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Thugs and mosquitos both more active after dark
By Guy Page
For very different reasons, the Vermont Department of Health and a former Burlington police chief are offering the same advice: If you’re in Burlington, take extra precautions before going out at night – if you have to at all.
The reasons: a crime wave driven in part by gangs of violent youth, and killer mosquitos bearing the EEE virus.
The Burlington Police Department today released yet another statement with information and requests for public assistance about the increase of youth-related violence, much of it occurring downtown and at night. The release includes this startling footage of youth violence, recorded on the city’s downtown surveillance video.
The Vermont Health Department yesterday, August 28 issued a press release urging residents of Burlington – and Colchester, Swanton and Alburgh, all northern Vermont towns with large Lake Champlain waterfronts – to “avoid spending time outdoors as much as possible between 6 PM and 6 AM to avoid mosquitos that could carry the virus.”
Risk levels are based on the sustained numbers of EEE-positive tests of mosquitoes in these towns, in addition to the person infected with EEE in Chittenden County. Two people in surrounding states have also recently been infected — one in Massachusetts and one in New Hampshire, who has died, the Health Dept. said.
Towns at moderate risk include Milton, Vergennes, Sudbury and Whiting. Low-risk towns include Cornwall, Grand Isle, Highgate and Fairfield. These risk levels may change as more groups of mosquitoes are tested.
EEE is a rare but serious disease caused by a virus spread to people through the bite of an infected mosquito. EEE can result in encephalitis, an inflammation of the brain, and can be fatal in about one-third of people who develop severe EEE disease. Most people infected with EEE virus do not develop symptoms, but those who do may experience a flu-like illness with fever, chills, body aches, and joint pain. Anyone with symptoms should reach out to their health care provider.
“Vermont data, and current virus activity around New England, shows we need to take the threat of EEE very seriously,” said Health Commissioner Mark Levine, MD. “If you live in a town at high risk, please avoid spending time outside in the evenings when mosquitoes are most active to protect yourself from this potentially severe illness.”
Even if you don’t live in a high-risk area, everyone in Vermont should take steps to prevent mosquito bites and protect themselves from mosquito-borne illness, the Health Dept. warns:
- Limit the amount of time you spend outdoors at dawn and dusk.
- Use EPA-registered insect repellent labeled as effective against mosquitoes. Apply repellent when you are going to be outdoors, especially at dawn or dusk.
- Wear long-sleeved shirts and long pants when outdoors.
- Fix any holes in your screens and remove standing water around your home.
The recommendation will be in place until the first hard frost that kills mosquitoes.
Meanwhile, the August crime wave that has struck the Queen City has prompted UVM Director of Security and former Burlington Police Chief and Vermont Public Safety Commissioner Michael Schirling to advise caution at nighttime.
“It’s an old, old adage that nothing good happens after midnight unless you’ve got a reason to be out,” Schirling told News 5. “Unless you’re working, it’s just [that] the city takes on a different flavor the later it gets, so it’s unfortunate that we’re at that point, but that’s become good advice just in the last couple of years.”
Specifically, Schirling advises Personal Safety Tenets shared by UVM police, including:
Be Alert and Aware: Listening to music or using your phone diminishes your awareness of people or vehicles around you.
Display Confidence: Walk with a purpose and pay attention to your surroundings. This includes making casual eye contact with others to display confidence.
Avoid Confrontation: If someone is being aggressive towards you, move away immediately and contact the police.
Trust Your Instincts: If you feel like something is unsafe, take steps to reduce risk. Many people may suppress these feelings out of concern they may offend someone.
Mayor Emma Mulvaney-Stanak said the city has hired a Community Safety advisor to address “hot spots” in downtown Burlington and reduce illegal activity.
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There is an appalling lack of diversity in these criminals.
Yes. They all have extremely poor content of character. Judge them accordingly. Human waste.
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get a Spectracide HORNET & WASP KILLER spray that squirts 30 feet in a stream and kill mosquitoes and get rid of thugs. For thugs, it’s a good attitude adjustment product. I carry all the time. Now then, if you had an alternative living arrangement as I’ mentioned in a previous VDC article comment. Why be prisoner in your own place. Can’t call in for groceries, either the store is closed or delivery youngsters don’t go in bad places. Hunger panic. Have to be mobile in drastic times. Vote with our feet.
