Turns out you can acquire resistance to tick bites

https://www.statnews.com/2023/07/31/acquired-tick-resistance-illness-vaccine-lyme/

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over_clox@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 3y (1 reply)

Yeah, I think I'll pass and just try to avoid ticks in the first place. One day I was following a trail through some tall grass, and by the time I got home, I found I had 3 ticks latched into my skin in various places.

After I got them all off, I was sick as a dog and running a gnarly fever for the next week. 🤒

NOT_RICK@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 3y

They’re disgusting creatures. Takes a lot for me to hate anything more than mosquitos but at least they have the decency to fuck off once they get you.

Diprount_Tomato@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 3y

Someone should make something like a tick vaccine with this

Match@sh.itjust.works · 5 pts · 3y

I found this very interesting! Thanks for sharing

mononomi@feddit.nl · 5 pts · 3y

Cool, might be especially interesting as we expect more ticks here in the Netherlands following climate change.

20gramsWrench@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 3 pts · 3y

vegans in shambles