[dailyrorschach]

I see you in multiple places on this thread with comments like these. So here's something to consider, Lyme Disease is actually not at all that prevalent in the South. https://www.cdc.gov/lyme/stats/maps.html

Where it is prevalent, this is standard good advice, advice that we even taught in the BSA 18 years ago in the NE. Lyme is a really nasty thing to get, and not everyone even realizes they were bit, or is symptomatic at first. My case was when I was 15, worked at a camp, got bit, came out before I could notice, no rash. At some point later that summer came down with flu like symptoms, which went away in a standard flu timeframe.

Two months later I had extreme fatigue, I'm talking couldn't stay awake longer than 6 hours. Luckily a blood test confirmed it, but not before it had spread to my spinal fluid, requiring two hospitalizations, over 30 days of IV antibiotics and additional treatment.

So perhaps what works for you down South doesn't work where this is an issue, and hopefully it won't ever be something you or your neighbors need to worry about the way we do.

[jjeaff]

Valid point. But mine was simply that the idea of careful removal and keeping of ticks would be laughable in the south.

Find any outdoorsy kid in the south during the summer, and there is a good chance their legs look like this most of the summer: https://c1.staticflickr.com/9/8241/29056330235_19aeb3585e_b....

Imaging carefully removing each one and storing it and classifying it for future lab testing.

The advice is only applicable in the NE.