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The protocol is moving towards prophylactic antibiotic treatment in areas with higher incidences of Lyme, but some doctors don't know that yet.

+1  Where we are one dose of doxy prophylactic is the established protocol[/quote]

Just posting to insist on this. The dismissive ones are not aware that Lyme disease is not necessarily benign, can reoccur later in life after the initial bite, and lead to lifelong neurological issues. Also, climate change is causing deer ticks to survive the winter and be present in significantly greater numbers than before. There is also the Lone Star tick that provokes red meat allergies, which in rare cases can be anaphylactic.

Our gradual change in climate from temperate to sub-tropical is very bad news in all sorts of ways, including the acceleration of insect-borne disease transmission.

I hope you are aware of the real-world testing of sterile mosquitoes (release of sterile males) to reduce Zika, dengue and chikungunya. Two of these projects are occurring in Florida and California, after being a resounding biological success in other parts of the globe, and confirmed safe for the ecosystem and humans. Perhaps one day we'll do the same for the most dangerous varieties of ticks.

Please do not dismiss these issues!!!

- entomologist[/quote]

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