To: blueyon; 2ndreconmarine; Fitzcarraldo; Covenantor; Mother Abigail; EBH; Dog Gone; ...
Infectious Disease - Tick Virus -> Powassan
Tick virus noted in the Northeast U.S. and the Great Lakes states.
It’s called POW for short, or Powassan, and it, like Lyme, is carried by deer.
No known treatment program for Powassan
Prevention during all outdoor activities strongly recommended !
The virus can cause inflammation of the brain, leading to death in 10 percent of cases
and permanent disability in 50 percent of cases.(Nuerological issues and cause encephalitis)
See post #16 for reference from the CDC
H/T DBrow for CDC reference
H/T to null and void for notification
35 posted on
05/08/2017 7:18:06 PM PDT by
Tilted Irish Kilt
(Muslim & Spanish migrants are like Kudzu--> designed to overload the system= Cloward-Piven)
To: Tilted Irish Kilt
egats.
Thanks for the ping, “tik”
59 posted on
05/08/2017 9:28:09 PM PDT by
Gene Eric
(Don't be a statist!)
To: Tilted Irish Kilt
The virus can cause inflammation of the brain . . . Democrats are immune!
68 posted on
05/09/2017 2:42:29 AM PDT by
Pollster1
("Governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed")
To: Tilted Irish Kilt
Here is a new tick virus named after a hospital complex in St Joseph, MO - where it first showed up. It is the Heartland Tick Virus and is permanently debilitating.
A neighbor is a stay at home dad since he is one of the infected few:
https://www.cdc.gov/ncezid/dvbd/heartland/
77 posted on
05/09/2017 6:59:25 AM PDT by
x_plus_one
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