In research I have found that it is the Vets at State Health Departments that are doing current and on going tick studies for pathogens by state.
The link above gives contact information, names, address, emails for each state.
It appears that the Wildlife Society is funding tick studies and they are being run through State Health Departments and headed by these Vets.
I have been coorseponding with the TN Vet and have learned that the results will be published in a publication not released to the local
Health Departments.
let me explain as this was and is a key issue, in my opinion, in our plight....
The west nile virus is handled through the State Health Departments in the same manner. However they are under what is called a Public Health Awareness Program.
Which means that each year collection and testing is completed on mosquittos. The results are then passed on to the local health department. The local health departments put
out warnings to the local media and to the local medical communities to establish clinical awareness.
TBD are under a program known as Human Health Awareness. Which means, although collection and studies are being perfomred, the information is published to State Agriculture and Wildlife Society
publications. In other words, it it put in a paper somewhere and possible printed in a magazine to these fields/industries. It is NOT
given to the local Health Departments. Therefore, there are no alerts to media and medical professionals in clinical settings for awareness.
Most of us know here that the odds of contracting west nile over the past years has not been very high. Yes, the threat is obviously
real and there, but contracting a TBD seems to be much higher and yet the at the State level, they are waiting to see how many people are diagnosed on a clinical level.
Now it is obvious that it all goes hand in hand, all the way down the line through the IDSA and CDC and NIH - they even state that it is a clinical diagnosis!!! HOWEVER!!!!
We all know that the odds of getting a diagnosis in a clinical setting are slim to none!
WHY!?!?
Well, one reason is the lack of awareness in the medical community!!!
it seems to me that this is another big break in the circle of Lyme and other TBD's.
I am beggining a campaign in our State to get TBD's changed from a Human Illness Program to a Public Awareness Program.
I am challenging each and everyone to go to the site, find your State contact and find out if they have current tick studies going on.
Ask them point blank why the information is not being released to the local Health Departments.
It seems their hands are tied because of the program outlays....
In my opinion, this could be a major factor in changing the scene of diagnosis and potential treatments along with new guidelines through IDSA
and the HR-741 being implemented. The testing IS already being done! Why cant they simply change the forum!?!?
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