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<p class="MsoNormal">I have been using permethrin-embedded knee socks from Danish Endurance
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https://danishendurance.com/shop/merino-anti-tick-outdoor-socks/?lang=us</a> (I have no commercial interest in their company.)<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> Sarah Chamberlin <sarahechamberlin@gmail.com> <br>
<b>Sent:</b> Sunday, May 10, 2020 10:05 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Marc Imlay <ialm@erols.com><br>
<b>Cc:</b> AWCAC@groups.io; Alice Ferguson Foundation <webmail=fergusonfoundation.org@mail8.atl11.rsgsv.net>; Beloved Community Interfaith Network <beloved-community-interfaith-network@googlegroups.com>; MD Sunrisers <mdsunrisers@googlegroups.com>; Southern
Maryland Conservation Forum <MD-SMD-CONSVN-FORUM@lists.sierraclub.org>; Victoria Boucher <victoria.boucher@gmail.com>; maipc@lists.maipc.org; md-conscom-extended-2020@googlegroups.com; nativeplantseast@groups.io<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [MAIPC] Lyme disease from deer ticks<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On Sun, May 10, 2020 at 9:02 AM Marc Imlay <<a href="mailto:ialm@erols.com">ialm@erols.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I am in the woods and my meadow all the time. To keep ticks off from the waist down, I always wear full length leggings with socks or tights, alone or under long pants. For my tops I wear commercially available permethrin infused shirts,
tucked into the leggings. All bare skin is sprayed with a lemon eucalyptus spray. I especially spray behind my ears and back hairline. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">This strategy works extremely well for me.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">(Mosquitos and deer flies will bite through leggings so I spray them, or wear long pants over them.)<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Deer flies? Place a Western sky blue strip of duct tape on the
<i>back top</i> of an old hat. Paint this with sticky insect trap glue. I've been amazed at how many flies are trapped there! <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Sally Chamberlin <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt">I got my first seasonal tick 3 days ago. Here is information about permethrin. I was out in the field almost every day last year and got no ticks.
Permethrin is not in Deet. It lasts for 2 weeks. BUT do not spray it on your skin! Only on your clothes the night before. I buy mine at ACE hardware. Marc</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Marc Imlay</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">There are several good tools to use to reduce Lyme disease from deer ticks. None of the tools are great. but the accumulative impact of using all of them can be great.
</span></b><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1C1E21">For example,</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1C1E21">Managed hunts to reduce deer to a natural density (20/square mile in Maryland)
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<span style="color:#1C1E21">2. Tick tubes. </span></span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1C1E21">3. Proper use of permethrin insect repellent.
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<b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1C1E21">4.
</span></b><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">V<span style="color:#1C1E21">accine research.
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<b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1C1E21">5.
</span></b><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">B<span style="color:#1C1E21">ring back the native opossum,
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<b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1C1E21">6.
</span></b><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">P<span style="color:#1C1E21">ersuade everyone to check themselves daily for ticks.
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<b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1C1E21">7. Get rid of Japanese barberry
</span></b><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">and Asiatic Bush Honeysuckle
<span style="color:#1C1E21">from your yard</span> and natural places<span style="color:#1C1E21">.</span>
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<b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">8. Unique herbal formulas after 3 month infection.
<span style="color:#1C1E21"> </span><u><span style="color:blue"><a href="http://mdinvasives.org/iotm/may-2018/" target="_blank">http://mdinvasives.org/iotm/may-2018/</a></span>
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