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https://www.newsnationnow.com/health/mosquito-population-growing-west-nile-virus-spreading/

Mosquito season has come earlier than expected this year,
and the little insects — testing positive for West Nile
virus and Eastern equine encephalitis virus — are already
plaguing much of the U.S.

“I can confidently say that this has been one of the worst
mosquito seasons so far on record,” Brendan Earl, a
supervising sanitarian in West Michigan, told WXMI.

After preliminary testing, multiple states have detected
mosquitoes infected with WNV and EEE, according to multiple
reports.

Officials in Massachusetts have urged residents to seek
protective measures

. . .

My old man, born over 100 years ago west of
Chicago, came down with MALARIA as a youth.
These diseases are NOT just "tropical" - given
half a chance they'll follow the warm air all
the way into the northern USA and even Canada.

In the EU there's been a large uptick in Dengue
Fever cases. It's nicknamed "breakbone fever"
because it HURTS a LOT. There are five strains.
One hurts, two REALLY hurt and encounter a third
and you're just DEAD, bleeding from the eyes.
Sound nice ?

WNV and SLE tend to be mild, but x-percent have
a brain meltdown. EEE is just DEATH.

We do NOT have control of these afflictions any
more than we can wipe out all mosquitoes and
such. They infect animals and then it's on to
humans. The warmer and damper the climate the
faster they spread.

Govt always SAYS to "use protective measures", but
people DON'T. The only effective mosquito repellents
are stinky and greasy and need to be re-applied
quite often. Ergo, few bother.

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