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VT Bike Climb & Lyme Talk Successful
The 12th annual Manchester Rotary bike climb up Mt. Equinox was a success, just missing a tremendous downpour which ended by startup time. After the grueling climb, 70 bikers plus families and Rotary members listened to LDA President Pat Smith’s brief discussion of Lyme in Vermont and some of the latest research and treatment guidelines. Later that afternoon in the Manchester Center Library, more than 50 people attended a two hour talk on The State of Lyme & Tick-Borne Diseases 2016 by the LDA President, including a spirited question and answer period. Attendees spoke time after time about lack of treatment in Vermont and lack of physicians to make a diagnosis. Overall, questioners could not understand why other diseases such as Zika were being taken seriously by the medical profession, given a lot of money by government, touted as a danger through the media, and Lyme and TBDs are almost ignored.
Click here for LDA President’s Remarks at Bike Climb
Click here to watch Bike Climb featured on Greater Northshire Access Television
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Lyme Talk
On Saturday, August 6, 2016, the Manchester VT Rotary is sponsoring a talk on Lyme disease featuring LDA President Pat Smith from 2-4pm in the Manchester Community Library, Manchester Center, Vermont. The Powerpoint presentation is entitled The State of Lyme & Tick-Borne Diseases 2016 and will discuss the spread of Lyme disease across the globe and throughout the US. There will be a brief synopsis of other tick-borne diseases (TBD) in the US and also a discussion of the types of ticks carrying the disease, symptoms of Lyme prevention, and current climate surrounding TBD. Question & Answer will follow the event. The event is open to the public and is free.
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Gear Up Bike Climb
The Lyme talk above will be preceded by the early morning Gear Up for Lyme bike climb up Mt. Equinox, also sponsored by the Rotary as a benefit for the LDA and for local charities of the Rotary, and where LDA President will briefly address the riders after they come down from the mountain.