“The risk of mosquito-borne disease at this site is significant,” said Durland Fish, a professor emeritus of epidemiology at the Yale University School of Public Health. And the viruses detected during a mosquitos study he conducted in the Everglades — including at Big Cypress Swamp, where the detention center is located — can cause neurological damage, including encephalitis, or inflammation of the brain.
“There’s no treatment for these,” Fish said.
The detention camp, named Alligator Alcatraz by state officials, has been enthusiastically endorsed by President Donald Trump and Homeland Security Secretary Kristi L. Noem. Trump visited Tuesday, saying the camp soon will have “some of the most menacing migrants, some of the most vicious people on the planet.”
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