So mosquitoes are something I know quite a bit about due to uni and other things. This advise is to the surprise of nobody both extremely stupid and attempting to peddle a vague mandate in the name of public safety.
"Mosquitoes" refers to over 3000 species of fly from the Genera Culicidae, and while carriers of diseases are far more specific, literally based on the species, unless someone is very well trained and extremely perceptive you can rare ID a mosquito in the wild without it being complete stationary or scanned by a laser sensor.
The former is next to impossible because trying to get close to one will startle it. The latter is costly because even just the scanning component of a photonic fence is going to be expensive and they're not abundant enough to work like that, not are they deployed in 1st world countries for reasons despite the ones that would get deployed in 3rd world counties being stolen and scavenged.
The simple fact is mosquitoes are never, ever going to be eradicated. There are just too many species of them and the only places on Earth they are not found are Antarctica and for reasons relating to just how batshit insane the weather can be, Iceland. That's it. If you want to avoid mosquitoes either move to a land inhabited by penguins and insane research scientists, or a land with so many active volcanos the actual land is still increasing in mass. So either you freeze to death, burn to death, or suffer mosquitoes.
A quick check on EEE says:
It's a Togavirus/Togaviridae, which means it's quite distant from other more common mosquito viruses such as the Flaviviridae which includes Dengue, West Nile, Yellow Fever [hence the name Flavi = yellow in Latin], Japanese Encephalitis, and others.
It is transmitted by Culiseta mosquitoes which transmit the virus between various bird hosts that are then fed upon by other mosquitoes such as Aedes [known for carryiny Dengue], Coquillettidia, and Culex [known for carrying West Nile] which can transfer EEE to mammals.
Some quick searches suggest Culiseta mosquitoes are active in the evening however this might not be the case for all of them and regardless even if it is the presence of other genera/species in the mix means it doesn't matter because if they are active outwith the times being suggested for the curfew then it won't fucking matter!
It was first recognised in Massachusetts in 1831 when 75 horses died.
Florida gets 1 to 2 cases in humans a year with over 60 equine cases.
This can rise to over 200 when conditions favour the virus.
So it's been going on for at least 200 years, because it will have been around before the first reports just nobody realised or cared, and never caused anything more than a few hundred horse deaths, which yes would be financially significant to those affected and moreso 200 years ago but not to the point it should shut down an entire city in 2024.
Also,
EEEV was one of more than a dozen agents that the United States researched as potential biological weapons before the nation suspended its biological-weapons program in 1969, a few years before signing (1972) and then ratifying (1975) the Biological Weapons Convention.
If you're outside, it could be worse. You need the new and improved, safe and effective, experimental vaccine that they haven't developed yet. But they know it's safe and effective
In before they ban effective DEET creams, but force you to inject your livestock ( or yourself ) with an mRNA serum that dosen't stop infection, dosen't stop transmission, dosen't stop sickness or deaths, causes deaths, but ''it would have been much worse if you weren't vaccinated''.
even if it was as bad as they're making it out to be, there's plenty of natural and (if you really wanna go that route) chemical repellents to keep skeeters at bay...
as an example, my family uses (real) vanilla extract. seems to work pretty well.
“ Where’s your net!? ”, says the fat woman on a motorized chair. “I wear my mosquito net to protect you, you wear yours to protect me. You aren’t caring for my health!”
I attract mosquitoes almost comedically badly, and I would not be staying inside over a horse disease. They will soon have to change the name to E pox or something, because AOC will be offended for her horse face to be associated with this.
Deet cream on clothes / hat ( not on the skin ) to keep the blood suckers away.
Cetirizine ( anti-histamine / anti-allergies ) tablet if your get really itchy. Costco has 200x bottles of them for like ¢10 per tablet. Works great against most itchy or swelling bug bites like fleas.
Drug stores usually sell them for 1$ per tablet, which is insane.
Would be absolute shame if some poor migrant-building-in-progress was struck by lightning and caught fire which produced smoke that would drive away the mosquitos.
>Eastern Equine Encephalitis
I seem to recall some official CDC guidance on this matter...
So mosquitoes are something I know quite a bit about due to uni and other things. This advise is to the surprise of nobody both extremely stupid and attempting to peddle a vague mandate in the name of public safety.
"Mosquitoes" refers to over 3000 species of fly from the Genera Culicidae, and while carriers of diseases are far more specific, literally based on the species, unless someone is very well trained and extremely perceptive you can rare ID a mosquito in the wild without it being complete stationary or scanned by a laser sensor.
The former is next to impossible because trying to get close to one will startle it. The latter is costly because even just the scanning component of a photonic fence is going to be expensive and they're not abundant enough to work like that, not are they deployed in 1st world countries for reasons despite the ones that would get deployed in 3rd world counties being stolen and scavenged.
