Guest guest Posted May 24, 2001 Report Share Posted May 24, 2001 >From: " S. Lederman " <sm_lederman@...> >Reply-LoveyOnLyme >LoveyOnLyme >Subject: [LoveyOnLyme] lyme disease in florida >Date: Thu, 24 May 2001 23:20:52 -0400 > > > >Hi everyone, > >Took my dog to the vet yesterday. Had a very disturbing conversation with >him about lyme disease in so. florida where I live. The vet told me that >about two months ago he received a telephone call from the Fl. Dept. of >Agriculture regarding lyme disease. He was informed that he was to keep >good records and monitor the incidence of lyme disease in his practice. >The >reason he was given is that because there has been so much development here >in so. florida there has obviously been a lot of landscaping as well. >Apparently mulch is being imported from up north to meet demand and the >mulch is infested with ticks! Well I must tell you that this really shook >me up because contracting lyme was never as much of a concern here as it >has >been elsewhere in the US. > >At any rate, about an hour later I took my daughter to the pediatrician for >a check-up and I recounted this story to him. I subsequently asked him if >the Health Dept. notified him of a potential problem with lyme disease and >he said that he hasn't heard a thing about this till now. > >Just goes to show you where the priorities lie. Our dogs are more >important >than our children. What a sick society we live in. > >Sheila >_________________________________________________________________ >Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com > _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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