MI residents urged to stay indoors as scientists race to deal with threat of mosquito-born disease

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Authorities are urging Michigan residents to stay indoors after dark to stay protected from mosquito bites, after a resident is suspected to have been infected with a rare deadly virus.

On Tuesday, the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) announced that a resident of Barry County, Michigan, was suspected of having Eastern Equine Encephalitis (EEE), which is a potentially deadly mosquito-borne illness.

In addition to the suspected case, 22 horses across 10 counties in the state have been confirmed to have EEE, which has put residents of those areas at risk of being infected.

Confirmed cases of EEE in animals is not unusual, but the number recorded so far this year is double the amount at the same time in 2019, according to CNN.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/michigan-residents-urged-stay-indoors-144631664.html

[Iliyah]

1. Oh for eff sake . . .

Can MI get a break.

[Buckeye_Democrat]

2. 2020, y'all.

By the way, the mosquitos up there are ravenous!

Well, at least the ones that I encountered during a hiking/boating/camping trip to Sylvania Wilderness in the upper peninsula. Good grief, it's never that bad around here! I had to eat in my canoe on the lake (which I had to entirely to myself) to get a little relief without the mosquito netting around my head.

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3. 2020 IS NOT GONNA KILL US MICHIGANDERS! There's a Frost/Freeze Warning tonight for

pretty much the whole state so that oughta slow the little buggers down. Geez.

Edited to add map:

The map showing no advisories for the central & western Upper Peninsula is because the growing season is over up there.

[Buckeye_Democrat]

4. That's good!

I visited the UP in early September a few years ago, hoping that most of the mosquitos would be gone by then, but I didn't time it well enough!

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5. Yeah, it's a regular Wild Kingdom of Biting Insects in the UP. I hate the gnats by Lake Superior

and especially the deer flies in the woods. OUCH! Those suckers hurt and they're so big it's scary. I grew up in northern lower Michigan and we all learned early to go to the UP after the first frost. We made the mistake of going to Tahquamenon Falls for my birthday in June when I was 13 or so; never again. Always go after Bug Season, lol.

[Buckeye_Democrat]

6. If and when I return, I'll follow that same rule!

It was so beautiful and peaceful up there, but the mosquitos and black flies made it an overall negative experience for me. I planned to be there a week, but I left a couple days early... defeated by the bugs! Lol!

Edit: I got to hear wolves howling in the distance, so that was cool! The sounds of the loons actually got a bit tiresome after awhile, though. Lol.

Edit2: And I foolishly picked a site that was deeper in the woods (the only campsite for that particular lake) and which didn't have a good breeze. After experiencing the bugs for myself, and not just reading about them, it finally dawned on me why SOME sites were listed as having good breezes. (The wind is a obviously a big struggle for those little bugs.)

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7. That's too bad because it is gorgeous up there. After that awful buggy birthday trip, we always go

in the fall. The fall colors are gorgeous, especially up near Copper Harbor which is at the tip of the Keweenaw Peninsula. The wolves are hauntingly beautiful and, yes, the loons can be a little bit much early in the morning but they're so pretty. I hope you'll be able to get there in the fall sometime. It really is quite special. Have a great weekend!

[Buckeye_Democrat]

8. You too!

I'll probably just take another crack at it sometime, wiser.