The incredibly frustrating reason there’s no Lyme disease vaccine

[klipt]

https://www.vox.com/science-and-health/2018/5/7/17314716/lyme-disease-vaccine-history-effectiveness

[himom]

Lyme disease is rampant in Silicon Valley wherever the deer are. And the deer ticks (vector) are very small.

https://www.sccgov.org/sites/vector/resources/disease-contro...

https://patch.com/california/losgatos/the-truth-about-ticks-...

https://www.mercurynews.com/2014/02/19/stanford-study-finds-...

[DrScump → himom]

Crap. #1 on the hit parade, Fremont Older, I used to hike most Mondays.

[buvanshak]

Glad to know that a vaccine was pulled out of market due to safety concerns...Another one that followed the same was the Rotavirus Vaccine [1], even after it was found "safe" during trials.

1. https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm4843a5.htm

[sitkack]

Does the dog vaccine work on humans?

[himom → sitkack]

It’s not approved for human use. A human taking it would be gambling with their health.