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One low dosage, odor controlled garlic tab a day will keep those nasty buggers off of you, guaranteed.
I don't remember which one of you recommended that to me a few years ago, but it works.
Tuesday, May 10, 2022
Powassan virus case confirmed in Connecticut
A Connecticut man in his 50s is recovering from a rare and potentially dangerous viral infection caused by a tick bite, health officials said. The man was hospitalized with a central nervous system disease in March and tested positive for Powassan virus, the Connecticut Department of Public Health announced. He was treated, released, and is recovering at home.
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When son was little he loooved garlic; he'd go to the garden, pull up a bulb, eat one or two cloves, and replant the rest.
ReplyDeleteHe had a bit of aroma, but when we went fishing and camping not one bug would hassle him.
That is completely awesome. Proud parent, that's my boy!
DeleteHow MG is Low Dose?
ReplyDeleteThe stuff I take is 1000mg and is labeled Heart Healthy and Odor Controlled.
DeleteThanks!
DeleteThe stuff works. I went from getting 5-6 ticks on me every time I was in some woods here to maybe 1 or 2 a year after I started taking it.
DeleteGive it a couple days to get into your system, then take 1 tab a day during the warm months.
For the non-garlic eaters: when I go hiking, I take a clean rag about the size of a washcloth and put a few drops of pure DEET on one end of it and stuff the other end in my back pocket. I’ve never had a tick bite since. Putting it on the rag and not your skin or clothes keeps the amount that is absorbed in you to an absolute minimum.
ReplyDeleteThat's a great idea, especially since I love garlic.
ReplyDeleteWhat I use, especially during fall grouse hunting season is permethrin. It works great, but is expensive and I never could get everything covered completely. So now I buy the permethrin concentrate from my local farm store and dilute it down to the 0.5 to 1.0% range. The Sawyer spray is 0.5%. I mix up the concentrate in 2 gallons of water in a clean bucket and then soak clothes in it for a few hours. Warning, the stuff I use smells terrible when soaking. Do this outside and hang the clothes outside for a few days. Cheap and works great. The clothes can be washed a few times before the permethrin washes out.