New York reports first EEE human case in decade

The rare mosquito-borne illness Eastern Equine Encephalitis was detected in Ulster county, state health officials said.

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[susanhayes]

We've had EEE and West Nile virus in Massachusetts starting back in July! A couple of people have died already. They canceled outside sports in some towns and other towns have sprayed. Sucks

[mineown]

Avoid the bite . I've worn nets, covered arms, gloves, doused myself in repellant, but the most effective method I found was to stay above the snow line .

[maralisil]

EEE was a scary fact of summer growing up in Central New York.

[pyro]

Mosquitoes love to lay their eggs in standing water, so don't have any standing water on your property.

[EdwardM]

With the amount of rain the US has had this year I'm not surprised.

[carriefrey]

Didn’t Bill Gates just release a whole bunch of mosquitoes??

[sorenadix]

Vanilla extract mixed with water is a mosquito repellant.

[WitchKing-Of-Angmar]

Clearly the world wants me to die I mean I don't even know why I should bother going outside anymore. I am a mosquito magnet by the way and get huge swollen bites by them.

[shadesofvioletcat]

I swear mosquitoes have multiplied obscenely this year. Being outside is unbearable.

[LadyMorbid]

Is this close to one of those Bill Gates mosquitos labs? Like the one in North Carolina?

[tammyallen]

I live in the State of Michigan & this has been the worse year for MOSQUITOS here. I am a Careguver for a Relative & I work outside too. This year in the past 2 months I have honestly have used 9 cans of Off & Deet Mosquito Sprays .I am outside almost every day. And let me tell you
. Mosquito Sprays have not worked for me. I have gotten bite up all over my body. You can tell people to use Mosquito Sprays it's not a 100% guarantee to be protected. And Mosquito Spays are so, toxic. The Ingredients in those Sprays are toxic. It broke me out in a Rash too. Wherever I sprayed it on my body. And let me tell uou. You should do a News Story on those Mosquito Sprayd & the toxins they use in those things. And you guys as Nees Casterd. Need to WARN PEOPLE WHO USE THOSE MOSQUITO SPRAYS THAT IF THEY ARE OUTSIDE LONG ENOUGH IN THE HOT BLAZING SUN THAT THOSE MOSQUITO SPRAYS CAN MAKE YOUR SKIN BURN..AND I AM NOT TALKING ABOUT A SUNBURN EITHER . I AM TALKING ABOUT THR MOSQUITO SPRAYD ACTUALLY BURN LIKE FIRE. LIKE YOUR ON FIRE YOUR SKIN BURNING LITERALLY. IT HAD HAPPENED TO ME THIS SUMMER. AND IF YOU READ THE LABELS FOR " WARNINGS " IT STATES " THEY ARE FLAMMABLE. " AND DOCTORS & NEWS. CASTERS LIKE YOU GUYS HERE AND TV COMMERCIALS & ADS TELL PEOPLE TO USE THEM . AND ITS JUST AS BAD & DANGEROUS. CONSUMERS & YOU TUBERS . PAY ATTENTION DO YOUR HOMEWORK & RESEARCH ON THESE MOSQUITO SPRAYS OFF & DEET; ETCETERA..I HAVE BEEN USING SWEATSHIRTS ON HOT DAYS & ANY DAYS NOW INSTEAD OF THE MOSQUITO SPRAYS..WE GOT THE WEST NILE MOSQUITO DISEASE & VIRUS NOW.

[Robaato_unleashed]

Wow, not discovered in over a decade! 😮

[donnakirby]

They used to spray by the big trucks when we were little girls! That was over 57 years ago.😮

[iceMEup]

I read that title wrong. I thought EEE pertains to the sound the mosquitoes made...

[kittykat]

What are the symptoms? That would really help🤔🙄😒🤷🏻‍♀️

[sadaristotle]

Oh darn…no vaccine. What will we ever do?

[Flumphinator]

I got West Nile a few months ago and it got pretty bad. Very scary.

[mytruthmylife]

You're trying to tell me that they didn't put this out there? It just popped up out if nowhere. In New York no less?

[petergriffin]

When I was a young boy I hated spiders, as an adult, spiders are good. Now I hate mosquitos and tics!

[chaimomma]

Then as soon as we have a frost it will be gone. NY should be getting a frost in two more weeks.