stagpanther
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This very interesting article ran in the New York Times today which appears to establish cervids, and probably other animals, as reservoirs for the possible spread and even mutation of the disease. My state, Maine, is one in which deer live in very close contact with humans.
This isn't something new, in a way, when Lyme disease started becoming prevalent most people in the medical community where I live initially chose to ignore or even deny the connection between deer and the spread of the disease-carrying ticks. I am certain that is how I contracted the disease years ago. My community bans the hunting of deer, I tried several times to get a modest hunting season open, mostly just to scare deer away from living among the houses and yards, through petitioning local government and state wildlife officials--and failed--but people were insistent they wanted to have the cute critters in their yards for their children and tourists to watch and enjoy.
This isn't something new, in a way, when Lyme disease started becoming prevalent most people in the medical community where I live initially chose to ignore or even deny the connection between deer and the spread of the disease-carrying ticks. I am certain that is how I contracted the disease years ago. My community bans the hunting of deer, I tried several times to get a modest hunting season open, mostly just to scare deer away from living among the houses and yards, through petitioning local government and state wildlife officials--and failed--but people were insistent they wanted to have the cute critters in their yards for their children and tourists to watch and enjoy.