News EEE expected to take multiple lives in the Northeast US in the upcoming summer (1 Viewer)

[Ahsoka]

In summary:

1. The US averages about 7 case of EEE per year, about 3-4 deaths.
2. Last year there were at least 9 deaths.
3. It has about 40% death rate and many who survive have permanent neurological issues
4. And it's coming back

2020 doesn't want to let up

Heres a much more detailed informative article

A Deadly Mosquito-Borne Illness Is Brewing in the Northeast

EEE kills almost half of its victims. And cases are on the rise.

onezero.medium.com

 

[blueberries]

didn't know that existed

 

[DannyDeVito]

Not even the dark side can stop 2020...

 

[Ahsoka]

didn't know that existed

Darn mosquito can think of every possible disease and make it happen
I didn't know until last year tbh and I live in one of the states highly affected by it, but since it usually isnt that many cases its not an issue as much
But last year we had a lot of restrictions on what activities we could do in the morning for school and there were road signs everywhere warning us about it and recommending spending less time outside and what not so it became a little obvious it existed then

 

[blueberries]

Darn mosquito can think of every possible disease and make it happen
I didn't know until last year tbh and I live in one of the states highly affected by it, but since it usually isnt that many cases its not an issue as much
But last year we had a lot of restrictions on what activities we could do in the morning for school and there were road signs everywhere warning us about it and recommending spending less time outside and what not so it became a little obvious it existed then

uh huh we have lot of mosquitos here, impossible to avoid during summers, but they don't ryl carry diseases. Ticks do, but mostly in coastal areas.

 

[Ahsoka]

uh huh we have lot of mosquitos here, impossible to avoid during summers, but they don't ryl carry diseases. Ticks do, but mostly in coastal areas.

Oh yeah we have a ton of ticks that carry a disease found rarely anywhere else too. Half my family has gotten sick with it so far. And the kicker is vaccines exist, but they aren't manufactured because the northeast us is one of the only places to have a high number of cases

 

[blueberries]

Oh yeah we have a ton of ticks that carry a disease found rarely anywhere else too. Half my family has gotten sick with it so far. And the kicker is vaccines exist, but they aren't manufactured because the northeast us is one of the only places to have a high number of cases

What's happening where you live, it's like Australia but with insects instead of snakes

 

[Ahsoka]

What's happening where you live, it's like Australia but with insects instead of snakes

On the bright side we are pretty lacking in natural disasters. Other than blizzards, the very ocassional hurricane or tropical storm, some severe thunderstorms, and some tornadoes we're pretty set

 

[Ashla_K]

Jesus Christ as if we don't have enough already. In my country Dengue is native and few years ago we had to deal with Chikungunya and Zika as well, now the three things are present although not as much as before but EEE sounds even worse than those.

 

[blueberries]

On the bright side we are pretty lacking in natural disasters. Other than blizzards, the very ocassional hurricane or tropical storm, some severe thunderstorms, and some tornadoes we're pretty set

You call that lacking of disaster?

 

[Ahsoka]

Jesus Christ as if we don't have enough already. In my country Dengue is native and few years ago we had to deal with Chikungunya and Zika as well, now the three things are present although not as much as before but EEE sounds even worse than those.

The bright side of EEE is that the cases aren't as common still, it's just that if you do get sick you're screwed

 

[Ahsoka]

You call that lacking of disaster?

Well compared to like Florida where they get multiple hurricanes a year of the Midwest where they get tornadoes all the time during tornado season yeah.
Like I've only experienced 3 tornadoes in my 15 years here and no hurricanes although many tropical storms. The only things we have often are severe thunderstorms and blizzards but our blizzards aren't as bad as in Michigan or something

 

[blueberries]

Well compared to like Florida where they get multiple hurricanes a year of the Midwest where they get tornadoes all the time during tornado season yeah.
Like I've only experienced 3 tornadoes in my 15 years here and no hurricanes although many tropical storms. The only things we have often are severe thunderstorms and blizzards but our blizzards aren't as bad as in Michigan or something

Yea, but like we get just occasional thunder here and mini versions of tornadoes that might cause some old trees to fall. Oh and some floods in the north if it has been particularly snowy winter. Nothing rly that causes deaths

 

[Ahsoka]

Yea, but like we get just occasional thunder here and mini versions of tornadoes that might cause some old trees to fall. Oh and some floods in the north if it has been particularly snowy winter. Nothing rly that causes deaths

We have a range of weather because of our geographical location. We can have a 60 degree Celcius difference in temperature in the span of 3 days so we've got some interesting weather as a result

 

[RainbowDevil]

This is why I kill each and every mosquiot I can find