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Scott was chosen to receive a Sovereign’s Medal for Volunteers in recognition of 27 years of research and advocacy on Lyme disease and tick populations in Canada.
He and his wife Catherine, founded what is now called Lyme Ontario after it took four years for each of them to be diagnosed with Lyme disease.
“Basically I started from scratch,” Scott told the Advertiser on March 13.
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The number of black-legged ticks in southeastern Manitoba is on the rise, which has led to a surge in the incidents of Lyme disease. Reports of the disease tripled in 2012 over the year before — going from seven to 21 — according to Shelley Buchan, the medical officer of health for the southern regional…
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The Eastern Ontario Health Unit (EOHU) is reminding residents to take steps to protect themselves when in areas where Lyme disease-carrying ticks may be found.
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Congrats. What an amazing man and his wife!!!
This well deserved and long overdue award recognizes the huge contribution that John, his wife, and Lyme Ontario have made to the Lyme disease community in Canada. Congratulations!!
I am front USA, South of the Border. Canada has needed a face. John Scott is a great pick. Must not forget the other pioneers who fought and lost the battle up there.
Is John’s name actually John Prescott?
No it is not.