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Odds are pretty low of getting a tick borne disease. I would assume they're even lower if you take precautions. About 60000 incidents a year. Powassan virus 33
by SapporoChris 7y ago
Odds are pretty low of getting a tick borne disease. I would assume they're even lower if you take precautions. About 60000 incidents a year. Powassan virus 33 incidents (https://www.cdc.gov/ticks/data-summary/index.html https://www.cdc.gov/ticks/data-summary/index.html)
I would speculate that more than 33 people manage to kill them selves road biking each year, but I confess I'm just guessing.
- Alex3917 7y ago60,000 reported cases, which means more like 600,000 estimated cases. You can definitely vastly lower the risk if you take all the right precautions, but most people I see don’t even have their pants tucked into their socks.
- xenonite 7y agoAnd even if I ask a doctor to remove a tick he discourages a test of the dead tick, because „nothing would turn up anyways“. This supports a high rate of unnoticed cases.
- HeyLaughingBoy 7y agoMaybe they understand how miniscule the risk is and can't be bothered?