The thought of ticks and Lyme Disease just scares the heck out of me … especially with the super strain everyone is talking about now. I know so many people who have gotten it and had to do the IV thing and it took absolutely forever to get over it- and some people never got back to 100%. I feel so lucky because when I got it it was a simple course of antibiotics and it was over. This story was so heartbreaking and so devastating for the young lady and her family. I can’t even imagine… whether you agree with the verdict or not. Just unbelievably sad.
FWIW- I have dogs and we hike a lot in open space and wooded trails . I was constantly doing tick checks until I found Wondercide ( which is cedar oil ). The dogs hated it at first but I was like- No spray - No walk! I rub it all over them and I haven’t had one attached tick. I LOVE this stuff… I spray it everywhere inside and outside and it smells pretty good, too. ( Disclaimer: Probably not but I’m used to it now. People who enter my house are probably thinking Whoa- step away from the cedar oil… ) I rub it on my clothes when I walk or putter around outside and spray everyone and everything . It’s almost obsessive.
I chase my husband around the house and spray him, too…