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There is natural human immunity to ticks, though fairly rare. In those individuals, the immune system detects a biting tick and kills it. https://www.businessi
by inglor_cz 3y ago
There is natural human immunity to ticks, though fairly rare. In those individuals, the immune system detects a biting tick and kills it.
https://www.businessinsider.com/acquired-tick-resistance-why-some-people-immune-to-ticks-2023-6 https://www.businessinsider.com/acquired-tick-resistance-why...
https://www.statnews.com/2023/07/31/acquired-tick-resistance-illness-vaccine-lyme/ https://www.statnews.com/2023/07/31/acquired-tick-resistance...
That would be a superpower worth having. Perhaps a vaccine could confer this sort of immunity to us non-resistant folks?