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Not sure if this has been mentioned, but the CDC has a brochure out that contains a diagram on how to landscape/arrange plants and mulch around and in your yard to make it less tick friendly.
"Lyme disease: What you need to know" the diagram is on page 9
The CDC map of reported cases of Lyme disease is interesting. Many cases all over the Northeast... except for western MA. Not too many there, I wonder why?
The CDC map of reported cases of Lyme disease is interesting. Many cases all over the Northeast... except for western MA. Not too many there, I wonder why?
I looked at the map, all of new england has lyme issues from new york to maine, but mass has barely any? Sounds like a data collection issue, not a lack of lyme disease issue. I'm quite sure the ticks didnt skip Mass.
It might be that the residents in Western MA are more careful when they are outdoors or they just aren't very outdoorsy. And in the residential areas, it's less forested? Plus it is less populated out in that area. And if vacationers (in the Berkshires) get bitten and get Lyme disease, it's reported back home to the local authorities.
No. The map is solid blue for lyme and it stops at the state line and MA is white (no Lyme) Clearly a data issue somewhere.
Which is amusing (not really) because when my daughter was diagnosed in 2004 with Lyme Disease and co-infections, the doctor at Concord Hospital emphatically stated that "Lyme does NOT exist in New Hampshire", and that her test results must be wrong. She couldn't tell me why a previously healthy 12 year old was having both physical (large & small joint) and neurological issues, but that I was a 'very irresponsible parent' if I put my child on antibiotics.. Thank goodness for Lyme Literate doctors that haven't yet lost their license for treating tick-related illnesses...
I was thinking of planting an oak tree on our property, but it occurred to me that deer, squirrels and mice (just to name a few creatures) just LOVE to eat acorns!!! And they all carry ticks. So no oak trees for us.
And my husband shot and killed a squirrel yesterday, and it was covered in ticks, so he burned the body.
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