‘Ticks shock us:’ 2021 may very well be the yr of the good Lyme illness

Bay Area Lyme Foundation: “According to a new study, beach areas, similar to Woodlands, have common tick-borne diseases.”

Daniel Salkeld, PhD, researcher at Colorado State University.

John Aucott, MD, director of the Johns Hopkins Lyme Disease Clinical Research Center.

Kirsten Stein, board member of the Bay Area Lyme Foundation.

Weather.com: “For some typically cold places in the lower 48, it was the warmest winter ever.”

Pest.org: “2021 Tick Forecast”.

Applied and Environmental Microbiology: “To study the prevalence and diversity of tick-borne pathogens in the search for Ixodes pacificus ticks in California.”

The Washington Post: “Study finds Lyme-bearing ticks near beaches and” pretty much everywhere we looked “”.

CDC: “Lyme Disease”, “Tick Removal and Testing”, “How Many People Get Lyme Disease?” “Lyme Disease Monitoring – United States, 1992-2006.”

EPA: “Repellants: Protection against mosquitoes, ticks and other arthropods.”