Williams said ‪#‎Washington‬ ‪#‎state‬ doesn’t want to recognize the disease. 'I have tried to report ‪#‎Lyme‬ to a few health departments here and they refused to take the report, saying it does not exist here,' she said.

Lyme in the islands? - Islands' Sounder

When Mara William’s daughter was bitten by a tick 40 years ago on Orcas, doctors said it could not be transmitting Lyme disease. Williams, a nurse practitioner, is now convinced her daughter has Lyme disease despite a lack...

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