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Coming from a place with an endemic Lyme disease problem, I whole heartedly agree with the thrust of the article. I’d add however that in addition to funding an
by cascom 7y ago
Coming from a place with an endemic Lyme disease problem, I whole heartedly agree with the thrust of the article. I’d add however that in addition to funding and research into tick-borne diseases, there needs to be significant research and funding directed at reducing tick populations in an environmentally safe manner (current methods mostly involve spraying your lawn with chemicals, or applying permethrin to rodents and deer in some ridiculous fashion)
- pcmaffey 7y agoAgreed. I vote to reintroduce wolves.
- arippberger 7y agoThis. Reduce the ticks' food supply.
- slowmovintarget 7y agoOr some other means of controlling deer populations, like, say, hunting.
- lostdog 7y agoLike mosquitos, we could create a gene drive for these tick species and eliminate them.
- gleapsite 7y agoOpossums and guinea fowl are both great at finding and eating large volumes of ticks.
- rapjr9 7y agoThere is a fungus that is approved to control ticks called Met52: https://www.novozymes.com/en/advance-your-business/agriculture/crop-production/crop-production-met52 https://www.novozymes.com/en/advance-your-business/agricultu... Novozymes took it off the market for tick control for some unknown reason a year or so ago, though it still seems to be available for aphid control. I had some applied to my yard a year ago, haven't seen any ticks since then, however I also eliminated places that mice nest in and had a lot of brush cleared. Been applying Damminex tubes as well.