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Apologies for starting a new string, For reasons I cant figure out, I can'=
t reply to NatureNS at the e-mail address I receive it, and I dont receive =
it at this e-mail address but I can post to NatureNS. So for context, at th=
e bottom of this message. I have pasted in the string on ticks started by =
DW
I think we need to ask what is it about NS that is so favourable to ticks, =
rather than how did they get here.
There is an excellent overview of the spread of lyme and factors affecting =
it in
"Ticks rising" ("In a warming world, ticks thrive in more places than ever =
before, making Lyme disease the first epidemic of climate change") by Mary =
Beth Pfeiffer "an investigative journalist for three decades, began reporti=
ng on Lyme disease in 2012 for the Poughkeepsie Journal. Her latest book is=
Lyme: The First Epidemic of Climate Change (2018)." Posted on aeon.co Apr =
2, 2018
EXCERPTS
"Lyme disease has a singular distinction. It is an illness spread by ticks,=
the EPA report states, whose =18 populations are influenced by many factor=
s, including climate=19.
"In states from Maine to Florida and New York to California, across the bre=
adth of southern Canada and in many parts of Europe, once-sweeping woodland=
s have been reduced and divided, often into idealised forest fragments at t=
he periphery of residential tracts =13 places where people can be close to,=
support and observe wildlife. Multitudes live, work and play in or near th=
ese green spaces in a new epoch tentatively called the Anthropocene, the er=
a marked by the hand of humanity. The irony is that these adulterated slice=
s of nature and de facto nature preserves are incubators, in many of these =
places, of Lyme disease. The smaller the patch, in fact, the higher the pro=
portion of diseased ticks, as documented in a study in Dutchess County, New=
York, where the per-capita rate of Lyme disease is among the world=19 s hi=
ghest.
"In these fragments, small mammals, such as white-footed mice in North Amer=
ica and garden dormice in Europe, have found havens, thriving in the absenc=
e of predators such as foxes. In the language of tick-borne disease, the mo=
use is quaintly called a =18 host=19 for ticks and a =18 reservoir=19 of Ly=
me disease, the place where baby ticks, almost too small to be seen, get th=
eir first sip of infection. In city parks, suburban tracts and exurban pres=
erves, people come skin-to-skin with these ticks. In scores of studies, oth=
er environmental factors besides climate change, many controlled by human b=
eings, are pointed to as drivers of this epidemic. The slicing and dicing o=
f forests, and the loss of biodiversity that followed, is surely high on a =
complex and evolving list.
"But while there is no single explanation for the 20th-century emergence of=
Lyme disease, there is ample evidence that climate change has played no sm=
all part. ..." and then there is lots more on climate warming
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There's a map of Lyme Disease risk areas on a federal government web page, =
here:
https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/diseases/lyme-disease/risk-=
lyme-disease.html#map
Risk of Lyme disease to Canadians - Canada.ca<https://www.canada.ca/en/publ=
ic-health/services/diseases/lyme-disease/risk-lyme-disease.html#map>
www.canada.ca
Learn about the risks of getting Lyme disease and where in Canada you are m=
ost at risk.
perhaps a little out of date, and a more detailed one for Nova Scotia, here=
:
https://novascotia.ca/dhw/CDPC/lyme.asp
Communicable Diseases - Lyme Disease | novascotia.ca<https://novascotia.ca/=
dhw/CDPC/lyme.asp>
novascotia.ca
Where are the risk areas for Lyme disease in Nova Scotia? Blacklegged ticks=
survive best in areas that provide a moist habitat, such as wooded or fore=
sted areas, because the trees provide shade, and leaves provide protective =
ground cover.
Just wondering: Do blacklegged ticks really use birds as a means of dispers=
al? That story about birds bringing them into NS doesn't pass the smell tes=
t.
--- Peter Payzant
On 2018-06-15 8:43 AM, Bev Wigney wrote:
John -- Is there a particular migratory path that leads to Nova Scotia? I'=
m thinking of how there are some bad tick hotspots on the coastal parts of =
the eastern U.S. (like New Jersey) and maybe the birds that pass through th=
ose particular areas are the ones coming here. Also, I'm wondering about t=
he accuracy of the info about ticks with Lyme being worse here. I believe =
I saw a map not long ago -- maybe on the CBC website -- showing that New Br=
unswick has some comparably bad Lyme hotspots.
By the way -- so far, this is turning out to be quite a ticky summer around=
my place and I'm hearing much the same from friends around here (Annapolis=
Royal). Normally, the ticks seem to be less by the beginning of July. Ho=
pe that will be the case this summer.
Bev
On Fri, Jun 15, 2018 at 8:07 AM, John Kearney <john.kearney@ns.sympatico.ca=
<mailto:john.kearney@ns.sympatico.ca>> wrote:
Hi David and all,
That=92s a very good question. I=92ve heard the same reason given for why w=
e have the Hemlock Woolley Adelgid in Nova Scotia but not in northern Maine=
and New Brunswick. I=92m not aware of any evidence indicating that more sp=
ring migrants fly to Nova Scotia than Maine or New Brunswick.
