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Father of 4 fighting for life after getting 3 mosquito viruses from one bite: ‘It could happen to anybody’

  • Sep 4, 2024
  • 1 min read

Bill Gates mosquito?


A New Hampshire father is fighting for his life after contracting three separate viruses from a single mosquito bite.


Joe Casey, 54, has been on a ventilator in intensive care since early August when he tested positive for three mosquito-borne viruses — Eastern equine encephalitis (EEE), St. Louis encephalitis and West Nile virus, according to a fundraiser by his family.

However, his doctors are not yet sure which of the three is to blame for swelling in his brain that is so severe, the Kensington dad is barely able to communicate with his wife, Kim, and their four kids.


“He’s my brother. It’s very difficult, especially because it’s from a mosquito,” his sister-in-law Angela Barker told WBZ-TV through tears.

 
 
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