The “ nuisance tick” is a cultural memory, not a current biological reality.
We generally think of ticks as a brief gross encounter with nature. But that memory no longer aligns with the virulent multiple pathogens ticks transmit today.
🧵 what’s changed—and why it matters:
The “ nuisance tick” is a cultural memory, not a current biological reality.
We generally think of ticks as a brief gross encounter with nature. But that memory no longer aligns with the virulent multiple pathogens ticks transmit today.
🧵 what’s changed—and why it matters: