[Not the Center for ATML Venting] Re: [at-l] Verna Soule

[W F Thorneloe <thornel@attglobal.net>]

While in Georgia we appear to be having fewer reported Lyme Disease cases 
over the past few years, but an increase in other tick borne diseases. I'm 
not an entomologist, but I would bet our drought has an effect by reducing 
populations for the tick to live on, or for vegetation that assist in 
attaching the tick to people.

For further information, consider surfing over to http://health.state.ga.us 
and visit the epidemiology section.

I suggest that you prevent the tick by wearing gaiters, avoid sitting on 
grass, wear light weight and light colored long sleeves and pant, and do 
the tick check thing every evening before dark. I have the Lyme vaccine 
offered to me for free. I'm not taking it.

OrangeBug


At 09:42 AM 8/18/2000, BDKQuinn@aol.com wrote:
>It is an extremely bad tick year.  There have been a couple big news stories
>on it.  In a nutshell, what makes a "bad" tick year is a plentiful dear
>population (at least for the deer tick lyme disease concerns).   Several New
>England states are considering expanded or bounty deer hunting seasons to
>combat the trouble.

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