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The American vaccine for Lyme disease did not work against Lyme disease, but actually gave people Lyme disease and so they discontinued it. Known fact
Spain has other tick borne disease, sand fly diseases, flea diseases
please understand the tick ONLY HAS TO BREAK YOUR SKIN to cause disease. Where folks are getting “24” hour attachment is just innaccurate
ALL tick bites should be monitored and were I go get bitten again I would treat prophylactically. TBE May take up to 10 days to show signs. Neurological issues set in shortly thereafter and can be symptomatic with an IgM response for up to a year. Any high fever after a tickbite is SERIOUS and...
The Center for Disease Control and the Infectious Disease Society of America (Aka: CDC, and IDSA) have conflicting interests in the testing and treatment of Lyme disease as well as other tick borne diseases. As a result they neglectfully dismissed or downplayed the need for testing and treatment...
We had about 10 in our group end up in medical care, in Leon hospitals etc, one even emergency flighted back to the US.... boadilla to carrion de los condes to the next albergue and people so sick they couldn’t stand up... I was buying water so I wasn’t sick. Others, not do fortunate. Water born...
The info on the CDC site is outdated. Please educate yourself on ILADS website. The ticks on Camino carry many diseases not tested for regularly. If you get bitten SAVE the tick in between alcohol pad and get to a dr. I almost died from a tick bite. It’s not worth being ignorant or uninformed.❤️
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