Something I think everyone should know about Lyme disease: we have an effective vaccine! I remember when this happened because work done in imaging the protein

Something I think everyone should know about Lyme disease: we have an effective vaccine! I remember when this happened because work done in imaging the proteins from Lyme disease happened at a nearby lab (Brookhaven) in the late 90s. In short, it was withdrawn because of unfounded complaints about side effects (i.e. anti-vaxers is how I read it). We still have vaccines for dogs, and there are newer ones being developed, but the whole thing is just a terrible success for the anti-science and vaccine crowd. And knowing people that have suffered from Lyme, it is even worse knowing it was all preventable. A bit too timely these days, no? Also pretty astounding to me that it seems the existence of a vaccine never comes up in Lyme coverage, nor do people that get it (or at risk, which is an ever widening area due to climate change as well) know about it. (See here [0] for a brief overview, and the related references) [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyme_disease#Vaccination https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyme_disease#Vaccination