There's typically a peak in Lyme disease cases in June and July: The experience was "quite disconcerting," he said, and in line with predictions that we're in for a bad tick year. "We have to be extremely vigilant," he said. "We're going to have higher than average tick activity this year."

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[–]RightousBob 1 insightful - 4 fun1 insightful - 3 fun2 insightful - 4 fun -  (1 child)

Oh NO! It's a PANDEMIC! Everybody shelter in place. Shut down ALL businesses! The Government needs to mandate that all subjects......I mean citizens wear protective white hazmat suits everywhere they go! Stay 6 feet away from all tall grass! Come on folks we are all in this together!

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I have seen tall grass that was teeming with ticks. They hang off the top with their legs outstretched to latch onto any critter or person that happens by. Same place, helped pick about 120 ticks off a dog that had been running through that grass.