Tick Diseases Keep Multiplying: Powassan Virus

Powassan Virus

As if we needed another type of infectious disease for ticks to bring us this one sounds scary as it probably has no way to cure  or protect against it without a vaccine.  Odds are there won't be a vaccine. 

Suggestions:  Take all the precautions you can against actually getting ticks on you.  Check for ticks when you come back from going outside.  Spray your yard, protect your pets, and use baiting for mice to stop the flow of ticks in your local environment since mice a big carriers.  Deer are hard to stop so unless you want to put out deer treatment devices the best thing to do is to treat your lawn or keep it very low so ticks find it inhospitable.