Eastern Equine Encephalitis (EEE) is here, and no, it's not a Democratic Party hoax.

The Hochul administration issues a Declaration of an Imminent Threat to Public Health after a human death from EEE in Ulster County.

The EEE virus (red dots) in the salivary glands of a mosquito/ CDC/ Fred Murphy; Sylvia Whitfield

Earlier today, James V. McDonald, New York state’s Commissioner of Health, issued a Declaration of an Imminent Threat to Public Health after a human death in Ulster County due to infection with the Eastern Equine Encephalitis (EEE) virus. The Hochul administration immediately announced a series of emergency measures designed to prevent the spread of EEE, which is normally passed to humans via the bite of a mosquito. The death rate in humans from EEE can be more than 33%—in other words, very, very high.