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The incredibly frustrating reason there’s no Lyme disease vaccine
- sitkack 9y agoDoes the dog vaccine work on humans?
- himom 9y agoIt’s not approved for human use. A human taking it would be gambling with their health.
- himom 9y agoLyme disease is rampant in Silicon Valley wherever the deer are. And the deer ticks (vector) are very small. https://www.sccgov.org/sites/vector/resources/disease-control/Pages/lyme.aspx https://www.sccgov.org/sites/vector/resources/disease-contro... https://patch.com/california/losgatos/the-truth-about-ticks-and-lyme-disease-in-santa-clara-county_bcc2ac4c https://patch.com/california/losgatos/the-truth-about-ticks-... https://www.mercurynews.com/2014/02/19/stanford-study-finds-lyme-disease-widespread-in-bay-area-open-spaces/ https://www.mercurynews.com/2014/02/19/stanford-study-finds-...
- DrScump 9y agoCrap. #1 on the hit parade, Fremont Older, I used to hike most Mondays.
- buvanshak 9y agoGlad to know that a vaccine was pulled out of market due to safety concerns...Another one that followed the same was the Rotavirus Vaccine [1], even after it was found "safe" during trials. 1. https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm4843a5.htm https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm4843a5.htm