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Woman With Lyme Locked in Psych Ward For Two Months Against Her Will & Without a Psychiatric Diagnosis

The following English translation of the story is done through an automated process known as neural translations.  Original article here. Although a year old it serves as a poignant reminder of the reality in Lymeland:  https://europahoy.news/2022/08/mujer-de-24-anos-2-meses-en-planta-psiquiatria-en-el-hubu-contra-su-voluntad-y-sin-diagnostico-psiquiatrico/

https://www.europeantimes.news/2022/08/24-yo-woman-2-months-locked-in-psychiatric-ward-against-her-will-and-without-psychiatric-diagnosis/

24 yo woman, 2 months “locked” in psychiatric ward against her will and without psychiatric diagnosis

24 yo woman, 2 months “locked” in psychiatric ward against her will and without psychiatric diagnosis
In cases like this it seems that where they should take better care of us, they cover for each other at the expense of the freedom of a defenseless person.
ByJuan Sanchez Gil

Rocío Muñoz, Carla’s mother, tells Europa Hoy a story that will not leave you unmoved. A young girl, 24 years old, held against her will in the HUBU, specifically in the psychiatric ward of the University Hospital of Burgos (HUBU), now two months since June 10 and under psychiatric treatment when in reality she has a physical illness and no mental disorder as confirmed again and again from the HUBU to the family.

At the moment, Rocío tells us, Carla is under psychiatric medication for no logical reason. “The real diagnosis is advanced Lyme disease, transmitted by the bite of a tick, according to diagnostic tests carried out by doctors outside the hospital.

The symptoms of this disease are very varied: from digestive, vascular, neurological, endocrine to fibromyalgia-like symptoms, as well as a drop in the immune system. The type of test necessary to detect this disease is not carried out by the Social Security because of its high rate of false negatives, and therefore it is necessary to go to external laboratories where tests such as elispot, phagos test, Galaxy nanotrap antigen test and Paldispot, among others, are carried out.  (See link for article)

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SUMMARY:

  • Patient’s symptoms were: weight loss, muscle and joint pain, vascular ulcers, oedema in lower limbs, livedo reticularis, vertebral fractures, narrowing of mesenteric artery, and recurrent infections due to immunosuppression.
  • Unable to find a reason for these ailments her IV’s for treatment were removed and the doctors transferred her to the psych ward where she is isolated, prevented from having a cell phone and receiving visits
  • She has been given unnecessary treatment causing side-effects with possible irreversible damage.
  • She is not allowed to participate in the medical decision-making process and has no human rights.

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I guarantee you that if the U.S. moves forward and hands the WHO the power it desires, there will be much, much more of this tyranny.  It’s important to dismantle the monopoly on medicine as well as science before they become runaway trains.  Many had a small taste of this tyranny during the past three years with COVID if they were unfortunate enough to need hospital care.  These patients, due to kickbacks to hospitals from the government for following dangerously ineffective measures, that nurses called “brutal,” and had zero rights and were held hostage through medical kidnapping. In short, hospitals became government prostitutes.

We saw an unprecedented need for legal interaction in the medical system to get appropriate treatment and care.

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Activism, Lyme

The Great Freeset

https://worldcouncilforhealth.org/the-great-freeset/

The Great Freeset

What is The Great Freeset?

#TheGreatFreeset is an opportunity to set ourselves free by truly harnessing the freedom and power that comes with being human. It is a natural alternative to the World Economic Forum’s initiative, The Great Reset, and the World Health Organization’s ongoing power-grabs.

Why do we need The Great Freeset?

Unelected bodies, such as the World Economic Forum and the World Health Organization, seek to exert control over countries and individuals in a host of different ways. Some of these initiatives, including the WHO’s proposed pandemic treaty and proposed amendments to the International Health Regulations, have recently been in the spotlight, however many initiatives are flying under the radar and hidden from the public.

