Now There Are Killer Mosquitoes?! Can 2020 Get Any Worse?

[FortuneTeller]

I guess we better do a massive lockdown.

https://www.dailywire.com/news/now-there-are-killer-mosquitoes-can-2020-get-any-worse

 

[ph1l]

Eastern equine encephalitis is rare and not new.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_equine_encephalitis

In 1938, the first confirmed human cases were identified when 30 children died of encephalitis in the Northeastern United States.

So no lockdown is needed if everyone wears one of these when outside.

 

[Overnight]

We go through this every year here. Much ado about nothing. It is sensationalism at it's finest.

https://www.wcvb.com/article/second-human-eee-case-of-2020-in-massachusetts/33612640

 

[mlawson71]

Media hypes up any infectious disease that pops up somewhere, even though this is not new. They were freaking out over cases of plague in China, even though that does happen every year. And it's treatable too, if caught on time.