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Tick Borne Disease Awareness Week
WHEREAS, tick related vector borne diseases - including: Lyme disease, Rocky Mountain spotted fever, Ehrlichiosis and Anaplasmosis have been a source of human and animal suffering and illness in Virginia; and
WHEREAS, tick related concerns and vector-borne diseases diminish enjoyment of the outdoors, public parks and playgrounds, tourism, hinders outdoor labor and reduces livestock productivity; and
WHEREAS, it important to encourage effective and environmentally safe tick control activities, and it is essential to facilitate communication and education among Virginia's tick control professionals to improve the efficiency, effectiveness and safety of tick control through integrated pest management in Virginia; and
WHEREAS, the Virginia Department of Health, in cooperation with various state agencies and government organizations labor continually in public awareness campaigns to prevent the spread of the Lyme disease and other tick borne diseases though public awareness and education; and
WHEREAS, it is essential for individuals and organizations to work with the Virginia Department of Health, local health departments, and local tick control organizations to help decrease the impact of tick borne diseases;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, Robert F. McDonnell, do hereby recognize April 7-13, 2013 as TICK BORNE DISEASE AWARENESS WEEK in our COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA, and I call this observance to the attention of our citizens.
