a rare but potentially deadly disease has forced one town in Massachusetts to close its parks and Fields at night the public health department says it wants to protect people from possibly catching ee people can get the virus through a mosquito bite the town says the first case of ee happened on August 16th in Worchester County Health officials say about 30% of people infected with EE usually die ee is different from West Nile Virus which people can also trct from a mosquito bite