The World Council for Health would like to present you with an alternative to The Great Reset. With your help, we see these challenging times as an opportunity for change to empower sovereign individuals worldwide. We call it #TheGreatFreeset.

Generations of control, propaganda, and brainwashing have left many people feeling disempowered, lost, and disconnected from the wisdom bestowed on us by those who came before us. Many of us have handed over our power to global authorities – but it doesn’t have to be that way. We can take back our power as individuals, as families, and as communities. We can set ourselves free via #TheGreatFreeset.

How can we stop the WHO and the WEF?

The WHO, the WEF, and other global bodies that seek control us as sovereign people, have crafted a complex and intricate network to achieve their goals. However, there are many things that we as individuals can do to resist these changes and build a better way. Anyone who feels disempowered should be reminded of the old saying: If you think something small can’t make a difference, try sleeping in a room with a mosquito!

We can build parallel systems like the decentralized World Council for Health Country Councils; we can opt out of the technocracy by using cash, cryptocurrencies, and bartering; we can exit existing systems and build new, intentional communities; we can pressure our elected officials to withdraw from and defund the WHO; we can delegitimize these unelected global bodies through art and comedy; we can educate our neighbours, family, and friends; and we can so much more.

Click on top link to find tools you can use to help make a difference!

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**Comment**

COVID has shown the world how quickly our lives can be thrust into chaos.  It has also shown that public health is not to be trusted and science, the media, and those entrusted with public health have conflicts of interests that compete with their ability to properly lead public health.

The Great Freeset is a movement to take back individual rights and nation sovereignty.

Go to the top link for excellent resources, videos, and information about how handing the WHO overarching power is not a wise move and will only lead to more of what we’ve seen in the last 3 years.  I highly recommend viewing the 4 min. video called “10 Reasons to #ExitTheWHO.  The 10 reasons are listed below:

  1. CHANGE FROM ADVISORY TO MANDATORY: Change the overall nature of the World Health Organization from an advisory organization that merely makes
    recommendations to a governing body whose proclamations would be legally binding. (Article 1 and Article 42)
  2. POTENTIAL RATHER THAN ACTUAL EMERGENCIES: Greatly expand the scope of the International Health Regulations to include scenarios that merely have a potential to impact public health.” (Article 2)
  3. DISREGARD FOR DIGNITY, HUMAN RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS: Seek to remove “respect for dignity, human rights and fundamental freedoms of people.” (Article 3)
  4. ALLOCATION PLAN: Give the Director General of the WHO control over the means of production through an “allocation plan for health products” to require developed states parties to supply pandemic response products as directed. (Article 13A)
  5. MANDATORY MEDICAL TREATMENTS: Give the WHO the authority to require medical examinations, proof of prophylaxis, proof of vaccine, and to implement contact tracing, quarantine, and treatment. (Article 18)
  6. GLOBAL HEALTH CERTIFICATES: Institute a system of global health certificates in digital or paper format, including test certificates, vaccine certificates, prophylaxis certificates, recovery certificates, passenger locator forms and a traveller’s health declaration. (Articles 18, 23, 24, 27, 28, 31, 35, 36 and 44 and Annexes 6 and 8)
  7. LOSS OF SOVEREIGNTY: Would empower the Emergency Committee to override decisions made by sovereign nations regarding health measures and would make the Emergency Committee’s decisions final. (Article 43)
  8. UNSPECIFIED, POTENTIALLY ENORMOUS FINANCIAL COSTS: Redirect unspecified billions of dollars to the Pharmaceutical Hospital Emergency Industrial Complex with no accountability. (Article 44A)
  9. CENSORSHIP: Greatly expand the World Health Organization’s capacity to censor what they consider to be misinformation and disinformation. (Annex 1, page 36)
  10. OBLIGATIONS OF DUTY TO COOPERATE: Creates an obligation to build, provide and maintain IHR infrastructure at points of entry. (Annex 10)
This is an important issue and affects everyone, particularly sick Lyme/MSIDS patients.
Go here for “Amendments to WHO’s International Health Regulations: An Annotated Guide,” by Brownstone Institute.
And go here for “What You Are Not Being Told About Outrageous Plans to Give the WHO Power Over Your Life,” by Dr. Tess Lawrie

