Insect Repellents
|The Washington Post: Ticks and mosquitoes may await the pandemic-weary seeking outdoor exercise
Ticks and mosquitoes may await the pandemic-weary seeking outdoor exercise
Although woods and trails provide some distance from people, they are home to other dangers — such as ticks that carry bacteria-causing Lyme disease or mosquitoes that transmit West Nile virus — especially now, when bugs are proliferating. These and other insects can pass along potentially serious diseases with a single bite.
Health departments have been spending their budgets and deploying personnel on covid-19 efforts, which hurts their ability to focus on programs that control mosquitoes and ticks, says Chelsea Gridley-Smith, director of environmental health for the National Association of County and City Health Officials.
Continue reading the article by The Washington Post’s Marlene Cimons here: https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/ticks-and-mosquitoes-may-await-the-pandemic-weary-seeking-outdoor-exercise/2020/08/07/a16c37fc-d281-11ea-8c55-61e7fa5e82ab_story.html