[NatureNS] CAUTION Tick Talk - Pulling a tick off the skin is not advised??

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Date: Tue, 08 Jul 2008 14:01:24 -0300
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I can only agree with Andrew in this matter. Twenty years back on University field trips state 
of the art method was tick removal by pulling for the very same reasons outlined by Andrew! 
Ticks in the region back then potentially carried Lyme and FSME (a form of virus caused 
meningitis), both very serious threats.
With the seemingly increasing chance to catch Lyme now in NS (according to recent news 
articles, and the one from today seems like a spin-off of those) suffocating the tick is for sure 
the wrong prescription. To bad they emphasized so much on this one person's opinion ......

Ulli


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I can only agree with Andrew in this matter. Twenty years back on University field trips state 
of the art method was tick removal by pulling for the very same reasons outlined by Andrew! 
Ticks in the region back then potentially carried Lyme and FSME (a form of virus caused 
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With the seemingly increasing chance to catch Lyme now in NS (according to recent news 
articles, and the one from today seems like a spin-off of those) suffocating the tick is for sure 
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