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Quotes for the New Year

A healthy attitude is contagious but don’t wait to catch it from others. Be a carrier.
~Tom Stoppard

The way you think, the way you behave, the way you eat, can all influence your life by 30 to 50 years.
~Deepak Chopra

Your body hears everything your mind says.
~Naomi Judd

Physical fitness is not only one of the most important keys to a healthy body, it is the basis of dynamic and creative intellectual activity.
~John F. Kennedy

Take care of your body. It’s the only place you have to live.
~Jim Rohn

Try not to become a man of success, but rather try to become a man of value.
~Albert Einstein

We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.
~Winston Churchill

Let our New Year’s resolution be this: we will be there for one another as fellow members of humanity, in the finest sense of the word.
~Goran Persson

To keep the body in good health is a duty... otherwise we shall not be able to keep our mind strong and clear.
~Buddha

It is health that is real wealth and not pieces of gold and silver.
~Mahatma Gandhi

Life is not a problem to be solved, but a reality to be experienced.
~Soren Kierkegaard

Love begins by taking care of the closest ones—the ones at home.
~Mother Teresa

Land really is the best art.
~Andy Warhol

If everyone is thinking alike, then somebody isn’t thinking.
~George S. Patton

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Tick Talk

Spring officially sprung on March 21. We have turned our clocks ahead. We are looking forward to warm winds, sunny skies and the smell of fresh cut grass. The daffodils and tulips have recently bloomed and we are just starting with the yard work that comes with the warmer weather.  Sadly, another season has started ramping up.  Tick season.

•             The best form of protection is prevention. Educating oneself about tick activity and how our behaviors overlap with tick habitats is the first step.

•             According to the NJ DOH, in 2022 Hunterdon County led the state with a Lyme disease incidence rate of 426 cases per 100,000 people. The fact is ticks spend approximately 90% of their lives not on a host but aggressively searching for one, molting to their next stage or over-wintering. This is why a tick remediation program should be implemented on school grounds where NJ DOH deems high risk for tick exposure and subsequent attachment to human hosts.

•             Governor Murphy has signed a bill that mandates tick education in NJ public schools. See this for the details.  Tick education must now be incorporated into K-12 school curriculum. See link:

https://www.nj.gov/education/broadcasts/2023/sept/27/TicksandTick-BorneIllnessEducation.pdf

•             May is a great month to remind the public that tick activity is in full swing. In New Jersey, there are many tickborne diseases that affect residents, including Anaplasmosis, Babesiosis, Ehrlichiosis, Lyme disease, Powassan, and Spotted Fever Group Rickettsiosis.

•             For years, the focus has mainly been about protecting ourselves from Lyme disease. But other tick-borne diseases are on the rise in Central Jersey. An increase of incidence of Babesia and Anaplasma are sidelining people too. These two pathogens are scary because they effect our blood cells. Babesia affects the red blood cells and Anaplasma effects the white blood cells.

•             Ticks can be infected with more than one pathogen. When you contract Lyme it is possible to contract more than just that one disease. This is called a co-infection. It is super important to pay attention to your symptoms. See link.

https://twp.freehold.nj.us/480/Disease-Co-Infection

A good resource from the State:

https://www.nj.gov/health/cd/topics/tickborne.shtml

 

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