On Tue, 1 Jun 2004 23:19:54 +0100, (Larry
Stoter) wrote:

martin wrote:

snips ...
Lyme Disease is carried by ticks.
An infectious disease caused by a bacterium which is spread to humans
snips ...

Why do so many people worry about rare and uncommon diseases and
dangers, which they are very unlikely ever to encounter and studiously
ignore tobacco, alchohol, junk food, road traffic, etc?

a) I don't ignore the dangers of any of your list
b) because people catch them, I know one person suffering from Lyme's
disease. I've never met anybody, who even knows anybody with nvCJD
although in UK this is a national obsession that has cost the country
billions.