There is no vaccine or known treatment for the virus, and while transmission is rare, the infection is around 400 times deadlier than the flu.http://read.medium.com/eHDespw
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A deadly mosquito-borne illness is brewing in the Northeast.http://read.medium.com/eHDespw
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Those who contract the eastern equine encephalitis (EEE) virus will die approximately 40% of the time; those who survive often suffer neurological impairment for years to come.http://read.medium.com/eHDespw
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Since the 1980s, scientists warned that if global temperatures rose significantly, disease-laden mosquitoes would extend their reach into previously unaffected ecologies around the world, increasing rates of infection.http://read.medium.com/eHDespw
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Given its localized impact, EEE has historically been a blip on the global mosquito-borne disease death count. However, when the infection takes hold, symptoms cascade violently from a mild flu to near incapacitation over the course of about one week.http://read.medium.com/eN33ymv
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Although the coronavirus and EEE operate on radically different scales,
@CT_CAES’s Theodore Andreadis pointed to a connection between these two outbreaks and the suffering they caused: They are both symptoms of a globalized world, a changing climate, a new environmental paradigm.Show this thread -
Andreadis also warned against drawing simple linear connections between temperature and the spread of disease — it was part of a bigger picture. Read more.
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OH COME ON ALREADY
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Who are the writers of this terrible reality show? Can't we fast forward to the season finale?
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That is GIF perfection. Sheer perfection.pic.twitter.com/43HvnePBm8
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