None of the deciduous trees shown in the street scene are found in Baldwin County, Alabama.
While tick paralysis is real, the onset of symptoms takes 2 to 7 days. It is unrealistic to think that the patient would have not seen the tick on his chest for many days.
Zoe calls her football uniform for the parade a "football costume", and Emmeline corrects her that it's a uniform not a costume. When Zoe first met Lavon she knew quite a bit about football and should know it's a uniform.