That's what CDC and the White Ht will not talk about.
Is Eboli now endemic to the USA because of a single decision by a single person?
What about the sewer rats in Dallas, the bats in San Antonio and the Coyotes at the local dump?
Fleas, ned bugs and mosquitos?
They don't know because they have not employed the rigor to know.
They haven't looked and are betting with your life that they'll get lucky.
Mariner, you speak the truth. All one has to do is know a little about tick diseases and how they have mutated, how they are spread by all kinds of animals and how almost ALL the medical community knows dick about it.
As wonderful as the field of medicine is in the US, it has major shortcomings and a healthy dose of crippling arrogance.