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Activism

Mask Wearers Have Higher Rates of Infection, Critical Care, ER, Mental Disorder, Neuron Destruction, Anxiety, Death, Impaired Learning & Memory

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-65358308?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA

Covid: No evidence shielding helped – Swansea uni study

April 22, 2023
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The study says further research is needed to fully evaluate the success of shielding

There is no evidence that shielding benefited vulnerable people during the Covid pandemic, according to a study.

Swansea University compared 117,000 people shielding in Wales with the rest of the population of three million.

The study found deaths and healthcare usage were higher among shielding people than the general population.

The Welsh government said shielding was introduced on medical and scientific advice and it will continue to review evidence from the pandemic.

The study also found the Covid rate was higher among those shielding – 5.9% compared to 5.7%.

The researchers said the data raised questions about whether the policy worked.

(See link for article)
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Important excerpt:

“It was sort of made up at the time and implemented.”

Truer words were never spoken.

Study found here:  https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0033350623000628?via%3Dihub

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German Mask Study: Masks Do Not Prevent Viral Infections But Carry Harm

  • Humans are normally exposed to .04% CO2.  Mask wearers are exposed to 1.41-3.2% CO2, demonstrating toxicity.
  • A thorough review of current studies on mask efficacy shows there has never been solid data to show makes prevent viral transmission.
  • The medical community has long since known about the dangers of prolonged CO2 exposure. 

Study here:  https://www.cell.com/heliyon/pdf/S2405-8440(23)01324-5.pdf

Possible toxicity of chronic carbon dioxide exposure associated with face mask use, particularly in pregnant women, children and adolescents – A scoping review

Kai Kisielinski a,* , Susanne Wagner b , Oliver Hirsch c , Bernd Klosterhalfen d , Andreas Prescher e a Independent Researcher, Surgeon, Private Practice, 40212 Düsseldorf, Germany b Non Clinical Expert, Veterinarian, Wagner MSL Management, 15831 Mahlow, Germany c Department of Psychology, FOM University of Applied Sciences, 57078 Siegen, Germany d Institute of Pathology, Dueren Hospital, 52351 Dueren, Germany e Institute of Molecular and Cellular Anatomy (MOCA), 52074 Aachen, Germany

ABSTRACT

Introduction: During the SARS-CoV-2-pandemic, face masks have become one of the most important ubiquitous factors affecting human breathing. It increases the resistance and dead space volume leading to a re-breathing of CO2. So far, this phenomenon and possible implications on early life has not been evaluated in depth.

Method: As part of a scoping review, literature was systematically reviewed regarding CO2 exposure and facemask use.

Results: Fresh air has around 0.04% CO2, while wearing masks more than 5 min bears a possible chronic exposure to carbon dioxide of 1.41% to 3.2% of the inhaled air. Although the buildup is usually within the short-term exposure limits, long-term exceedances and consequences must be considered due to experimental data. US Navy toxicity experts set the exposure limits for submarines carrying a female crew to 0.8% CO2 based on animal studies which indicated an increased risk for stillbirths. Additionally, mammals who were chronically exposed to 0.3% CO2 the experimental data demonstrate a teratogenicity with irreversible neuron damage in the offspring, reduced spatial learning caused by brainstem neuron apoptosis and reduced circulating levels of the insulin-like growth factor-1. With significant impact on three readout parameters (morphological, functional, marker) this chronic 0.3% CO2 exposure has to be defined as being toxic. Additional data exists on the exposure of chronic 0.3% CO2 in adolescent mammals causing neuron destruction, which includes less activity, increased anxiety and impaired learning and memory. There is also data indicating testicular toxicity in adolescents at CO2 inhalation concentrations above 0.5%.

