Ticks -- gotta love 'em!!! Right?

Question

Lyme disease, the most widespread vector-borne disease in the U.S., will expand it’s range in North America as winters warm and ticks proliferate. Models project that the area suitable for tick habitat will quadruple by the 2080’s.

Are you ready for this Brave New World, and the other impacts related to global climate change?

Answer 1

yah I can just spray all my pesticides on my lawn and I’m set=)

Answer 2

I'm more than ready.  With Obama as my leader, bring on the ticks!  He'll talk 'em to death.

Answer 3

No, I always break their heads off and have to get someone to dig them out.  The wounds are pretty dirty and don't heal well, then leave nasty scars.

bob326 -

Now I'll know how to spot you... it may be 110 dgrees out, but you'll be the guy wearing long pants, tucked into his socks!

Answer 4

Yawn.....  Models also show that the Earth was at the center of the solar system.  

Like anything else garbage into models........

Answer 5

Already happening where I grew up.   Not a tick on me in 18 years at home.   Went back there two years ago and had them on me all the time.   Winters are mild so more deer survive and carry the ticks around plus they just don't die off themselves.   Hopefully this last winter killed plenty of them off.

Answer 6

my mate had lymes from a tick bite. the doctor didnt recognise it; said it was ringworm and gave her antifungal cream!

when it spread out to the main nerve in her groin she was suddenly in agony. went back to a different doctor who gave her antibiotic injection and course, just in time. if it gets into your nervous system it can cause permanent damage.

Answer 7

How will the current global cooling effect the ticks?

Answer 8

OMG...what going to happen next in this silly global warming thing?  Ticks?  Yeah, right!  Soon parrots will be nesting year round in my spruce trees too...and I'll have to watch for camels and crocs when walking though the park.

Like..who said that ticks are going to proliferate?  Who came up with that one?  I'd love to debate the models for future tick infestations with whoever dreamed that up! I'd win in a minute, so I want it televised!

People have to start educating yourselves a bit on this topic, the hoax has gone on too long and it's starting to send droves of folks around the bend.  Man made global warming has never happened and never will.  Nobody can show otherwise.  We don't have the ability to change our climate even if we chose to, and to date we certainly haven't.

There is a tightly-knit group of politicians and lobbyists out there who signed up some wanna-be scientists and called themselves experts on global warming.  Please don't take these misfits too seriously, they're all in it for mind control, money, and power.  That's the only Brave New World we'd ever see if they had their way.  Thankfully there are growing numbers of people who recognize what they're up to and won't allow it to happen.

Answer 9

Nah, ticks don't bother me. Live in the UK, we already have them. In those areas where there is a lot of dead vegetation or leaf litter and passing host animals, I would keep myself covered. Lyme disease is treatable with antibiotics.

http://www.wadhurst.demon.co.uk/lyme/lym...

It is the other infectious diseases and death that bothers me.

http://www.sierraclub.org/energy/health/

http://www.science.org.au/nova/081/081ke...

Answer 10

Good I hope they all move North.  They already encompass most of the North American Continent as well as other little nasty things that bite.

Answer 11

Ticks? That's what you are worried about? Really? Like many other diseases, lyme disease can easily be prevented. Here are a few tips:

-During outside activities, wear long sleeves and long pants tucked into socks. Wear a hat, and tie hair back.

-Use insecticides to repel or kill ticks. Repellents containing the compound DEET can be used on exposed skin except for the face, but they do not kill ticks and are not 100% effective in discouraging ticks from biting. Products containing permethrin kill ticks, but they cannot be used on the skin -- only on clothing. When using any of these chemicals, follow label directions carefully. Be especially cautious when using them on children.

-After outdoor activities, check yourself for ticks, and have a "buddy" check you, too. Check body areas where ticks are commonly found: behind the knees, between the fingers and toes, under the arms, in and behind the ears, and on the neck, hairline, and top of the head. Check places where clothing presses on the skin.

-Remove attached ticks promptly. Removing a tick before it has been attached for more than 24 hours greatly reduces the risk of infection. Use tweezers, and grab as closely to the skin as possible. Do not try to remove ticks by squeezing them, coating them with petroleum jelly, or burning them with a match.

-Large brown ticks that are commonly found on dogs and cattle do not carry the Lyme disease bacterium. If you remove a very small tick and want to have it tested for Lyme disease, place it in a clean pill vial or tight-sealed plastic storage bag with a moistened cotton swab. Contact your health-care provider and local health department.

Ticks aren't exactly on my list of things to worry about.

Good one J.S.....

Answer 12

Ticks not the main problem its the other parasites that migrate from the south which are more worrying especially so when crop yields fail and food prices soar.