[Governor Dinwiddie]

Grownups should have a choice. Case in point is the Lyme Disease vaccine. It was available for humans until some hysterical group raised enough hell that the manufacturer withdrew it from the market. Mind you, no one was ever injured by the vaccine. It was hysteria over the mere possibility that it might harm someone, somewhere. The identical vaccine has been given to dogs for year after year with no problem.

I would like a choice. I spend a lot time in the woods and fields, and it becomes a huge pain in the butt to treat your clothes with permethrin, then use 100% deet when you go out, and then inspecting yourself for ticks later. I'm sure that wearing clothes that have been soaked in permethrin is probably more risky than any Lyme disease vaccine.

I know friends and acquaintances who have gotten Lyme disease. It is a chronic condition and has residual effects for years after you have been "cured". It is like getting rheumatoid arthritis. Biologically Lyme disease is most similar to syphilis, being caused by a similar bacteria.

I want my vaccine for Lyme disease.

[Eric in the Ozarks]

My Army dad and family dragged me all over Asia in the 1950s. I had more shots than anyone I can recall.
This is BS and so is RFK Jr.