Discussion: There is a possible negative impact risk by imposing extended mask mandates especially for vulnerable subgroups. Circumstantial evidence exists that extended mask use may be related to current observations of stillbirths and to reduced verbal motor and overall cognitive performance in children born during the pandemic. A need exists to reconsider mask mandates.

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**Comment**

Yet, people continue to wear the face-diapers, and corrupt public health ‘authorities’ continue to insist, despite all reason, logic, and science, that they somehow work:  https://madisonarealymesupportgroup.com/2023/02/10/walensky-face-plants-again-but-is-still-in-office/

  • When questioned over the known harm masks have caused children and adults, CDC Director Rochelle Walensky doubled down on the mantra that masks prevent transmission, despite a meta-analysis on 78 studies by Cochrane that determined masks probably make little to no difference in the outcome of influenza-like illnesses like COVID.The analysis also reported: “Harms were rarely measured and poorly reported.”  
    • Go here for a “must read” article on how despite the good scholarship of the mask review, Cochrane has become nothing more than a “political junk science rag.” Within the article is a rare interview with Tom Jefferson, one of the study authors, who doesn’t trust the media (gee I wonder why?).  Jefferson states: “Governments completely failed to do the right thing and demand better evidence.”  I highly recommend reading the transcript as Jefferson highlights the shenanigans within science journals that will do virtually anything nowadays to publish the “right answer,” i.e. accepted answer for the accepted narrative.
    • In this important video, Dr. Prasad reads a statement from CDC director Rochelle Walensky and then states the following:

      “She’s just making things up.  She’s good at making things up. She made up the fact that there’s credible data that we should mask kids between 2 and 5 even though UNICEF and the WHO said not to do that. She made that up.  She makes up lots of things, because she doesn’t actually use science to guide decision making, she just likes to make things up.” ~ Dr. Vinay Prasad  

  • While health “authorities” try and cover their backsides and excuse their incompetence and/or evil intent by stating they had to do something other than wait around for “the science,” a Cochrane study author states it best:

“…it’s a complete subversion of the ‘precautionary principle’ which states that you should do nothing unless you have reasonable evidence that benefits outweigh the harms.”  ~ Tom Jefferson, Cochrane epidemiologist

But here we still are……

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Activism, research, Viruses

45 Times More Deaths After COVID Shots in 2 Years Compared With All Flu Vaccine-Related Deaths Since 1990 & Switzerland Stops Them For Spring & Summer

https://childrenshealthdefense.org/defender/deaths-covid-shots-versus-flu-vaccines-vaers-dmed

45 Times as Many Deaths After COVID Shots in Just 2 Years Compared With All Flu Vaccine-Related Deaths Since 1990, Data Show

The authors of a peer-reviewed meta-analysis of national and international COVID-19 vaccine adverse events during the first two years of the rollout said their findings highlight the importance of reevaluating public health policies that promote universal mass injection and multiple boosters for all demographic groups.

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Important excerpts:

“Our meta-analysis of both national and international vaccine adverse events emphasizes the importance of re-evaluating public health policies that promote universal mass injection and multiple boosters for all demographic groups,” said the authors of a peer-reviewed study published this month in the International Journal of Vaccine Theory, Practice, and Research.

They analyzed data from the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS) database — the primary government-funded system for reporting adverse vaccine reactions in the U.S., which has been shown to report only 1% of actual vaccine adverse events — and the Defense Medical Epidemiology Database (DMED), the medical events database for all active and reserve U.S. military.

The authors also examined data from other regulatory surveillance and self-reporting systems including the V-safe After Vaccination Health Checker, the U.K.’s Yellow Card reporting system, Public Health Scotland, the Israeli Ministry of Health and the Natural Cycles App.

More than 45 times as many deaths after COVID shots than all flu vaccine deaths combined since 1990
Credit: Romero, Fry and Hooker, “Safety of mRNA Vaccines Administered During the First Twenty-Four Months of the International COVID-19 Vaccination Program.”

