KNOW THE MAN WHO HAS EEE AND ARE PRAYING FOR HIS RECOVERY. ROCHESTER, WITH ITS HORSE FARMS AND FIELDS AND WOODED AREAS, ONE OF THE SOUTH COAST COMMUNITIES IN THE CRITICAL REGION FOR EEE IS UNDERSTANDABLY UNEASY ABOUT THE SPREAD OF THE MOSQUITO BORNE DISEASE. A MAN IN HIS 60‘S WHO LIVES HERE HAS BEEN FIGHTING FOR HIS LIFE AFTER HE WAS BITTEN BY A MOSQUITO INFECTED WITH EASTERN EQUINE ENCEPHALITIS. HIS DAUGHTER POSTED ON FACEBOOK THAT HE IS IN A COMA, AND THAT THE NEWS IS BOTH SHOCKING AND HEARTBREAKING. AT THIS POINT WE’VE RESPECTED THE FAMILY’S WISHES FOR PRIVACY AS ARE HIS FRIENDS AND ARE NOT IDENTIFYING HIM. THOSE FRIENDS SAY HE IS A TERRIFIC PERSON, A ROCHESTER NATIVE, WELL KNOWN AND WELL LOVED IN THIS COMMUNITY. HIS THE FIRST HUMAN CASE OF EEE SINCE 2013, THE LAST FATALITY WAS IN 2011. AND JUST TODAY, THE NUMBER OF MOSQUITOES THAT HAVE TESTED POSITIVE HAS GONE UP TO 232, CENTERED IN PLYMOUTH AND BRISTOL COUNTIES WITH THE ONE HUMAN CASE, AND IT’S INITIAL PRESENTATION OF FLU LIKE SYMPTOMS. >> I SPOKE TO THE LAB THIS WEEKEND AND THEY’RE TESTING NUMEROUS PEOPLE. >> MEANWHILE, THERE HAS BEEN GROUND LEVEL SPRAYING HERE SINCE JULY AND THE STATE FINISHED A ROUND OF AERIAL SPRAYING THIS WEEKEND. EVEN SO, THAT’S ONLY ONE WAY TO TRY TO CURB THE PROBLEM. THE PRECAUTIONS ARE KNOWN BUT NOT ALWAYS ADHERED TO SO INSECT REPELLENT IS A MUST, AS ARE LONG SLEEVES AT DUSK AND DA