John
From: naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca<mailto:naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca> <=
naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca<mailto:naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca> > On Be=
half Of David
Sent: Thursday, June 14, 2018 17:10
To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca<mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca>
Subject: [NatureNS] Lyme disease
Dear All,
In the July issue of Maclean's (p.17) are interesting data on Lyme dise=
ase incidence in Canada. The much higher incidence in NS, 21.5 times as hig=
h as the average incidence in the other nine provinces, is attributed to "c=
limate and the large number of migratory birds carrying ticks from the US."
I don't follow why NS would be hit the hardest.
Yt, DW
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ming world, ticks thrive in more places than ever before, making Lyme disea=
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xt-size-adjust: auto;">"Lyme disease has a singular distinction. It is=
an illness spread by ticks, the EPA report states, whose  populations=
are influenced by many factors, including
climate.</span><br style=3D"caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: -=
webkit-standard; text-size-adjust: auto;">
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<span style=3D"caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: -webkit-standard; te=
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o California, across the breadth of southern Canada and in many parts of Eu=
rope, once-sweeping woodlands have been
reduced and divided, often into idealised forest fragments at the peripher=
y of residential tracts  places where people can be close to, support =
and observe wildlife. Multitudes live, work and play in or near these green=
spaces in a new epoch tentatively called
the Anthropocene, the era marked by the hand of humanity. The irony is tha=
t these adulterated slices of nature and de facto nature preserves are incu=
bators, in many of these places, of Lyme disease. The smaller the patch, in=
fact, the higher the proportion
of diseased ticks, as documented in a study in Dutchess County, New York, =
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vens, thriving in the absence of predators
such as foxes. In the language of tick-borne disease, the mouse is quaintl=
y called a  host for ticks and a  reservoir of Lyme dis=
ease, the place where baby ticks, almost too small to be seen, get their fi=
rst sip of infection. In city parks, suburban tracts
and exurban preserves, people come skin-to-skin with these ticks. <b>In sc=
ores of studies, other environmental factors besides climate change, many c=
ontrolled by human beings, are pointed to as drivers of this epidemic. The =
slicing and dicing of forests, and
the loss of biodiversity that followed, is surely high on a complex and ev=
olving list. </b></span></blockquote>
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anada.ca/en/public-health/services/diseases/lyme-disease/risk-lyme-disease.=
html#map" target=3D"_blank" style=3D"text-decoration: none;">Risk of Lyme d=
isease to Canadians - Canada.ca</a></div>
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x 0px 16px; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-weight: 400; font-family: wf_se=
goe-ui_normal, "Segoe UI", "Segoe WP", Tahoma, Arial, s=
ans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 14px;">
www.canada.ca</div>
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block; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-weight: 400; font-family: wf_segoe-=
ui_normal, "Segoe UI", "Segoe WP", Tahoma, Arial, sans-=
serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; max-height: 100px; overflow: hid=
den;">
Learn about the risks of getting Lyme disease and where in Canada you are m=
ost at risk.</div>
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perhaps a little out of date, and a more detailed one for Nova Scotia, here=
: <br clear=3D"none">
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otia.ca/dhw/CDPC/lyme.asp" id=3D"LPlnk697734" style=3D"margin: 0px; padding=
: 0px; background: transparent; color: rgb(25, 106, 212); outline: none;" c=
lass=3D"OWAAutoLink" previewremoved=3D"true">https://novascotia.ca/dhw/CDPC=
/lyme.asp</a>
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r: rgb(0, 120, 215); font-weight: 400; font-size: 21px; font-family: wf_seg=
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Segoe UI", "Segoe WP", Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; line-heigh=
t: 21px;">
<a id=3D"LPUrlAnchor_15290662725740.8867117761760204" href=3D"https://novas=
cotia.ca/dhw/CDPC/lyme.asp" target=3D"_blank" style=3D"text-decoration: non=
e;">Communicable Diseases - Lyme Disease | novascotia.ca</a></div>
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x 0px 16px; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-weight: 400; font-family: wf_se=
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novascotia.ca</div>
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block; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-weight: 400; font-family: wf_segoe-=
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serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; max-height: 100px; overflow: hid=
den;">
Where are the risk areas for Lyme disease in Nova Scotia? Blacklegged ticks=
survive best in areas that provide a moist habitat, such as wooded or fore=
sted areas, because the trees provide shade, and leaves provide protective =
ground cover.</div>
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Just wondering: Do blacklegged ticks really use birds as a means of dispers=
al? That story about birds bringing them into NS doesn't pass the smell tes=
t.<br clear=3D"none">
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--- Peter Payzant<br clear=3D"none">
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853713_8425">
On 2018-06-15 8:43 AM, Bev Wigney wrote:<br clear=3D"none">
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=3D"margin: 1em;">
<div dir=3D"ltr" id=3D"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1529065853713_8426">John -- Is the=
re a particular migratory path that leads to Nova Scotia? I'm thinkin=
g of how there are some bad tick hotspots on the coastal parts of the easte=
rn U.S. (like New Jersey) and maybe the birds
that pass through those particular areas are the ones coming here. A=
lso, I'm wondering about the accuracy of the info about ticks with Lyme bei=
ng worse here. I believe I saw a map not long ago -- maybe on the CBC=
website -- showing that New Brunswick has
some comparably bad Lyme hotspots.
