Iceland's attempts to replant its forests

Re:Iceland's attempts to replant its forests by oh_sigh on Friday October 20, 2017 @12:58PM (#15517288)

Lyme disease isn't passed from human to human so herd immunity is irrelevant.

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Re:Iceland's attempts to replant its forests by sliverstorm on Friday October 20, 2017 @01:17PM (#15517457)

My mistake, I thought it was a vaccine for the deer.

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Re:Iceland's attempts to replant its forests by mark-r on Friday October 20, 2017 @03:23PM (#15518513)

As I understand it the vector is mice, not deer. There's a correlation between mouse populations where the juveniles feed and Lyme disease outbreaks 2 years later when the adults latch onto humans.

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Re:Iceland's attempts to replant its forests by delbel on Friday October 20, 2017 @10:12PM (#15520326)

lyme disease can be passed human to human as a std or the womb from mother to child

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Re:Iceland's attempts to replant its forests by RickDT on Sunday October 22, 2017 @09:11AM (#15526656)

Lyme disease is NOT sexually transmitted. https://www.cdc.gov/lyme/faq/index.html

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Re:Iceland's attempts to replant its forests by dayofthedaleks on Saturday October 21, 2017 @09:54AM (#15521839)

(citation needed)

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