Officials in second U.S. state issue stay-at-home orders over EEE | 6 Sept 2024 | Vermont just became the second state to postpone public events in order to curb the spread of a deadly virus in the state. The Green Mountain state joins neighboring Massachusetts in recommending their citizens stay home at night, amid high reports of Eastern equine encephalitis (EEE)... In addition to postponing local nighttime festivals and concerts, the Vermont Department of Health "strongly recommend[s]" people in some of the state's busiest towns stay inside between 6 pm and 6 am, when the bugs are most active. Around the same time, across state lines, curfews were announced in multiple counties in Massachusetts. Sports games, cookouts and other end-of summer events have been postponed across the state, a move Vermont seems to be mirroring.