The simple fact is mosquitoes are never, ever going to be eradicated. There are just too many species of them and the only places on Earth they are not found are Antarctica and for reasons relating to just how batshit insane the weather can be, Iceland. That's it. If you want to avoid mosquitoes either move to a land inhabited by penguins and insane research scientists, or a land with so many active volcanos the actual land is still increasing in mass. So either you freeze to death, burn to death, or suffer mosquitoes.
A quick check on EEE says:
It's a Togavirus/Togaviridae, which means it's quite distant from other more common mosquito viruses such as the Flaviviridae which includes Dengue, West Nile, Yellow Fever [hence the name Flavi = yellow in Latin], Japanese Encephalitis, and others.
It is transmitted by Culiseta mosquitoes which transmit the virus between various bird hosts that are then fed upon by other mosquitoes such as Aedes [known for carryiny Dengue], Coquillettidia, and Culex [known for carrying West Nile] which can transfer EEE to mammals.
Some quick searches suggest Culiseta mosquitoes are active in the evening however this might not be the case for all of them and regardless even if it is the presence of other genera/species in the mix means it doesn't matter because if they are active outwith the times being suggested for the curfew then it won't fucking matter!
It was first recognised in Massachusetts in 1831 when 75 horses died.
Florida gets 1 to 2 cases in humans a year with over 60 equine cases.
This can rise to over 200 when conditions favour the virus.
So it's been going on for at least 200 years, because it will have been around before the first reports just nobody realised or cared, and never caused anything more than a few hundred horse deaths, which yes would be financially significant to those affected and moreso 200 years ago but not to the point it should shut down an entire city in 2024.
Also,
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great effortpost, thanks much
If you stay inside after 6pm, and mosquitos are already in your house ….
If you're outside, it could be worse. You need the new and improved, safe and effective, experimental vaccine that they haven't developed yet. But they know it's safe and effective
In before they ban effective DEET creams, but force you to inject your livestock ( or yourself ) with an mRNA serum that dosen't stop infection, dosen't stop transmission, dosen't stop sickness or deaths, causes deaths, but ''it would have been much worse if you weren't vaccinated''.
even if it was as bad as they're making it out to be, there's plenty of natural and (if you really wanna go that route) chemical repellents to keep skeeters at bay...
as an example, my family uses (real) vanilla extract. seems to work pretty well.
“ Where’s your net!? ”, says the fat woman on a motorized chair. “I wear my mosquito net to protect you, you wear yours to protect me. You aren’t caring for my health!”
I attract mosquitoes almost comedically badly, and I would not be staying inside over a horse disease. They will soon have to change the name to E pox or something, because AOC will be offended for her horse face to be associated with this.
LOL, I'm a mosquito magnet also. Benadryl is my friend
Deet cream on clothes / hat ( not on the skin ) to keep the blood suckers away.
Cetirizine ( anti-histamine / anti-allergies ) tablet if your get really itchy. Costco has 200x bottles of them for like ¢10 per tablet. Works great against most itchy or swelling bug bites like fleas.
Drug stores usually sell them for 1$ per tablet, which is insane.
Luckily I'm not allergic to them, so within an hour of being around them, I don't even know they were there.
Just in time for the second most secure election in history
Would be absolute shame if some poor migrant-building-in-progress was struck by lightning and caught fire which produced smoke that would drive away the mosquitos.
Are you a liberal? Then you are at a heightened risk of suffering from rEEE! Ask your doctor which treatment is right for you.
Will this treatment interfere with my Restless Leg Syndrome and my Social Anxiety? Do I need more SSRI's?
Every speaker in the clip is female.
Another example of how inept Public Health is.
One case of a zoonotic viral disease = No more going outside for 2 months
Golly, I wonder if this has anything to do with all those genetically modified mosquitoes Bill Gates released into the wild earlier this year?
Potentially related: Fauci tests positive for West Nile virus leading to hospitalization [...]
(He's recovering at home, supposedly going to be fine)
I dont believe it, for the simple fact that if it were heart issues they'd not say it was. If he's sick with something, we'll never know what.
But we could hope
He probably got bit in the lab
by the dog he was screwing...
The only proper response to this is "No. Fuck off".
Well, then enjoy your Summer of Death™!
I'm still dead from the Winter of Death™.
wear bugspray.
do not comply
Bug sprays and antiparasitic drugs are conspiracy theories, bigot!
Are we sure that 'Tiffany Chan' didn't have something to do with this 'Eastern Equine Encephalitis'?
Not likely. Mosquitoes, especially not ones carrying Malaria, is not scary enough to convince people to stay in their homes.
Lol the fat fucks can't kill mosquitoes.