Always use purpose built tools for their purpose. I keep a wasp spray because sometimes there are wasps. OC or Pepper spray would be the appropriate tool for attitude adjustment. Wasp spray is going to do absolutely nothing to hinder a threat.
I saw the VT alert from the Mayor of Burlington regarding the dangers in Burlington regarding the EEE virus. I wrote to her explaining while the VT alert regarding the virus may be helpful, my chances of being assaulted and other violence perpetuated on my family and I in the City of Burlington was exceptionally higher than catching the EEE virus. Thus, a VT alert for highlighting the importance of Safety (staying indoors, avoiding Burlington) was much more warranted for the potential violence than the EEE virus. I won’t hold my breath for the Mayor’s office to do the right thing. Meanwhile, my family and I will avoid Burlington at all costs since we choose to be safe.
I can see Lurch Levine is back with some more fear programing.
Laughable. Vermont EEE deaths = 0. Ethnic drug dealing overdoses and shootings 500+?
You’ve GOT to be kidding me???
Karma would be having the gang bangers out at night get bitten by an infected mosquito………………
That’s what I was thinking, maybe they will find each other.
Question. I believe it was that squirreling guy that ran around and shut down the economy in Burlington during the Covid kill shot scam demic. You were forced to obey. Starting the first of December when is dark at six all activity in Burlington will stop for the public safety. Hope you enjoy the holidays. I hope that i am just joking.
Welcome to Burlington the cesspool by the lake, if the thug’s ” gangs ” won’t get you, then the ” Mosquitos ” just might !!
Everyone should stay home and let this sore ” Burlington ” fester on its own, maybe the DEI Mayor will get the hint……………………………………
Where are the cops? Oh, that’s right. The dumb ass Democrats defunded and neutered them.
And the moronic progressives.
yes what goo is it going to da when there are only 2 cops available for duty after midnight?
Let’s call a spade a spade . . . these are gangs.
Vermont Population 647,00, Massachusetts population 7,000,000, New Hampshire population 1,400,000
Total of the three States = 9 million people
0ne person in Vermont, 1 person in Massachusetts, and 1 person in NH (who died) from EEEV. 3 out of 9,000,000. It hardly sounds like an epidemic ❗
Hey, election is close. We need a new pandemic to scare people.
Fear is a powerful tool … One which they are wielding with increasing frequency and conviction.
Fortunately, crying wolf is always caught….
I would also like to point out that mosquitos are man’s largest enemy:
https://www.npr.org/2019/08/12/749798515/in-the-mosquito-humans-face-a-predator-more-deadly-than-the-rest
Mosquitos? A little bug spray and I’m good. I’m more worried about the other problems of Burlington after dark.
Vote Commiecrat and stay inside your house.
Vote MAGA and be able to leave your home as a free citizen.
Spectracide is for BUGS.
.45s is for THUGS
“Just a little spoon of those .45s save you from another man”.
Spoonful – Howlin Wolf
A confluence of pestulence and civil unrest – sounds like the four horsemen of the Apocalypse riding hard into the Green Mountain State. Stay indoors = soft lockdown. Word going around that there will be spraying unleashed (from the ground, not the air) in MA and NY. Good times! Mark Levine (aka Olaf from Frozen) has his script and marching orders ready. The plague of violence and crime will continue unabated, as it is imperative to keep the elite’s game of thrones moving forward.
Whether it be lab grown mosquitoes armed with a payload, reprobate minds armed with guns, frivolous lawsuits filed, fake authorities stealing every dime from your pocket, foreigners invading your home with impunity, or conjured psyops – take heed and be prepared…it is selection season, very dangerous and deadly as winning at all costs (body counts included) is all that matters to the despots.
Let’s be honest, there is a very real threat to your health outside, especially at night, in Burlington…..but it’s definitely not mosquitoes.
Henny penny henny penny the sky is falling the sky is falling!
Wolf wolf!
Boogeyman boogeyman boogey man!
Get your fear waders on peeps… its deep out there!
And beware what you buy into: self-fulfilling prophecies work effectively on unsuspecting imbibers…