OKAY. ALICIA NIEVES FOLLOWING THAT ONE FOR US. THANK YOU. FOR MORE ON WHAT WE NEED TO KNOW AND HOW TO PROTECT OURSELVES. LET'S BRING IN DR FARIDA FISHER. >> FOUNDER AND PRESIDENT OF HER OWN TO FOLLOW PRACTICE. DR FARIDA. GOOD MORNING TO YOU. THESE WARNINGS SOUND INCREDIBLY SERIOUS. HELP US UNDERSTAND THE MAGNITUDE OF THIS. >> THEY ARE SERIOUS, BROOKE, BECAUSE THOUGH IT IS RARE. TRIPLE E IS POTENTIALLY VERY FATAL. WE KNOW THAT IN 2019 THAT HAD 50% MORTALITY THAT CIVIL COURTHOUSE ABOUT 30%, MEANING THAT 30% PEOPLE WHO GET THE ENCEPHALITIS FROM THE VIRUS WILL DIE. AND SO IT'S VERY SERIOUS TO KNOW HOW TO PROTECT YOURSELF BECAUSE WE ACTUALLY UNFORTUNATELY HAVE NO SPECIFIC TREATMENT FOR THE EEE VIRUS. THERE'S NO SPECIFIC HUMAN VACCINE. AND SO THE PREVENTION IS KEY IN RECOGNIZING SYMPTOMS IS KEY, RIGHT. WHAT ARE SOME OF THOSE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS THAT PEOPLE SHOULD BE AWARE OF. MOST PEOPLE WILL HAVE NO SYMPTOMS. BUT ABOUT 4 TO 10 DAYS AFTER BEING BITTEN BY A MOSQUITO DEVELOP CONFUSION HEADACHE FEVERS, DIARRHEA. AND IF IT PROGRESSES TO A SATELLITE IS WHICH IS INFLAMMATION OF THE BRAIN OR MENINGITIS, WHICH IS INFLAMMATION OF THE MEMBRANE SURROUNDING BRAIN AND SPINAL CORD. IT COULD LEAD TO PARALYSIS INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY AND EVEN DEATH. >> WHAT PRECAUTIONS CAN PEOPLE BE TAKING. I MEAN, I THINK HEARING THESE HEADLINES IS ALSO SO SCARY. BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, YOU'VE GOT KIDS PLAYING OUTSIDE IN THE SUMMER TIME. YOU'VE GOT KIDS GOING BACK TO SCHOOL. I MEAN, REGARDLESS ANYONE BEING OUTSIDE. WHAT PRECAUTIONS CAN PEOPLE TAKE. >> NOT BEING OUTSIDE. YOU THEY'RE MOSTLY IN THE DUSK AND DA. AND SO IN THE EVENING TIMES IN THE MORNING TIMES, WHICH IS WHEN KIDS LIKE TO PLAY WHEN YOU WALK A THAT'S WHEN YOU NEED TO AVOID BEING OUTSIDE YOU ALSO WANT AVOID WEARING SHORT SLEEVES. EVEN THOUGH IT'S THE SUMMERTIME, THE ONE LOSS LEAVES TUCKED INTO LONG PANTS. AVOID STANDING WATER BEING AROUND THE HOUSE AND IN THE HOUSE, MAKE SURE THAT YOUR DOORS AND YOUR WINDOWS ARSEALED TIGHTLY ALSO PAY ATTENTION TO WHAT'S GOING ON IN YOUR LOCAL DEPARTMENTS OF HEALTH BECAUSE THEY DOING AERIAL SPRAYING TO MAKE SURE THAT THE MOSQUITOES ARE ABLE TO REALLY DELIBERATE AND ALSO WARY AND EPA APPROVED REPELLENT. THE CASE OF SOMETHING WITH DEET D E T WILL BE HELPFUL AS WELL IF YOU GET BITTEN BY A MOSQUITO AND THE DEVELOPED LOU SYMPTOMS, ESPECIALLY IF YOU'RE IMMUNOCOMPROMISED CONSULT WITH YOUR PHYSICIAN IMMEDIATELY. >> IF YOU CAN'T PUT THIS INTO SOME CONTEXT FOR US COMPARED TO OTHER MOSQUITO-BORNE ILLNESSES IN AMERICA. HOW DOES THIS COMPARE? SO, YOU KNOW, IT IS. >> SIMILAR IN THE WAY TO WEST NILE VIRUS. EVEN THE JAMESTOWN CANYON VIRUS. AS FAR AS THE MOSQUITO BITES CAUSE AN INFECTION. TELL YOU WHAT IS SOME GOOD NEWS, I GUESS A LITTLE BIT OF A SILVER LINING. IT'S NOT CONTAGIOUS FROM PERSON TO PERSON IN THE SENSE THAT TOUCHING ANOTHER PERSON WITH IT. YOU CAN'T GET IT THAT WAY. SNEEZING COUGHING RESPIRATORY DROPLETS, WHICH WE ARE ALL TOO FAMILIAR WITH YOU CAN SPREAD IT THAT WAY IS NOT CONTAGIOUS AND THAT PENSION. YOU CAN ONLY GET AS FAR AS WE KNOW, IF YOU'RE BITTEN BY A MOSQUITO. AND SO IT TENDS TO BE RARE. IN FACT, IN 2021 ACCORDING TO THE CDC, THERE ARE ONLY 5 CASES IN THE UNITED STATES. NEVERTHELESS, AS WE SEE 1 CASE CAN BE AN A IT COULD UNFORTUNATELY CAUSE A FATALITY AS WHAT HAPPENED WITH THIS MAN IN NEW HAMPSHIRE. AND THERE ARE OTHER CASES ALREADY KNOW THAT IS THE CASE IN MASSACHUSETTS. A CASE IN NEW JERSEY CASE IN VERMONT. THE CASE IN WISCONSIN. AND SO PEOPLE JUST NEED TO BE AWARE THAT ESPECIALLY IF YOU'RE IN A HIGH-RISK AREA, IT CAN HAPPEN TO YOU TO TAKE THE