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Ticks in california don't carry lyme typically. I'd be a lot more worried if you were on Long Island or on the east coast generally. If you do get bit though,
by radicaldreamer 4y ago
Ticks in california don't carry lyme typically. I'd be a lot more worried if you were on Long Island or on the east coast generally.
If you do get bit though, the bite is very obvious and you'd know. If you catch the tick, you can send it in for testing, although it might be easier just to take the doxy.
- erisinger 4y agoAlmost nothing stated here is accurate…
- oblib 4y agoIt may have changed since I lived there but that was certainly true when I did. And I spent a lot of time rambling around the mountains, creeks, and NFs and NPs there and most all of it bushwhacking off trail.
- radicaldreamer 4y agoWhich part is inaccurate? (genuinely curious)... I was bit by a tick in Marin a few years ago (I caught the tick as well), got very nervous about Lyme and researched it thoroughly, was much less concerned after consulting a few folks in the Bay Area. Lyme seems rare here (UCSF estimates 2-15% prevalence in ticks but its far less common than on the east coast). https://www.cdc.gov/lyme/stats/tables.html https://www.cdc.gov/lyme/stats/tables.html
- rzz3 4y agoThis is categorically false.