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This report is from a semi-annual LDAC meeting we had last week - Lyme Disease Advisory Committee - who advises the state re dealing with Lyme disease. This got everyone talking.
I think we need to think about our outside sitting behavior. I do bring bug repellent spray when outside.
Me .. NO sitting anywhere outside unless it's on my lawn chair. Even then, I'd have to be concerned about where my lawn chair was sitting.
Outdoors and I no longer gel.
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I was shocked when I read this story earlier today. Logs and tree trunks I knew where not a safe seat.
But a rock....oh my. Are the son of a guns out sunning atop the rocks? Certainly not the areas we've been warned about for years.
Pam
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I keep my "blankie" with me at all times.
It is a ground cloth, made of a soft, but strong cloth that is pink on one side and green on the other. It is about the size of a ground cloth for a pup tent.
See the 2nd picture on this page. It's my blankie under my tent when I went camping in the mountain a few years ago.
Every spring I spray it with Permanone, let it dry real good, roll it up and keep it in the car- ready to use.
You can put it on a lawn chair before you sit down, or even better, lay it on the ground under it.
Then you would have your own little "protected area" for as long as you are sitting there because the Permanone will kill any ticks that try to crawl on it.
I suggested using the groundcloth idea to someone who had to attend an outdoor graduation ceremony on the school's lawn and really didn't want to go, very upset, because of the possibility of getting ticks on them.
When they returned I heard back from them. They were thrilled that they actually felt comfortable at the graduation, when they expected to be freaked out the whole time.
Of course the "cloth" can also be tossed on top of a rock you want to sit on, but maybe a pillow would be better. At least it would be softer on the bum.
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I wonder if they would hang out on sidewalks and asphalt as well? So much for feeling safe by staying off the grass.
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