Re:I Survived the “Destroying Angel” (2006)
by SapporoChris on Friday October 18, 2019 @01:17AM
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Odds are pretty low of getting a tick borne disease. I would assume they're even lower if you take precautions. About 60000 incidents a year. Powassan virus 33 incidents (https://www.cdc.gov/ticks/data-summary/index.html)
I would speculate that more than 33 people manage to kill them selves road biking each year, but I confess I'm just guessing.
Re:I Survived the “Destroying Angel” (2006)
by Alex3917 on Friday October 18, 2019 @01:33AM
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60,000 reported cases, which means more like 600,000 estimated cases. You can definitely vastly lower the risk if you take all the right precautions, but most people I see don’t even have their pants tucked into their socks.
Re:I Survived the “Destroying Angel” (2006)
by HeyLaughingBoy on Friday October 18, 2019 @10:57PM
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Maybe they understand how miniscule the risk is and can't be bothered?
Re:I Survived the “Destroying Angel” (2006)
by xenonite on Friday October 18, 2019 @03:22AM
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And even if I ask a doctor to remove a tick he discourages a test of the dead tick, because „nothing would turn up anyways“. This supports a high rate of unnoticed cases.
Re:I Survived the “Destroying Angel” (2006)
by saiya-jin on Friday October 18, 2019 @04:45AM
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That's... one of the worst excuses I ever heard to not go out into the wilderness. How can you ever sit in the car for example?
Re:I Survived the “Destroying Angel” (2006)
by HeyLaughingBoy on Friday October 18, 2019 @10:57PM
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Pretty much!
To be fair, until we have better tools to diagnose and treat the tick-borne illnesses that are prevalent in the US, it still isn't the safest hobby. This year I finally got sick of worrying about Powassan virus et al. so largely gave up spending time in the woods and just bought a road bike for outdoor time instead.