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kcat
· 5 years ago
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We need to reverse engineer this and make it so the tick will make you immune to diseases and then we release them in anti vax communities
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guest
· 5 years ago
That would empower their delusions though, because they or their dependents are not getting vaccinated but are somehow gaining immunity to diseases. They wouldn't be able to see that it was the genetically altered tick that injected them with a vaccine-like substance that grants them immunity to certain diseases. So as humanitarian this is, it would only be detrimental to future generations when the anti-vax advocates insist that there is actually no need for vaccinations simply because they're not dying.
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guest
· 5 years ago
Of course, I realize that that's kind of what they're doing now (arguing that because they're not dying, they don't need vaccinations, regardless of whether or not they actually got a vaccination under the supervision of their own parents), and that the death/infliction toll on their progeny isn't enough to curb their advocacy, but them catching diseases is exactly what's lessening the impact of the movement on poorer or lesser informed communities. Vaccines are clearly working against measles and polio, essential oils are not. End of story.
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goodoldboy151
· 5 years ago
I actually have the illness that comes with it. 1 in 300 million. Ask me anything!
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purplepumpkin
· 5 years ago
Wow last summer my (former) roommate who came from Pennsylvania told me about this but I thought I had misunderstood or she was trying to scare me! That's so weird.
guest
· 5 years ago
The disease is Lyme disease which some ticks can spread. Increased contact with ticks (hiking, camping, general human encroachment, climate change, etc) is increasing the incidence. Sometimes, people who recover from Lyme become red meat intolerant, or outrightly allergic. Interestingly, having giardiasis could also, in rare cases, cause this intolerance. Usually this sort of thing happens when something about the bug resembles something in the meat, so your body reacts to both the same way (this is termed molecular mimicry). The actual causes in these cases are unknown, so prevention is your best bet. Use repellents when in the wild, remove all deer ticks completely (learn how this is done before going camping in the woods), wear trousers rather than shorts, & look out for the characteristic "bull's eye" rash of Lyme.
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