My 75 year old dad got a tick bite and ignored it for three days of fever over 101, no appetite, and severely weak before finally getting antibiotics.
He doesn’t believe in global warming.
Doesn’t believe in internal warming either
Ticks are one species that I hope go extinct. So gross.
Incorrect. There are MANY species of tick.
I’m up to 9 so far this year
Keep in mind that even after checking yourself after being in the out doors they may still be on your clothes or in your hair. Check yourself again the next day. It takes them awhile to burrow in
Also, if you have pets that go outside, such as a dog you take for walks, you need to check them even if they are on flea and tick prevention. Ticks are more than glad to hitchhike indoors on pets and then later decide to rehome themselves onto a human.
Mind you, they’re sometimes happy to burrow in even when they have hair around them. It really takes a friend and a comb to be sure.
OP, just copy paste the headline. There’s no need to retype it and mangle it to all hell.
Ben Edlund reportedly in shambles.
Isn’t there a theory that Lyme disease was created by the government on an island… And that it’s where all these ticks originally came from?
I don’t even recall whether it’s theory or historical fact.
In response to your edit, there’s no evidence of that and there’s plenty of evidence that the bacteria existed in North America before humans.
The book you’re looking for is Lab 257 by Michael C Carroll. I started but never finished it.
No, there isn’t.
It’s neither.
Its definitely not fact. Its a naturally occurring disease which used to have a more geographically limited distribution.
I would make a “The Tick” joke but this is serious
I would make one and blame OP for their terrible capitalization
That’s New York Times style. Headline Has Every Major Word Capitalized. Subheading looks normal.
Well Then I Guess They Want People to Make Jokes About The Tick
Fuck me I just saw that.
Don’t try to remove them with spoons?
They make spoons specifically for removing ticks.
These work well even on tiny ticks. I got some when I was having trouble removing ticks around my cats’ eyelids. I didn’t want anything sharp or metal near their eyes.
Not trying to be funny, but would a plastic spoon also suffice? I’ve never had a tick before.
Had a friend tell me about using dental floss to wrap around as close to the skin as possible, tighten, and pull the tick off. Haven’t tried it, but seems like it might work
The notch is the useful part; it lets you lift the tick off your body without squeezing it. Skillful use of good tweezers does the same. (The ones on a Swiss army knife dont really work for this)
So what you’re saying is my dad held a smoldering match against my leg while I screamed for fun?
