{"id":2356457,"date":"2024-10-17T22:04:01","date_gmt":"2024-10-18T02:04:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mosquito-bite-puts-dad-through-hell-after-giving-him-nasty-disease-and-cases-are-rising\/"},"modified":"2024-10-17T22:06:40","modified_gmt":"2024-10-18T02:06:40","slug":"mosquito-bite-puts-dad-through-hell-after-giving-him-nasty-disease-and-cases-are-rising","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mosquito-bite-puts-dad-through-hell-after-giving-him-nasty-disease-and-cases-are-rising\/","title":{"rendered":"Mosquito Bite Puts Dad Through Hell After Giving Him Nasty Disease, And Cases Are Rising"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmosquito-bite-puts-dad-through-hell-after-giving-him-nasty-disease-and-cases-are-rising%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2356457&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A \u200cConnecticut man named Richard Pawulski\u2062 passed away after a prolonged five-year battle \u200bwith \u2064Eastern equine \u200cencephalitis (EEE), a \u200drare \u2064and severe mosquito-borne virus\u2064 that can lead to \u2062<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nycs-top-doc-apologizes-for-describing-mothers-as-birthing-people\/\" title=\"NYC\u2019s Top Doc Apologizes for Describing Mothers as \u201cBirthing People\u201d\">life-threatening complications<\/a>. The 49-year-old \u2064fell ill in August 2019 after being \u200bbitten by a mosquito while doing yard \u2062work. Initial symptoms included severe headaches and \u200dvomiting, which led to emergency surgery \u200cand a two-month coma \u200bdue to brain \u200dswelling. Although he briefly regained consciousness and could speak, his condition deteriorated over the following years,\u2064 resulting in significant health issues \u2064including\u200d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-no-charges-will-be-filed-against-officers-in-daniel-prude-case\/\" title=\"BREAKING: No Charges Will Be Filed Against Officers In Daniel Prude Case\">brain damage<\/a>, organ complications, \u200band \u2064seizures. His family,\u2062 facing difficult \u200bchoices,\u200d ultimately decided to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/texas-life-support-all-you-need-to-know-about-a-new-law-expanding-notification-to-stop-end-of-life-care\/\" title=\"New Texas law broadens notification for halting life support\">withdraw life support<\/a>. Unvaccinated \u200cand with no specific treatments available for EEE, Richard\u2019s case underscores \u200dthe\u200b unpredictability of health crises and the rising \u2062concern regarding EEE, with 16 reported cases in 2024 alone,\u200c as noted by the\u2064 CDC.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> <script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>A Connecticut man died Monday after a five-year battle with a virus he contracted from a mosquito bite, cable outlet <a href=\"https:\/\/connecticut.news12.com\/hartford-healthcare-doctor-offers-advice-after-connecticut-man-dies-from-rare-mosquito-borne-virus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">News 12 Connecticut reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Richard Pawulski, 49, succumbed to Eastern equine encephalitis, a rare brain-infecting virus with potential lifelong complications, including seizures and paralysis, for its survivors, <a href=\"https:\/\/hms.harvard.edu\/news\/deadly-eastern-equine-encephalitis-virus-familiar-formidable-foe#:~:text=Up%20to%20one%2Dthird%20of,the%20consequences%20can%20be%20devastating.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">according to Harvard Medical School<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Roughly 30 percent of EEE cases are deadly, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/eastern-equine-encephalitis\/about\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Centers for Disease Control and Prevention<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Such a virus was probably the last thing the Pawulskis, like any family, would have expected to face.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;m not joking when I say your life can change in the blink of an eye, because that was what happened to us,&rdquo; his daughter, Amellia Pawulski, 18, told the <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/10\/16\/us-news\/conn-dad-dies-from-mosquito-borne-virus-eee-as-cases-rise\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New York Post<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>The ordeal began in August 2019, when Pawulski fell ill after doing some yard work.<\/p>\n<p>Not long after discovering a mosquito bite, he complained of intense headaches and began spewing yellow bile, the New York Post reported.<\/p>\n<p>Pawulski had emergency surgery, where doctors tried to reduce his brain swelling, but complications put the man into a two-month coma.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Connecticut dad dies from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fda-grants-accelerated-approval-for-vaccine-against-life-threatening-mosquito-borne-virus-once-unheard-of-in-us\/\" title=\"FDA approves vaccine for rare mosquito-borne virus in US.\">rare mosquito-borne virus<\/a> he caught in his own backyard &ndash; and cases are on the rise <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/m0X7D6ilfL\">https:\/\/t.co\/m0X7D6ilfL<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/rsonBkxpI9\">pic.twitter.com\/rsonBkxpI9<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; New York Post (@nypost) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nypost\/status\/1846508783431807419?\">October 16, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Doctors eventually gave Pawulski&rsquo;s daughter and his wife, Margaret, the choice of whether to keep him on life support.<\/p>\n<p>Considering the brain damage that doctors said had likely occurred, the family opted to pull the plug.<\/p>\n<p>In the nick of time, however, Richard awoke and began to speak.<\/p>\n<p>But after enduring the next five years in hospitals and nursing homes, and after enduring a brain injury, vital organ complications, seizures and repeated pneumonia, Pawulski lost the battle.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;He always tried to look at the positive,&rdquo; Amelia Pawulski told the New York Post. &ldquo;I remember people being like, &lsquo;Oh, how&rsquo;s your day?&rsquo; And he was like, &lsquo;My day is great. I woke up. I can breathe on my own. I can talk on my own. I can go to the bathroom on my own. I have no reason to be upset.&rsquo;&rdquo;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Eastern equine encephalitis (EEE) is a rare but severe viral disease currently circulating in New York and spread by infected mosquitoes. EEE can affect people and horses. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/yv3PCf5YUW\">pic.twitter.com\/yv3PCf5YUW<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; New York State Dept. of Environmental Conservation (@NYSDEC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NYSDEC\/status\/1845138939323035670?