(See link for article)

For more: https://madisonarealymesupportgroup.com/2020/12/21/warning-3150-injuries-in-1st-week-of-covid-vaccines-among-american-healthcare-workers-pregnant-women-included/  Latest VAERS report and mounting list of adverse reactions & death

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Go here for the excellent downloadable resource, “COVID-19 Vaccine Mandates: 21 Scientific Facts That Challenge the Assumptions.”  In it you will read about studies that found:

  • All transmissions between patients and staff occurred between masked and “vaccinated” patients.
  • 74% of COVID cases were in the fully “vaccinated.”
  • COVID cases did not decrease with “vaccination.”
  • There is no significant difference in mortality between “vaccinated” and unvaccinated groups.
  • 100% of severe, critical, and fatal cases of COVID occurred in the “vaccinated.”
  • Mass “vaccination” has had NO measurable impact on COVID mortality in the U.S..
  • 1 in 556 observed a serious adverse event after the Pfizer shot, and 1 in 1,408 after the Moderna shot.
  • There are ZERO cases of severe COVID in children who did not get “vaccinated,” but the Pfizer shot caused severe (grade 3) systemic reactions.
  • 1 in 59 to 1 in 143 “vaccinated” children suffered severe systemic reactions within 7 days after the second dose.
  • 1 in 9 “vaccinated” adolescents suffered severe systemic reactions within 7 days after the second dose.
  • 1 in about 1,000 “vaccinated” children aged 12-15 had a grade 4 systemic creation after the first dose that required an ER visit.
  • The Pfizer trial did not have enough statistical power to show the “vaccine” is safe in children under 18.
  • Trial subjects were only observed for 2-6 months leaving long-term safety unknown.
  • Serious risks of myocarditis and pericarditis in subjects under 40 and within 7 days of “vaccination”have been identified.
  • The “vaccine” wanes significantly over a short period of time.
  • The 3rd dose of Pfizer or Moderna or a second dose of J&J has not been evaluated for efficacy.
  • COVID treatments have improved significantly and the overall survival rate of COVID is 99.8% in the U.S. and 99.999% for children.
  • Hundreds of studies have observed the effectiveness of ivermectin, vitamin D, HCQ, and monoclonal antibodies.
  • Previous infection with COVID is more effective at preventing COVID than “vaccines.”
  • An unvaccinated person previously infected with COVID has a 99.9% chance of being protected from a repeat infection.
  • Infection and transmission of COVID occur at high rates in fully “vaccinated” populations and a significant percentage of severe, critical and fatal cases occur in fully “vaccinated” people and mass “vaccination” has had no measurable impact on COVID mortality.  1 in 6 to 1 in 9 “vaccinated” people aged 12-55 suffer severe (grade 3) systemic reactions and no long-term safety studies have been conducted.  “Vaccine” mandates have not created a safer environment.

https://petersweden.substack.com/p/bombshell-switzerland-stops-covid

Switzerland STOPS recommending covid vaccinations for spring and summer

The recommendations have been withdrawn for the time being.

PETER IMANUELSEN
APR 8, 2023

UPDATE: This is for the summer and spring, so it could well be that they will start recommending the shots again in the fall. If that is the case, people need to speak up about it!

We have some big news out of Switzerland. They are stopping the recommendation for the covid vaccines.

After years of pushing these products on people, we are now beginning to see countries somewhat backtrack.  (See link for article)

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**Comment**

The country’s Federal Office of Public Health (FOPH) announced that the vaccine is no longer recommended even for people at high risk starting this spring. Swiss authorities attributed this decision to the number of citizens “vaccinated” against the disease and those who have developed natural immunity from the virus.

Finally.  Some logic.

For nearly three years the scientific facts about natural immunity have been shamefully denied and abandoned.

