>>510351513Borrelia doesn’t cause encephalitis. It can, in rare cases, cause a mild form of meningitis.
If you take a blood sample of the whole population in a rural area, and screen for antibodies against borrelia, roughly 10 % will have antibodies, suggesting a past infection with borrelia.
This tells us that the likelyhood of catcing lyme is fairly small even in wooden areas, and infections are handled by the immune system.
Being bitten by a tick doesn’t mean you will get infected, and being infected doesn’t mean you will be seriously ill, especially if you get antibiotics.