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Re:Mosquito saliva alone has profound effects on the human i... by dwighttk on Monday August 23, 2021 @06:33PM (#28282884)
Instead of a Lyme vaccine we should work on spreading this to everyone

(Or you know, we could do both.)

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Re:Mosquito saliva alone has profound effects on the human i... by adrianN on Tuesday August 24, 2021 @06:07AM (#28286838)
Spread it to ticks' normal prey, deer and what ever else they normally feed on.
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Re:Mosquito saliva alone has profound effects on the human i... by leblancfg on Tuesday August 24, 2021 @10:43AM (#28289484)
I’d say humans’ success rate at modifying ecosystems to eliminate parasites is… a failure at best.

Life, uh, finds a way.

So I wouldn’t advocate for that approach.

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Re:Mosquito saliva alone has profound effects on the human i... by adrianN on Tuesday August 24, 2021 @03:15PM (#28293513)
I know of one success story: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dracunculus_medinensis is almost gone
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