How Do You Answer This?

I have been asked that too, iheartx, and I am not certain. Given the shear numbers of mossies we have here, err, well.....

I am not 100% certain mine was a tick bite or mossie bite to start with.

I had read that 'mechanical transfer' is needed - eg you have to squash it while its biting you, so it acts like a mini hypodermic, sort of. I am not sure how true that is though.

Iheartx,
That's funny, when my teens roll their eyes, I tell them, "that was okay, but you can do better"..... A sense of humor always helps, right?! I TRY to keep that, but not always easy....

about the biting bugs, well, I'd tell them, look at all the people who have Lyme and don't know it...like me, misdx for a long time... Or all the people going from dr to dr..... So, I'd say to just stay strong...TY

Well...I'm sure my hubby and I have been bit by the same mosquito in our decades together, but he hasn't been sick that we know of. We have bats around here, so we don't see many mosquitoes. I think there is one snoozing on the window now, behind a rolled up window shade (outside). They will go in our umbrella when its down too. That startled me the first time I saw one after I had opened it up. He just found a place up higher. They're interesting little guys. I saw an article that said they are dieing off in large numbers in some areas, so there will me a lot more insects around now that they're gone. I think it was a fungal illness that got them.

Swallows eat a lot of bugs too.

Sorry I got off on that rant.

Yes. It's been proven. As with all other means of exposure to these bacteria, it all depends on the state of the person's health as to when and if they get sick, but they have been exposed to it.

articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2012/02/05/dr-dietrich-klinghardt-on-lyme-disease.aspx

rense.com/general94/provenlym.htm

And the one that clenches it:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0944501313001717

People actually have good reason to be afraid and disturbed by this.