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[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

That sucks! I got dengue fever once, and it pretty bad. I can't imagine getting dengue and two others at the same time cause I was just hanging out. And this dude got it in New Hampshire. He wasn't even in a mosquito paradise like Africa or the Caribbean. This guy got West Nile Virus from a mosquito in New England. Fuckkkkk 😩

I imagine everyone that's been around him was feeling odd since it could have happened to them too. Kind of like if I had been stopped at a light right next to a car that got rear-ended and put the driver in the ICU. Also, I know I'd be hypervigilant of any symptoms for like 2-3 weeks, reading all of the early symptoms of each disease the guy got. "Oh no, I think I have EEE/St. Louis Encephalitis/West Nile Virus, too. I'm fucked."

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago

About that global warming and subtropical diseases being able to survive further north and south.

Yeah... Welcome to the new normal.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

Shit’s scary. I got 5 or so fresh mosquito bites doing the gardening over the weekend.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 months ago

Might as well sit in a bathtub full of deet nowadays.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago

Mosquitoes: Fuck this guy in particular

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago (2 children)

ok but seriously who named a mosquito-borne virus eee?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Got a different way to abbreviate Eastern Equine Encephalitis?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

Yo, that’s trippy.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 months ago

The mosquito, it's what they scream in your ear.