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The Highwire with Del Bigtree

MASSACHUSETTS COUNTIES URGE LOCKDOWN OVER RARE MOSQUITO-BORNE ILLNESS

The Highwire with Del Bigtree

The Highwire with Del Bigtree

News, Society & Culture, Health & Fitness

4.93.4K Ratings

🗓️ 6 September 2024

⏱️ 8 minutes

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Summary

Four counties in Massachusetts have initiated a voluntary curfew to mitigate a rare mosquito-borne illness known as EEE. Officials have resorted to widespread spraying of pesticides with known harmful effects on humans. But, locals are pushing back.

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0:00.0

If you do have a house and you do live in certain counties in Massachusetts,

0:06.3

you're experiencing kind of a little bit of a flashback from the COVID days.

0:11.3

What am I talking about take a look?

0:14.0

All right.

0:15.0

Oxford, Massachusetts and three neighboring towns have a reason for concern.

0:18.0

It's a concern now and a part of Massachusetts after a man tested positive for

0:22.0

Tripoli last week.

0:23.3

The new plan to prevent the spread of the deadly disease.

0:26.3

Oxford officials have approved a recommendation to issue a 6 p.m. curfew.

0:30.3

Last week in Oxford Mann in his in his 80s, tested positive for

0:33.4

Tripoli, the first such case since 2020.

0:36.0

Though it is rare, Tripoli is a very serious and

0:39.6

potentially fatal disease that can affect people of all ages, it usually spreads to humans

0:45.1

through the bite of an infected mosquito. We don't want to see another human

0:49.1

case of Tripoli this year. One is already too many. The State Department of Health says

0:53.9

people in critical areas should avoid outside activities at night.

0:57.8

We really want people to be thoughtful about when they time their outdoor

1:02.4

activities.

1:03.7

mosquito activity, feeding activity really peaks at dusk and dawn.

1:09.3

The rare but dangerous disease can cause swelling in the brain.

1:12.4

There's no treatment and

1:14.0

anyone can get infected. The death rate is as high as 30%. Even if you do

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