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> Lyme disease accounts for about 80 percent of the tick-borne illnesses in the U.S. I mean how would we actually know that though if we don't even know what a
by Alex3917 9y ago
> Lyme disease accounts for about 80 percent of the tick-borne illnesses in the U.S.
I mean how would we actually know that though if we don't even know what all the tickborne illnesses are, and if there is no test for many of them?
- DennisP 9y agoThey probably mean the known tickborne illnesses. When illnesses are unknown it's often because they're rare, so it's probably a good estimate. In any case, Lyme disease is very common and on that basis alone, a vaccine would prevent a lot of suffering, regardless of what other suffering remains in place.