I made the decision that no amount of benefit from nature walks is worth the gamble of being screwed-for-life by Lyme Disease.
Clearly, that math works for some people, and good on them. I just can't make the odds work.
Clearly, that math works for some people, and good on them. I just can't make the odds work.
That said, I get it, I avoid skiing with the same fervor; too much risk of bodily harm for little reward, also things like tree wells and avalanches? No thanks. People look at me as weird as you probably feel we are looking at you. (it's also expensive, so there's that excuse)
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And if you remove it in a non optimal way you can still be contaminated.
On French websites you can still find the wrong advice to use ether to make the tick sleep. In fact it makes it sick and it can throw up in your bloodstream thus contaminating you.
We know lyme disease well. It is horrible. But you might get a tick from some patch of lawn in a city.