<instructions>Your goal is to analyze the following comment and estimate how highly it will be upvoted by the Hacker News community.</instructions><comment><author>inter_netuser</author><text>Many report chronic symptoms, who have been laughed at for decades.&lt;p&gt;Chronic persistence (at least in some cases) has now been proven.&lt;p&gt;Took someone with chronic lyme to donate the brain for research: &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.frontiersin.org&amp;#x2F;articles&amp;#x2F;10.3389&amp;#x2F;fneur.2021.628045&amp;#x2F;full&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.frontiersin.org&amp;#x2F;articles&amp;#x2F;10.3389&amp;#x2F;fneur.2021.6280...&lt;/a&gt;</text><parent_chain><item><author>spicybright</author><text>As a US new england-er, this is game changer for walking through woods.&lt;p&gt;For those un-informed, on a walk through any woods, you should always wear high socks, and do a full body check for ticks after.&lt;p&gt;Deer ticks can be as small as a few grains of sand, and near undetectable if they latch on unless you have sharp eyes.&lt;p&gt;Obviously they can transmit lymes.&lt;p&gt;I had a close encounter a few years ago, but very luckily giant rings appeared around the bite site, making it a very easy diagnosis.&lt;p&gt;That only happens in 30% of cases though. The rest likely have no idea, and over time the disease will work it&amp;#x27;s way into your nervous system, causing permanent damage if not treated quickly enough.</text></item></parent_chain></comment><story><title>A shot to prevent Lyme disease  could be on its way</title><url>https://www.outsideonline.com/health/wellness/lyme-disease-prevention-antibody-shot/</url></story>
<instructions>Your goal is to analyze the following comment and estimate how highly it will be upvoted by the Hacker News community.</instructions><comment><author>ChrisMarshallNY</author><text>I&amp;#x27;ve pulled four of the little bastards off me, this summer (so far).&lt;p&gt;They have gotten much worse, in the last few years (Long Island, NY).&lt;p&gt;I also know a few (several) folks that have had &lt;i&gt;very&lt;/i&gt; bad, life-changing debilitation, as a result of Lyme. I&amp;#x27;m aware of one (that I never met), who died from complications of Lyme. I also have a family member, that got it pretty badly, recovered completely, and now seems to be immune.&lt;p&gt;I&amp;#x27;m having myself checked at the doctor, next week.</text><parent_chain><item><author>spicybright</author><text>As a US new england-er, this is game changer for walking through woods.&lt;p&gt;For those un-informed, on a walk through any woods, you should always wear high socks, and do a full body check for ticks after.&lt;p&gt;Deer ticks can be as small as a few grains of sand, and near undetectable if they latch on unless you have sharp eyes.&lt;p&gt;Obviously they can transmit lymes.&lt;p&gt;I had a close encounter a few years ago, but very luckily giant rings appeared around the bite site, making it a very easy diagnosis.&lt;p&gt;That only happens in 30% of cases though. The rest likely have no idea, and over time the disease will work it&amp;#x27;s way into your nervous system, causing permanent damage if not treated quickly enough.</text></item></parent_chain></comment><story><title>A shot to prevent Lyme disease  could be on its way</title><url>https://www.outsideonline.com/health/wellness/lyme-disease-prevention-antibody-shot/</url></story>