We’re Living in a Tick Nightmare. It’s Time to Go to War. | Warming temperatures and changes to landscapes have combined to help them expand their range and bring a host of pathogens with them
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/11/opinion/ticks-disease-lyme-alpha-gal.html?unlocked_article_code=1.xFA.VtyC.gi4tp_DNhpOv
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OhmsLawn@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 49d
Mom almost died last year from anaplasmosis. None of us had ever heard of it. Scary stuff.
Greyghoster@aussie.zone · 8 pts · 49d
Climate change is a bitch but we still are going to burn that fossil fuel and live with the ticks!
kibblebits@quokk.au · 6 pts · 49d
I admire a planet that changes to rid itself of viruses.
notsosure@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 49d
Wear long trousers and socks.
HerbGrower@slrpnk.net · 14 pts · 49d
Its so hot though, and doesn't even guarantee not getting one. Most of the ones I find days later are under where clothing was.
Also doesn't help that they are absolutely tiny. I can run my hands over my legs and easily miss one until a while later.
hash@slrpnk.net · 4 pts · 49d
You find them regularly?
silence7@slrpnk.net · 12 pts · 49d
If you live or work in an area where you encounter long grass or regularly brush up against vegetation, it's a thing.
Treating clothing with permethrin reduces but does not eliminate risk.
Krusty@quokk.au · 3 pts · 49d
You'll lose that war.