<story><title>Why Your Dog Can Get Vaccinated Against Lyme Disease And You Can’t</title><url>http://www.wbur.org/2012/06/27/lyme-vaccine</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>newbie12</author><text>There are actually clinical trials underway for a new Lyme vaccine: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/260471.php&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.medicalnewstoday.com&amp;#x2F;articles&amp;#x2F;260471.php&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;The core problem with the original vaccine is that 80% effectiveness is terrible-- that&amp;#x27;s not sufficient, you still need to take all normal precautions.  The second problem is that many people at high risk for Lyme may already have it, or have other tick-borne diseases that are difficult to diagnose and can be chronic-- that probably explains the &amp;quot;side effects&amp;quot; problem.&lt;p&gt;Lyme is at the center of a number of nasty bacteria and parasites that you can get from a deer tick.  The most effective thing we can do is reduce deer populations.</text></comment>
<story><title>Why Your Dog Can Get Vaccinated Against Lyme Disease And You Can’t</title><url>http://www.wbur.org/2012/06/27/lyme-vaccine</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>evincarofautumn</author><text>When she was in high school, my girlfriend contracted Lyme disease unknowingly. By a mad stroke of luck, it was soon killed by a round of antibiotics for an unrelated illness. However, she still suffers from nightly joint pain; having seen the suffering (relatively minor, thank goodness) brought on by such a simple thing to prevent, I would like nothing more than to see a human vaccine become widespread.</text></comment>