>>129835It's still an indication that this method isn't terrible either.
So far there are too little studies on both sides of the argument to justify using one over the other. I've been following that subject closely myself, seeing as not only I once got Lyme disease, but I also got another infection I still haven't recovered from.
No matter how you remove it, the tick may regurgitate its infectious cocktail. If you do it with tweezers or a dedicated tick remover, you have chances of the tick feeling threatened and thus transmit the disease, even more if you accidentally crush it; your best bet is to be very fast and efficient, if you keep toying around it, making several attemps at removing it, it's already too late - one second is all it should take to remove it. If you cover it with some cream to prevent it to breathe, it may feel threatened and do the same thing. If you try to make it fall asleep with ether or alcohol, it'll hardly have the time to infect the bearer most of the time, making it the best idiot-proof method.
A point worth of note, jaws don't really need to be removed. You won't get any infection because of these, if you leave them in it'll just ache a little and eventually they'll fall off. So don't get obsessed about it. If you can remove them, well, do so, if you can't, don't worry.
Also, put fucking GLOVES on. There are greater chances of getting an infection through finger contact than anything else. See O. Kahl studies about that.
If you want to really diminish chances of getting Lyme disease, clean the area where he bit you with ether; works wonders. You can also try an erythromycin-based cream applied on your skin, it's not very effective, about 20% success rate, but it's not completely useless either. Such creams are typically to treat eye infections and acne.
Or you can try LYMErix if you can find some, which is a vaccine for Lyme disease, but with so many adverse effects that it makes Lyme disease laughable in comparison.
