There was a video on the net was called Behind The eight ball...was all about the conspiricy on Lyme..it is believed it was created in a lab in CT..for biological warefare..a place called Plum Island...it is an animal Disease Center..whether true or not..the story does sound believeable...at some of the symposiums i been to a lot of the Dr's there believe the story..as records have shown thwey were working on a bacteria same as lyme there at one time...
MyDR told me that Doxycyline is basicly useless after 3 days of the bite..There is a new test that shows results fast..but Ins companies will not pay for it..so we are screwed...
Also if you have chronic Lyme an get bit again the new bacteria may be a bit different than the one in yiou now..so it can mutate to even more severe strain...
I was out yestrerday after i posted here to cut grass..I walked in some brush area..then minutes later felt a crawler under my pants..pulled them down an a tick was crawling up my leg..also had some on pants..grrr...I did not have my protected clothing on that is sprayed with Sawyers clothing tick spray..
https://www.amazon.com/Products-Premium-Permethrin-Clothing-Repellent/dp/B01M4KFZME
stuff works..just use on clothes your wear outside working or hiking...
also the Dr. said to shower after with a tick soap or shampoo..ones for dogs are safe for us..they have herbal ones also..
It is worse for kids to get Lyme..its a killer...a child died not long ago from Lyme..it attacks heart muscles...check your children every time they come in from tick areas..,,head also...
also if you area deer hunter..do not hang deer in yard..as the deer cools down the ticks drop off an an make it home there..now u created a tick farm..if u do..spray the area good with a insecticide that kills ticks..
Tick nymphs are carried by mice an other animals outside...a tick will only travel 1 meter during its life span..they do not jump or fly...they hang on the ends of branches or on tall grass waiting for a host to come by..
TICKS ARE NO JOKE..THEY CAN BE KILLERS...PROTECT YOUR CHILDREN..PLEASE...