Other countries halting the shots:

  • A year ago Denmark halted the gene therapy injections stating the virus has been brought under control.
  • A year ago Japan halted over a million and a half Moderna shots due to contamination.
  • A year ago Denmark and Sweden halted Moderna shots for younger people because of potential side-effects.
  • Several European countries (Denmark, Germany, France, Ireland, Norway, Italy, Spain, and Sweden) halted AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine following reports of blood clots in people.
  • Back in Feb. after a conference in Stockholm where doctors warned about the dangers of the mRNA shots, Sweden threw away 8.5 million doses of the gene-therapy because people didn’t want them anymore.  

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Activism, vaccines, Viruses

CPAC Warns: Lyme Risk Higher Than Ever

https://www.lymedisease.org/capc-parasite-forecast-2023/

CAPC warns that Lyme disease risk is higher than ever

April 20, 2023

The nonprofit Companion Animal Parasite Council (CAPC) — the nation’s leading source on parasitic diseases that threaten the health of pets and people — is warning that the risk of Lyme disease is higher than ever.

In its 2023 Parasite Forecast, CAPC documents how the blacklegged ticks that spread Lyme disease are expanding into new geographical areas. This increases the risk of Lyme disease outside of historically endemic places like the Northeast and Upper Midwest.

Parasite infections are real and can be harmful and even deadly to pets and people. Lyme disease is a predominant One Health issue, an approach calling for the collaborative efforts of multiple disciplines working to attain optimal health for animals, people and the environment.

11 years of forecasts

“Because of the zoonotic potential of pathogens like Lyme disease, we started providing annual forecasts eleven years ago to alert communities about the risks they pose to people and pets,” says Dr. Christopher Carpenter, DVM, and Chief Executive Officer of CAPC.

“Lyme disease, in particular, is an important One Health pathogen that occurs in both veterinary and human medical settings. CAPC’s Pet Parasite Forecast is critical to alerting pet owners, veterinarians and physicians to the risks this year and reinforcing CAPC’s recommendation that all pets need to be annually tested and protected year-round.”

In its 2023 annual forecast, CAPC reports the risk of acquiring Lyme disease in 2023 is elevated due to the expansive nature of the blacklegged tick vector (Ixodes scapularis).

This increase in Lyme prevalence can be attributed to land use, human population growth, urbanization, and changes in wildlife host density and location. Risks have also increased due to rehoming of pets, as well as changes in:

  • Distribution and prevalence of vector (tick) populations
  • Shifting wildlife populations and their infiltration into newly developed and reclaimed areas
  • Short- and long-term changes in climatic conditions
  • Changes in habitat due to natural or human-induced processes

Lyme Disease Forecast

For 2023, CAPC predicts Lyme disease is a high threat and continues to expand southward and westward outside of the historically high-risk areas in the Northeast and Upper Midwest, including Wisconsin, Minnesota and the upper peninsula of Michigan.

There is a higher-than-average seroprevalence predicted in northeastern Tennessee, western Michigan and Ohio, with high-risk “hot spots” expected in northwestern and southwestern Michigan, and southern and northeastern Ohio.

A higher-than-normal risk is also expected in North Dakota, northeastern South Dakota, Iowa, Illinois, and eastern Kentucky. The southward movement of Lyme is evident in the increasing risk in the Carolinas and Tennessee.

In addition, CAPC reports a northern expansion into Canada, including southern regions of Ontario, Quebec and Manitoba, as well as on New Brunswick and Nova Scotia, due to increased Lyme detection in Canadian dogs. Pets living in or traveling to these areas are considered at high risk.

Testing and Prevention Strategies

The 2023 forecasts – supported by ongoing research by parasitologists and statisticians in leading academic institutions across the United States – highlight areas where more should be done to lower the risk of companion animals’ exposure to disease vectors, such as ticks.

The foundation of these prevention strategies are recommendations that veterinarians and pet owners test their pets annually for disease and protect their pets with products that kill or repel ticks year-round.

