe bring back the mosquito man with his DDT spray truck. As a young boy, I remember chasing after the mosquito man on my bicycle. So much fun.


16 posted on 08/24/2024 9:19:25 AM PDT by TBall
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To: Panzerfaust
> Just get rid of all the horses. Make them stay inside. <

I do not live in Massachusetts. But I will show my support for the Oxford Board of Health by refusing to watch “Mr. Ed” reruns until the threat is over.


17 posted on 08/24/2024 9:19:29 AM PDT by Leaning Right (The steal is real.)
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To: dynachrome

You people can’t take care of yourselves so we must send you to your room


18 posted on 08/24/2024 9:21:39 AM PDT by butlerweave
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To: Ken H

***You said minkey:)***
At least no one wrote “gub” (Take the money and run).


19 posted on 08/24/2024 9:22:26 AM PDT by Ruy Dias de Bivar ( Government is not reason, it is not eloquence-it is force!--G. Washington)
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To: Panzerfaust

“Nobody needs a horse anyhow”

Start with the rapid gallops.


20 posted on 08/24/2024 9:24:19 AM PDT by Cold Heart
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