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I would get this vaccine yesterday if it were available. Shit, if I were planning on spending a lot of time in the woods (like, more than I already do), I woul

I would get this vaccine yesterday if it were available. Shit, if I were planning on spending a lot of time in the woods (like, more than I already do), I would go to a vet and see if they would give me the one that's for dogs. Untreated Lyme messes people up. A whole bunch of people I knew who thru-hiked the Appalachian Trail in 2010 got Lyme. I did not get it, but I don't think I was appreciably more cautious than the people I directly knew who did. Part of what makes Lyme scary is the randomness of who gets it and how easy it is to not know you've contracted it. Fortunately, hikers are at least generally aware that it's a possibility and know to seek treatment for it specifically. Awareness in the general population is probably still much lower. P.S. Hello from WRJ, VT, fellow New Englander!

White_Wolf 5y ago
I'm not sure if this is up to date and anything else was done in terms of research but https://scopeblog.stanford.edu/2020/03/30/lyme-disease-bacteria-eradicated-by-new-drug-in-early-tests/ https://scopeblog.stanford.edu/2020/03/30/lyme-disease-bacte...
- computer23 5y ago
  That article was written by long time conspiracy theorist Kris Newby. Newby is the producer of a propaganda documentary for "chronic Lyme" called Under Our Skin, and also spreads conspiracy theories about bioweapons: https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/a-review-of-under-our-skin-a-cult-classic/ https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/a-review-of-under-our-skin-... https://theconversation.com/no-lyme-disease-is-not-an-escaped-military-bioweapon-despite-what-conspiracy-theorists-say-120879 https://theconversation.com/no-lyme-disease-is-not-an-escape... The article itself is about in vitro experiments funded by other chronic lyme conspiracy theorists. It has nothing to do with human disease.
  - inter_netuser 5y ago
    It has to do with spirochetes visible under microscope in human brain tissue. Do you accept that rather obvious finding, or "cOnSpIrAcY" is your main counter-argument?
heavyset_go 5y ago
A vet isn't going to risk their license or take on the liability of treating a human with vaccines for dogs.

White_Wolf 5y ago

I'm not sure if this is up to date and anything else was done in terms of research but https://scopeblog.stanford.edu/2020/03/30/lyme-disease-bacteria-eradicated-by-new-drug-in-early-tests/ https://scopeblog.stanford.edu/2020/03/30/lyme-disease-bacte...

computer23 5y ago
That article was written by long time conspiracy theorist Kris Newby. Newby is the producer of a propaganda documentary for "chronic Lyme" called Under Our Skin, and also spreads conspiracy theories about bioweapons: https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/a-review-of-under-our-skin-a-cult-classic/ https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/a-review-of-under-our-skin-... https://theconversation.com/no-lyme-disease-is-not-an-escaped-military-bioweapon-despite-what-conspiracy-theorists-say-120879 https://theconversation.com/no-lyme-disease-is-not-an-escape... The article itself is about in vitro experiments funded by other chronic lyme conspiracy theorists. It has nothing to do with human disease.
- inter_netuser 5y ago
  It has to do with spirochetes visible under microscope in human brain tissue. Do you accept that rather obvious finding, or "cOnSpIrAcY" is your main counter-argument?

heavyset_go 5y ago

A vet isn't going to risk their license or take on the liability of treating a human with vaccines for dogs.