Thankfully apparently Lyme either has not or is not common yet in the western US. I'm crossing my fingers we get a new vaccine before it does.
While the backlash against Lymerix wasn't really deserved, the story around it is somewhat complicated and it wasn't really a great vaccine. (And Lyme seemed to be less of a significant health risk at the time.) https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2870557/
That said, tick bites are mostly avoidable by following the various best practices that have been established.
That said, I've had plenty of deer ticks attached to me over the years and have never had Lyme disease. I kind of get a kick out of hearing about people bringing ticks in to the doctor when they get bit to see if they should be worried. I'm pretty sure my insurance would find a way to kick me off if I did that.