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2020-06-02 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia

Invasion of mutant blood-sucking ticks hits Russia, with hospitals running out of vaccines to treat bite victims

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Posted by Skidmark 2020-06-02 00:00|| || Front Page|| [5 views ] Top

#1 There are non-blood-sucking ticks?

Posted by Glenmore 2020-06-02 01:44|| 2020-06-02 01:44|| Front Page Top

#2 ^Vegan academics?

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2020-06-02 01:50|| 2020-06-02 01:50|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2020-06-02 05:26|| Front Page Top

#4 So, when out picking mushrooms, be careful!

Posted by Clem 2020-06-02 06:56|| 2020-06-02 06:56|| Front Page Top

#5 Are these ticks invading from China?

Posted by AlanC 2020-06-02 08:25|| 2020-06-02 08:25|| Front Page Top

#6 Or did they come from the Chernobyl radiation zone?

Posted by DarthVader 2020-06-02 09:17|| 2020-06-02 09:17|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2020-06-02 09:56|| Front Page Top

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