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it was named after a town in Connecticut because all these people were getting lyme disease...me my mom and my step dad all had lyme disease

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Lyme Disease is named after the town of Lyme, Connecticut. This is where Lyme Disease started.

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Lyme disease did not start in Lyme Connecticut, it was identified there. Lyme disease has been around for a long time.

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