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To: Logain Ablar who wrote (45579)	1/5/2014 4:32:38 PM
From: longnshort	1 Recommendation Recommended By Hawkmoon Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 86355

look up Erich Traub and Plum Island. here's a little In laymen's terms, Plum Island was experimenting with the Lone Star tick and the Cayenne tick-feeding them on viruses and testing them on pigs-during the ground zero year of Lyme disease. They did not transmit African swine fever to pigs, said the document, but they might have transmitted Bb to researchers or to the island's vectors. The Lone Star tick, named after the white star on the back of the female, is a hard tick; along with its cousin, the deer tick, it is a culprit in the spread of Lyme disease. Interestingly, at that time, the Lone Star tick's habitat was confined to Texas. Today, however, it is endemic throughout New York, Connecticut, and New Jersey. And no one can really explain how it migrated all the way from Texas. . . ." (Ibid.; pp. 24-25.)

To: Logain Ablar who wrote (45579)	1/5/2014 10:17:50 PM
From: Wharf Rat	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 86355

"IMO the tick increase is not due to any increase in the world temperatures.:" Your opinion is held in low regard by public health experts. Part of New England’s charm is the distinct four seasons—a climate that includes crisp falls, snow-filled winters and temperate springs and summers. The climate has started to change, however. Snow cover is decreasing and spring arrives earlier. And the number of extremely hot summer days has been increasing. According to a report from the Northeast Climate Impacts Assessment (NECIA) team, since 1970, the Northeast has been warming at a rate of nearly .5 degrees F per decade, with winter temperatures rising faster, at a rate of 1.3 degrees F per decade from 1970 to 2000, all changes consistent with those expected to be caused by global warming. 2010 was the warmest year on record. neaq.org = Effects of Climate on Variability in Lyme Disease Incidence in the Northeastern United States Received for publication May 7, 2002; accepted for publication October 7, 2002. aje.oxfordjournals.org Effect of Climate Change on Lyme Disease Risk in North America ncbi.nlm.nih.gov From 2005 to 2010, the number of Wisconsinites contracting Lyme each year jumped from 26 to 44 of every 100,000 people. and OF MICE AND MEN ... AND ACORNS huffingtonpost.com or the Cliff Notes en.wikipedia.org .