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Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia
Invasion of mutant blood-sucking ticks hits Russia, with hospitals running out of vaccines to treat bite victims
2020-06-02
I can’t remember which plague was blood sucking insects...
Blood sucking democrats in Russia ?
Lawyers?
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news]
  • Hybrid said to combine 'worst qualities' of two common types of Russian tick

  • The discovery comes amid swarm of ticks, said to be caused by a warmer winter

  • In one region of Siberia, reports say there are 428 times more ticks than usual

  • Concerns raised over hospitals running out of immunoglobulin to treat Lyme disease and encephalitis vaccine

  • Almost 2% of the ticks carry viral encephalitis, and a third carry Lyme disease
Posted by:Skidmark

#7  Darth - if those ones are glowing, at least they're easier to spot. Then again, I wouldn't want to be the Peter Parker result of getting bitten by one of 'em; at least Spider Man was cool looking.
Posted by: Raj   2020-06-02 09:56  

#6  Or did they come from the Chernobyl radiation zone?
Posted by: DarthVader   2020-06-02 09:17  

#5  Are these ticks invading from China?
Posted by: AlanC   2020-06-02 08:25  

#4  So, when out picking mushrooms, be careful!
Posted by: Clem   2020-06-02 06:56  

#3  'These include encephalitis - an inflammation of the brain which is estimated to have killed more than 150,000 in 2015 - and the often debilitating if untreated Lyme disease."

150,000 thousand deaths in 2015...hmmmm.
Posted by: Clem   2020-06-02 05:26  

#2  ^Vegan academics?
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2020-06-02 01:50  

#1  There are non-blood-sucking ticks?
Posted by: Glenmore   2020-06-02 01:44  

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