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That’s so disgusting. As someone who’s had Lyme Disease (Central European strain) and 3 other co-infections, I can hardly watch it.
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One has to be a certain kind of pychopath or narcissist to actually do something like that intentionally. And it would not be their first rodeo either.
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Probably financed by you know WHO
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The bizarre tick bite that makes eating red meat deadly | 60 Minutes Australia … (aired last Sunday evening)
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Replies on the thread state those videos are too fast to be ticks and are probably fire ants.
Then you have ‘farmers’ replying saying it’s happening to them.
Well, who knows? once again.
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Be it northern California, the Ohio Valley or Central America, tall grass and warm weather were the perfect combo for getting ticks. In California, I was always able to find them and pull them off before they latched on for the kill. In the Ohio Valley, I was less successful and ended up in a clinic twice to get help just because of the Lyme Disease threat. In Central America, the common ones were very tiny and frequently got onto you in hordes (like dozens at once), but they came off easily, like with duct tape and weren’t known for carrying disease; you just itched for a day or two.
Growing up in rural Ohio 50-60 years ago, we played outside ALL the time. Woods, fields, creeks, backyards, you know, the good old days. Not one tick. Ever. Oh, Kevin got a leech on his foot once, but that was in the water. Mosquitoes were the biggest problem.
Now? I was in northern Ohio, mid-March and we got one brief 65-degree day, perfect for exploring an old property I found. And perfect for ticks. I had to check my jeans every 15-mins to see whether any more were crawling up. Easy to flick off but also easy to miss one or two. And it wasn’t tall or thick grass mind you, just wisps of dead weeds here and there. But, but, but… it was deer country; saw two carcasses while traipsing around. I indeed missed two ticks that day and ended up in a clinic because one bite wound looked different. Got a prescription for doxycycline and a huge bill for my trouble.
What an ingeniously devious plan. What better animal to unleash diseased ticks upon than deer? They are numerous, travel far and wide in field and forest and are very comfortable hanging around human habitats (at least for 11 months a year). So successful it looks as if it has been deployed elsewhere.
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The animals that are primary to the spread of the ticks themselves are rodents and birds. This is how they became so widespread. In Texas, most people who contracted it did not get a bullseye rash, as the strain was different than that found in northern U.S. About ten years ago, we started seeing that lovely round circle and spot. Dead giveaway, but Dr.'s here still deny LD treatment.