\">October 12, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>There are neither <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/new-study-shows-covid-vaccines-may-increased-excess-deaths-since-pandemic\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">vaccines<\/a> nor medicines to prevent or treat EEE, according to the CDC.<\/p>\n<p>On average, 11 cases of EEE are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/eastern-equine-encephalitis\/data-maps\/index.html#:~:text=In%20the%20United%20States%2C%20an,equine%20encephalitis%20are%20reported%20annually.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported annually<\/a> in the U.S.<\/p>\n<p>There have been 16 cases so far <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/eastern-equine-encephalitis\/data-maps\/current-year-data.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">in 2024<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\">  <\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> <label>* Name<\/label> <br \/> <input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> <\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> <label>* <\/label> <br \/> <input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> <\/div>\n<p> <label>* Message<\/label> <br \/> <textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea>  <\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> <input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\">  <\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> <script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! ( opts[inputs[i]]=document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"' + inputs[i] + '\"]' ).value ) ) { \t\t\t\t\t\tdocument.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction .required-message' ).style.display='block'; \t\t\t\t\t\treturn; \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tdocument.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction input[type=\"submit\"]' ).style.display='none'; \t\t\t\t\tdocument.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction .firefly-sc-submitting-img' ).src=firefly_loading_gif_url; \t\t\t\t\tdocument.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction .firefly-sc-submitting-img' ).style.display='inline-block';  \t\t\t\t\tconsole.log( 'ma subbing' );  \t\t\t\t\tif( firefly_post_id ) opts['post_id']=firefly_post_id;  \t\t\t\t\t\/* Send the data using post with element id name and name2*\/ \t\t\t\t\tvar posting=jQuery.post( firefly_ajax_url, opts );  \t\t\t\t\t\/* Alerts the results *\/ \t\t\t\t\tposting.done( function( response ) { \t\t\t\t\t\tif( response.success ) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.log( response.data ); \t\t\t\t\t\t\tdocument.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction .firefly-sc-submitting-img' ).style.display='none'; \t\t\t\t\t\t\tdocument.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction .firefly-sc-confirm' ).style.display='block';  \t\t\t\t\t\t\tdataLayer.push( { 'event': 'submit-correction' } ); \t\t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script>  <\/div>\n<p style=\"border: 1px solid #f5f5f5; padding: 16px;\">Advertise with The Western Journal and reach millions of highly engaged readers, while supporting our work. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/advertise-us\/?wj_source=article\">Advertise Today<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><script>console.log(\"ad slot (BA1)\")<\/script> <\/p>\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\">  <\/div>\n<style> \t\t\t \t\t\t.insticator-unit.type-commenting{margin: 0 10px 25px 10px}@media screen and (max-width:1060px){#div-insticator-ad-cmt-1, #div-insticator-ad-cmt-2, #div-insticator-ad-cmt-3, #div-insticator-ad-cmt-4{margin: 0 auto 25px auto !important;}}#div-insticator-ad-cmt-1, #div-insticator-ad-cmt-2, #div-insticator-ad-cmt-3, #div-insticator-ad-cmt-4{height: 280px !important; width: 336px !important} \t\t<\/style>\n<div class=\"insticator-unit type-commenting\">\n<div class=\"insticator-ads\">   <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\t\t\tif ( ! getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\t\t\tInsticator.ad.loadAd(\"div-insticator-ad-cmt-1\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tInsticator.ad.loadAd(\"div-insticator-ad-cmt-2\"); \t\t\t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"div-insticator-ad-cmt-1\").remove() \t\t\t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"div-insticator-ad-cmt-2\").remove() \t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t<\/script> <\/div>\n<div class=\"insticator-ads additional\">   <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\t\t\tif ( ! getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\t\t\tInsticator.ad.loadAd(\"div-insticator-ad-cmt-3\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tInsticator.ad.loadAd(\"div-insticator-ad-cmt-4\"); \t\t\t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"div-insticator-ad-cmt-3\").remove() \t\t\t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"div-insticator-ad-cmt-4\").remove() \t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t<\/script> <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Connecticut man passed away on Monday after a five-year struggle with a virus he got from a mosquito bite, as reported by News 12 Connecticut. Richard Pawulski, 49, died from Eastern equine encephalitis (EEE), a rare virus that can cause severe brain damage and long-term issues like seizures and paralysis. According to Harvard Medical School, about 30% of EEE cases are fatal. His daughter, Amellia Pawulski, 18, shared how unexpectedly their lives changed due to this illness. The ordeal began in August 2019 when he fell ill after yard work and experienced severe headaches and vomiting following a mosquito bite. Despite emergency surgery to alleviate brain swelling and being in a coma for two months, he faced numerous health complications over the next five years before ultimately losing his battle with the virus<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2356458,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Man-dies-of-mosquito-borne-illness.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[43254,43255,39993,43253,32068],"class_list":["post-2356457","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-disease-outbreak","tag-family-impact","tag-health-risks","tag-mosquito-bites","tag-public-health"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Man-dies-of-mosquito-borne-illness.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2356457","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2356457"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2356457\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2356458"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2356457"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2356457"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2356457"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}