And brilliant Prof Chris Whitty emphasising to doctors, academics and public health that uncertainties must be made clear. Or trust is lost. You cannot reach people if they don't trust you.

In case any health professionals or charity communicators still here haven't seen, a useful seminar coming up.

Total cases slightly down from 2023, maybe because more diagnosed at EM stage and don't need a test (let us hope!). The South West still by far the most cases per head of population. @UKHSA_SouthWest @dartmoornpa

Summer’s a great time to get outside, but ticks love the outdoors too. 🌳☀️ If you're walking through grassy or wooded areas, take a look at our guidance to help you stay safe and #BeTickAware. 👇

Great notice board in Richmond Park @FRPTweets raising awareness of #ticks and #Lyme disease @theroyalparks. Anyone else need leaflets or images? Just contact us.

As the #tick season gets underway step over to https://t.co/9uAv2I1b39 for information and discussions about #Lymedisease and other tick-borne diseases.

Editor's choice @bmj.com-“The task we face ... in medicine and healthcare is to hold firm to information that’s trusted, ..”. But trusted by whom? By doctors who say continuing symptoms after #Lyme disease are not due to Lyme? Or researchers publishing data showing they might be?

In the UK #Lymearthritis is fairly rare. But if you happen to have arthritis and high CRP with #Lyme then a @RheumatologyUK doc may see you. If you still have symptoms post treatment ask them to read https://t.co/JEMe9qYhBO We need Docs to take an interest @bendymarsh @smhopkins

Rather surprised that this @bmj_latest editorial is not #OpenAccess. Any reason @BMJPatientEd? Patient involvement in developing clinical guidelines

We hope you will genuinely engage patients & the public in continuing research into UK #Lyme disease. Look forward to hearing from you! Guidelines currently based on European research & we have some differences; they may matter. @LHSTM

Thank you for opening - Interesting to see and hear about new techniques & facilities for researchers. Progress in many fields, though not yet #Lymedisease. We need interested researchers!

We really need this for #LymeDisease or research will carry on stagnating and not finding answers that are desperately needed.

Good video from @UKHSA on vector-borne diseases - the battle against ticks and mosquitoes.

Webinar with @UKHSA on Vector-Borne Disease Thurs Sept 5 10.30-11.30 Register here https://t.co/7gCzrh0YG4 @B_Tschirren @royal_forestry @AndyFirstAidTP @Norfolkbirding @dartmoornpa

Thanks to @PiFonline for keeping the scheme going - #patients, public, #pharmacists, #nurses and #doctors all need to know where to find answers to difficult questions. On any health condition, follow the PIF TICK!

Important #pharmacist can distinguish between a #Lyme disease EM rash caused by tick bite and an infected insect bite. Infected bite usually hot and itchy but EM rash usually neither. @NPA1921 @REENABARAI @michael_dowdall open access e-module from @RCGP

It would be interesting to use this modelling to see whether this also predicts a rise in Lyme disease. Will the Borrelia rodent hosts survive the winter more?@StirUni Livestock TBDs like Louping Ill Virus too?

Thanks this week to Dartmoor Hill Farm Project @dartmoornpa @MoredunComms @APHAgovuk for productive discussion re #ticks & disease in humans & livestock. Farmers, vets, researchers, patients - what a good conversation about what affects us all!

If science writers, esp for @BBC_Future want to know science of #Lyme disease before they write, they might like to refer to our website including the Reality Check https://t.co/9SfIWkXXqd @ScienceNelson. @PIFTick accreditation matters for #health information!

If @LymeScience would look at science more it would find European quality evidence for continuing symptoms post LB. https://t.co/8qk4hUugW0 Don't know why but if we don't acknowledge & research, we won't find out @tickaddict @Tekenziekten @HaraldReiso @TickEurope @ScienceNelson