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Tick-borne illnesses are on the rise. Here’s how to protect yourself. | Live Science
…To avoid tick bites in the first place, dress appropriately when in tick-heavy areas, Goddard advised. Tucking your pants into rubber boots — or at least into your socks — can keep ticks at bay.
“If you wear boots, leather boots, that come up to your ankles and your pants legs are flopping in the breeze, that’s an interstate highway right up your pants legs,” Goddard said.
Treating your clothes with a spray containing the insecticide permethrin will kill ticks on contact. (DEET-containing bug sprays help, too, Goddard said, but not as effectively.) Finally, checking your body for ticks after outdoor activities is key, Goddard said. If you find a tick attached, remove it immediately with tweezers by grasping it close to the skin and pulling straight up.
Mark tick bites on a calendar so that if you get sick in the next several weeks, you can tell your doctor that you were bitten and the date of the bite, Goddard said. There are some paid services that will test ticks for diseases, as well as a limited number of state health departments and research organizations that will do the same for free. One such organization, NYticks.org, is run by Thangamani’s laboratory. The researchers have tested nearly 20,000 ticks, mostly from New York state, and have a real-time data dashboard of the state showing which pathogens are present in which counties.
“The real-time presentation of data is what is very unique, and very, very powerful,” Thangamani said.
Suppose that a god announced that you were going to die tomorrow or the day after. Unless you were a complete coward you wouldn’t kick up a fuss about which day it was — what difference could it make? Now recognize that the difference between years from now and tomorrow is just as small.
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Spaceweather.com Time Machine - May 15, 2022
LUNAR ECLIPSE TONIGHT: Tonight, the full Moon will pass through the shadow of Earth, producing a total lunar eclipse. Totality begins at 11:29 pm EDT on May 15th (03:29 UT on May 16th). The Moon will turn red for almost 85 minutes.
Other time zones: UT, EDT, CDT, MDT, PDT
This eclipse might be darker red than other recent lunar eclipses. Blame the Tonga volcano. During a lunar eclipse, most of the light illuminating the Moon passes through Earth’s stratosphere where it is reddened by scattering. When the Tonga volcano erupted on Jan. 15, 2022, it hurled 400 million kilograms of ash and fumes deep into the stratosphere. The volcano’s lingering exhaust could shade the eclipse, making it a deeper darker red than usual.
The eclipse will be widely visible from the Americas on the evening of May 15th; and Africa and Europe on the morning of May 16th.