<div id=3D"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1529065853713_8428">By the way -- so far, this=
is turning out to be quite a ticky summer around my place and I'm hearing =
much the same from friends around here (Annapolis Royal). Normally, t=
he ticks seem to be less by the beginning
of July. Hope that will be the case this summer. <br clear=3D"=
none">
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<div id=3D"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1529065853713_8456"><br clear=3D"none">
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<div id=3D"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1529065853713_8429">Bev</div>
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13_8432"><br clear=3D"none">
<div class=3D"yiv6588833156gmail_quote" id=3D"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_15290658537=
13_8431">On Fri, Jun 15, 2018 at 8:07 AM, John Kearney <span dir=3D"lt=
r"><<a rel=3D"nofollow" shape=3D"rect" ymailto=3D"mailto:john.kearney@ns=
.sympatico.ca" target=3D"_blank" href=3D"mailto:john.kearney@ns.sympatico.c=
a" style=3D"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; background-image: initial; backgroun=
d-" id=3D"LPlnk270333" class=3D"OWAAutoLink" previewremoved=3D"true">john.k=
earney@ns.sympatico.ca</a>></span> wrote:<br clear=3D"none">
<blockquote class=3D"yiv6588833156gmail_quote" id=3D"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1529=
065853713_8438" style=3D"margin: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid =
rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
<div lang=3D"EN-CA" id=3D"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1529065853713_8437">
<div class=3D"yiv6588833156m_-8476095248633839924WordSection1" id=3D"yui_3_=
16_0_ym19_1_1529065853713_8436">
<p class=3D"yiv6588833156MsoNormal" id=3D"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1529065853713_8=
435" style=3D"margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px;">
Hi David and all,</p>
<p class=3D"yiv6588833156MsoNormal" id=3D"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1529065853713_8=
440" style=3D"margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px;">
<span id=3D"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1529065853713_8439">That=92s a very good ques=
tion. I=92ve heard the same reason given for why we have the Hemlock Woolle=
y Adelgid in Nova Scotia but not in northern Maine and New Brunswick. I=92m=
not aware of any evidence indicating that
more spring migrants fly to Nova Scotia than Maine or New Brunswick.</span=
></p>
<p class=3D"yiv6588833156MsoNormal" id=3D"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1529065853713_8=
441" style=3D"margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px;">
John</p>
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p: 1pt solid rgb(225, 225, 225); padding: 3pt 0cm 0cm;">
<p class=3D"yiv6588833156MsoNormal" id=3D"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1529065853713_8=
446" style=3D"margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px;">
<b><span lang=3D"EN-US">From:</span></b><span lang=3D"EN-US" id=3D"yui_3_16=
_0_ym19_1_1529065853713_8445"> <a rel=3D"nofollow" shape=3D"rect" ymai=
lto=3D"mailto:naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca" target=3D"_blank" href=3D"mail=
to:naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca" style=3D"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; backg=
round-image: initial; background-" id=3D"LPlnk898354" class=3D"OWAAutoLink"=
previewremoved=3D"true">naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca</a> <<a rel=
=3D"nofollow" shape=3D"rect" ymailto=3D"mailto:naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.c=
a" target=3D"_blank" href=3D"mailto:naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca" id=3D"LP=
lnk117893" style=3D"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; background-image: initial; b=
ackground-" class=3D"OWAAutoLink" previewremoved=3D"true">naturens-owner@ch=
ebucto.ns.ca</a> > <b>On
Behalf Of </b>David<br clear=3D"none">
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, June 14, 2018 17:10<br clear=3D"none">
<b>To:</b> <a rel=3D"nofollow" shape=3D"rect" ymailto=3D"mailto:nature=
ns@chebucto.ns.ca" target=3D"_blank" href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca=
" style=3D"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; background-image: initial; background=
-" id=3D"LPlnk397604" class=3D"OWAAutoLink" previewremoved=3D"true">naturen=
s@chebucto.ns.ca</a><br clear=3D"none">
<b>Subject:</b> [NatureNS] Lyme disease</span></p>
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<span style=3D"font-size: 12pt;">Dear All,</span></p>
<div id=3D"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1529065853713_8455">
<p class=3D"yiv6588833156MsoNormal" id=3D"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1529065853713_8=
454" style=3D"margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px;">
<span id=3D"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1529065853713_8453" style=3D"font-size: 12pt;=
"> In the July issue of Maclean's (p.17) are interesting data =
on Lyme disease incidence in Canada. The much higher incidence in NS, 21.5 =
times as high as the average incidence in the
other nine provinces, is attributed to "climate and the large number =
of migratory birds carrying ticks from the US."</span></p>
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451" style=3D"margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px;">
<span id=3D"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1529065853713_8450" style=3D"font-size: 12pt;=
"> I don't follow why NS would be hit the hardest.</span></p>
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447" style=3D"margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px;">
<span style=3D"font-size: 12pt;">Yt, DW</span></p>
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