Doctors Say Tick Borne ‘Powassan Virus’ Is Worse Than Lyme Disease"It’s even worse than Lyme disease. Ticks in our area have been found to carry a rare, potentially life-threatening, virus. As CBS2’s Tracee Carrasco reported, doctors have warned that the Powassan virus, a rare, tick borne illness could be serious. It doesn’t have a treatment or a cure. “The doctor just has to support you during the acute illness and hope that you survive,” Dr. Daniel Cameron explained."
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Started showing up in Bridgeport, CT which is just across Long Island Sound from the Plum Island Animal Disease Center. Lyme's Disease originated in the same area in Lyme, CT which is also just across the Sound from Plum Island Animal Disease Center. What a coincidence...