Today alone, I got 17 phone
calls from my local residents |
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claiming that they have
Lyme disease. |
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Well, frankly,
up until a few years ago, |
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until 1975, |
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the medical community had no
idea what Lyme disease even was. |
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All we knew was that it caused
psychiatric disturbances |
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and severe
neurological disorders. |
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Even so, it seems
that over the last four years, |
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this disease has become
no less debilitating, |
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especially here
in the tri-state suburban area. |
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I assure you
that the medical community |
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is very close to developing
a treatment for Lyme disease |
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because we now know the source. |
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The tick, right? |
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Well, technically,
the infection stems |
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from the blood of the deer. |
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The tick is just
the transmitter. |
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Well, in any case,
what precautions |
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should people be taking? |
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Okay, let's have 'em. |
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Give me liberty
or give me death. |
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