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Community => Public Safety => Topic started by: Metro Jacksonville on May 06, 2016, 01:35:02 PM

Title: Melissa Ross: Taking a Bite out of Lymes Disease
Post by: Metro Jacksonville on May 06, 2016, 01:35:02 PM

Melissa Ross: Taking a Bite out of Lymes Disease

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So you know you want to watch Melissa Ross make funny bitter faces.  Watch as she takes the Lymes Challenge to raise public awareness. Join us for the sourpuss after the jump!


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Title: Re: Melissa Ross: Taking a Bite out of Lymes Disease
Post by: mbwright on May 06, 2016, 02:52:09 PM

This is a much more common problem than most folks realize, and there is no cure.  There is no effective treatment, and no effective test for it.  This needs much more attention, funding and research.  Florida has a huge population of deer, and other vectors, that makes it easy for them to breed.  We find ticks about once per week, sometimes more in warm weather.  (I'm in Tallahassee, in a wooded area of town.)