Post #1984415
2026-05-02 16:09 UTC
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@LJ@zirk.us 2026-05-02 16:13
You can treat your clothes with permethrin & it will last several washes. WARNING: when it's wet, permethrin is toxic to cats. There's a company called Insect Shield that sells tick treated clothing & will treat your clothes with an industrial process that lasts over 50 washes. Shower after being outdoors. Ticks are slow to move & attach. If you are not going to wash your outdoor clothes, tumble them in a hot drier. If you have long hair, tie it up, tick it under a hat. 2/
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@aburka@hachyderm.io 2026-05-02 16:15
@LJ excellent 🙃 I'll be spending a week in the woods near Cape Cod in July... already contracted Lyme from that week last year
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@Carol@wandering.shop 2026-05-02 17:20
@LJ I don't know if we'd be considered close enough to the Boston Metro Area to be eligible for this, but I figured it couldn't hurt to try! The person who posted this elsewhere said "a friend was told that her walk to the bus was sufficient": https://dmclinicaltrials.com/lyme-disease-research/
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@Bette@mstdn.social 2026-05-02 17:38
@LJ Were they large wood ticks? If so, they don't cause Lyme, just the teeny, tiny black-legged (aka deer) ticks, spread by the white-footed mouse. The adults are no bigger than a sesame seed & the nymphal ticks about the size of a poppy seed. Wood ticks, of course, carry other diseases. Precautions for deer ticks is the same as for wood ticks, except they're harder to spot once on you. The "bullseye" rash from a deer tick bite won't necessarily appear. Yes, I've been a victim of Lyme. No fun.
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@wronglang@bayes.club 2026-05-02 17:49
@LJ I'm in Western MA and after a run through the woods we got over 30 ticks off our (long haired Border Collie 🙄) dog. It is definitely a bad season for them.
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@JJ@beige.party 2026-05-02 18:24
@LJ Thanks for the reminder to find my spray!