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Fern health risk ?
Tim Challenger "timothy(dot)challenger(at)apk(dot)at" wrote:
On Wed, 2 Jun 2004 09:00:47 +0100, Tumbleweed wrote: 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? Because those people may be healthy-eating, non-smoking careful pedestrian tee-totallers, who enjoy a good walk in the hills? And I would still expect even for such careful people, that the risk of Lyme disease is very minor. It might be uncommon in the UK (how common is it actually?) but it's very common in parts of Europe. Germany and Austria in particular, as well as "early Summer meningo-encephalitis" (FSME) caused by a virus, for which nearly everyone who goes outside gets vaccinated against. They have major advertising and vaccination campaigns every Spring. So, personally I'm more likely to get FSME or Lyme disease than die of a smoking related illness. It's still a minor risk, as are many of the risk that get the media going. -- Larry Stoter |
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