Not sure how much placebo effect is going to help with a bacterial infection.
Especially with this new disease that was just discovered in New York State last year, you get it within 15 minutes (unlike Lyme which allegedly takes 24 hours) and it has a 30% chance of killing you. The members of my local mycology group are getting absolutely dropped by these things... One of our members almost died a couple months ago after having the white blood cell count of an end stage AIDS patient. It's almost suicidal to go into the woods without pants stuffed into your socks, a long sleeve shirt tucked into your pants, and all your clothes treated with permethrin. I've even started wearing boxer briefs just to keep them out of there at least.
Especially with this new disease that was just discovered in New York State last year, you get it within 15 minutes (unlike Lyme which allegedly takes 24 hours) and it has a 30% chance of killing you. The members of my local mycology group are getting absolutely dropped by these things... One of our members almost died a couple months ago after having the white blood cell count of an end stage AIDS patient. It's almost suicidal to go into the woods without pants stuffed into your socks, a long sleeve shirt tucked into your pants, and all your clothes treated with permethrin. I've even started wearing boxer briefs just to keep them out of there at least.