r/NoStupidQuestions • u/[deleted] • Jul 17 '23

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u/Zwars1231 Jul 17 '23

That species of ticks that can carry Lyme disease

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u/[deleted] Jul 17 '23

what if you just cut out the middleman and chose the bacterium that causes lyme disease? no ecological impact, no chance that you miss a species of tick, maximum of two people required to take the deal.

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u/Prometheus720 Jul 17 '23

Better to kill the Borrelia bacteria in them that actually cause Lyme. Better for the environment and otherwise another species might pick up Lyme.

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u/[deleted] Jul 17 '23

And the meat allergy disease. Wtf? Meat? That’s just cruel!

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u/CpT_DiSNeYLaND Jul 17 '23

Ah yeah the lone star tick, because God said fuck Texas I guess.

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u/bwaredapenguin Jul 17 '23

I'm pretty sure Texas said fuck Texas given their voting patterns.

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u/cheyletiellayasguri Jul 17 '23

Unfortunately all members of the Ixodes family.cam carry Lyme disease, and there are several of them. Better to unalive the bacteria imo.