A vaccination for Lyme disease should always be considered for pets in high-risk areas. Lyme disease, in particular, is an important One Health pathogen that impacts the health of both pets and people.

Veterinarians play an important role in preventing zoonotic disease in pets, as well as people, by implementing effective parasite control programs. In regions with historically high prevalence and in forecasted regions of increased risk, veterinarians should reinforce their recommendations of aggressive tick control.

CAPC One Health Study

Research conducted by CAPC underscores the value of CAPC’s prevalence maps and emphasizes the importance of a One Health approach to tick-borne diseases. In 2019, a CAPC study confirmed dogs safeguard humans serving as sentinels to alert humans where they are at greatest risk for tick-borne Lyme disease.

“With dogs being tested annually for exposure to the pathogen that causes Lyme disease, we were able to study over seven years of nationwide canine diagnostic data, representing more than 16 million data points — something difficult to achieve when studying ticks and the environment directly. And unlike the challenges with access to human medical records, anonymous veterinary data does not have these privacy concerns,” said Dr. Michael Yabsley, a CAPC Board Member and professor in the Department of Population Health, College of Veterinary Medicine and Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources at the University of Georgia.

Results from the study – “Quantifying the relationship between human Lyme disease and Borrelia burgdorferi exposure in domestic dogs” – published in the prestigious, peer-reviewed Geospatial Health quantified the relationship between incidences of tick exposure in domestic dogs to human Lyme disease. The model established in this research broke new ground by giving residents, travelers and health care providers a county-level map to help them identify areas of high Lyme risk across the country.

“By combining sophisticated statistical modeling with this invaluable canine data, we’re enabling veterinary medicine to benefit human medicine,” said Dr. Stella Self, assistant professor in the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics at University of South Carolina. “This research represents the first step on the long road to developing a forecast for human Lyme disease.”

30-Day Forecast Maps for Pet Owners

Pet owners who want to monitor the activity in their county throughout the year have access to 30-Day Parasite Forecast Maps at http://www.petdiseasealerts.org. These maps, developed exclusively by CAPC, provide a local forecast for every county in the continental United States on a monthly basis. This free service helps to remind pet owners of the continuous risk in their area and the importance of annual parasite testing and year-round protection.

“Because tick-borne diseases like Lyme are ever-changing, the 30-Day Pet Parasite forecasts at http://www.petdiseasealerts.org are an invaluable tool to protect both pets and people with monthly updates that show the risk for Lyme disease in their area,” said Dr. Rick Marrinson, Past President/Board Member for CAPC and owner of Longwood Veterinary Clinic in Longwood, Florida.

Other Parasite Spread in 2023

In addition to Lyme disease, CAPC forecasts that heartworm disease, which is transmitted by mosquitoes, and tick-borne diseases ehrlichiosis and anaplasmosis, continue to spread throughout the United States in 2023. Veterinarians and pet owners are encouraged to discuss how to effectively address the increased prevalence. Annual testing and year-round use of preventive products remains the best means of providing comprehensive parasite control and disease prevention.

How the Forecasts are Created

The annual CAPC Pet Parasite Forecasts are a collaborative effort between parasitologists and statisticians in leading academic institutions across the United States. These scientists engage in ongoing research and data interpretation to better understand and monitor vector-borne disease agent transmission and changing life cycles of parasites. The forecasts are based on many factors, including temperature, precipitation, and population density.

About the Companion Animal Parasite Council

The Companion Animal Parasite Council is an independent not-for-profit foundation comprised of parasitologists, veterinarians, as well as medical, public health and other professionals, who provide information for the optimal control of internal and external parasites that threaten the health of pets and people.

Formed in 2002, CAPC works to help veterinary professionals and pet owners develop the best practices in parasite management that protect pets from parasitic infections and reduce the risk of zoonotic parasite transmission.

SOURCE OF PRESS RELEASE: The Companion Animal Parasite Council 

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Activism, Anaplasmosis, Ehrlichiosis, Lyme, research, Testing, Ticks