It could have, and should have, been written about the UK as well, definitely by 1989, but our health department did nothing.
By 1991, the German health authorities began to monitor Lyme via all of the GPs. Nothing has been done in the UK.
http://www.nytimes.com/1985/
<BOSTON, Aug. 10 1985— Growing numbers of wild animals in populated areas of the Northeast, the upper Middle West and the Pacific Coast are increasing the number of dangerous tick-borne diseases, a Harvard scientist has warned.
Thousands of cases of Lyme disease, Babesiosis, equine encephalitis and Rocky Mountain spotted fever are now being seen, Dr. Andrew Spielman, professor of tropical public health at the Harvard School of Public Health, said recently. There are also many cases of canine heart worm, which may be transmitted to humans by a mosquito.
''This is an extremely important problem in terms of numbers of people involved,'' he said. ''It causes thousands of cases a year, a small number of deaths and much disability. There's been an increase in transmission in both range and, in particular locations, in intensity.''
Lyme Disease Most Prevalent
The most prevalent is Lyme disease, named for an eastern Connecticut town where an epidemic occurred in 1975.
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He said he suspected that migratory birds were responsible for the movement of the ticks into new regions.........
http://www.nytimes.com/1985/08/11/us/rise-in-tick-borne-ailments-over-wide-area-is-reported.html?smid=fb-share
