What I’m wearing on hikes for tick protection — I’ve contracted Lyme disease twice. Lyme seems to be a tax for many people who grow up on Long Island, and I have no desire for a third experience. These ElimiTick pants were gifted to me by a dear friend, and… they really seem to work. I wore them on a recent hike (forgoing tick-repellent spray) and came back with no ticks whatsoever. The person with me later found more than a dozen ticks on their clothing and skin. I’ll roll the dice with intermittent permethrin—or whatever they use—instead of rolling the dice with ticks and then downing 200mg of doxycycline as the morning-after pill. Also, for the many people who’ve asked me about recovery from Lyme: (1) I’m not an expert and no MD, but (2) antibiotics plus a strict ketogenic diet (but neither alone) seemed to be the key for me, and I’ve since seen that replicated by a few friends. Could be placebo, of course, but we do what we can…