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‘Mutant ticks’ overwhelming hospitals in Siberia
7newsAU ^
| 1 June 2020 8:55 pm
Posted on 06/03/2020 6:30:39 PM PDT by BenLurkin
Mutant ticks are attacking - this is not a tabloid headline but a fact, reported Zvezda, the Russian defence ministrys newspaper.
The mutant ticks have been found in several regions of Siberia.
They combine the worst qualities of two common types of Russian tick - Ixodes persulcatus, the taiga tick, and the malicious Pavlovsky or Far Eastern tick.
They attack people in both long and short grass.
A large number inter-species hybrids which produce fertile offspring have invaded Novosibirsk and Tomsk regions, said Dr Nina Tikhunova, of the Institute of Chemical Biology and Fundamental Medicine, Novosibirsk.
This mutant is capable of carrying infectious agents associated with both parent species.
Many cities say they have no stocks of immunoglobulin to treat sufferers, or only enough for children.
Khabarovsk region says it is has run out of immunoglobulin and encephalitis vaccine.
New supplies are only expected in July, with people urged to stay home.
(Excerpt) Read more at 7news.com.au ...
TOPICS: Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: mutanttics; siberia
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To: heartwood
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posted on
06/03/2020 7:53:23 PM PDT
by
polymuser
(It's discouraging to think how many people are shocked by honesty and so few by deceit. Noel Coward)
To: rlmorel
I got mutant snakes. They’re a hybrid that nobody has seen before. It’s a rattled headed copper moccasin.
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posted on
06/03/2020 7:58:16 PM PDT
by
BipolarBob
(Johnny Cash " I coughed on a man in Reno, just to watch him die" on the Covid Prison Blues album)
To: polymuser
Aaaaaaaaaaagh
Thank you soooooo much
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posted on
06/03/2020 8:01:34 PM PDT
by
heartwood
(Someone has to play devil's advocate other.)
To: BipolarBob
LOL...snakes....why does it always have to be snakes?
I actually like snakes and find them interesting, but I treat even small ones with respect because I got bit by one once when I grabbed it as a kid. It wasn’t poisonous, but I got a little row of needle sized teeth marks...
I can’t imagine getting bitten by a pit viper of some kind with those effing huge hollow teeth...:(
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posted on
06/03/2020 8:03:38 PM PDT
by
rlmorel
(Thinking for yourself is hard work. But it is a lot easier than ignorance.)
To: EvilCapitalist
Im still waiting for Blood Sucking Monkeys from West Mifflin, PA.
Biden is from Scranton.
L
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posted on
06/03/2020 8:05:39 PM PDT
by
Lurker
(Peaceful coexistence with the Left is not possible. Stop pretending that it is.)
To: BenLurkin
Look up weaponized ticks and Lyme disease.
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posted on
06/03/2020 8:57:03 PM PDT
by
fella
("As it was before Noah so shall it be again,")
To: BenLurkin
Liberals. They’re everywhere!
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posted on
06/03/2020 9:13:23 PM PDT
by
TigersEye
(Covid is over. Rioting in giant crowds is in.)
To: LostInBayport
Northern or Southern? It makes a big difference.
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posted on
06/03/2020 9:17:22 PM PDT
by
TigersEye
(Covid is over. Rioting in giant crowds is in.)
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
06/03/2020 10:11:45 PM PDT
by
UnwashedPeasant
(Trump is solving the world's problems only to distract us from Russia.)
To: fella
Lyme Disease is very interesting indeed...what it is and how it may have come to be.
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posted on
06/04/2020 4:57:32 AM PDT
by
polymuser
(It's discouraging to think how many people are shocked by honesty and so few by deceit. Noel Coward)
To: EvilCapitalist
Im still waiting for Blood Sucking Monkeys from West Mifflin, PA.
I've lived there. You're about 20 years too late.
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posted on
06/04/2020 5:58:51 AM PDT
by
Buckeye McFrog
(Patrick Henry would have been an anti-vaxxer)
To: LostInBayport
We need Flamethrower Squirrels more than ever!
On rooftops with the Roof Koreans!
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posted on
06/04/2020 8:15:41 AM PDT
by
rlmorel
(Thinking for yourself is hard work. But it is a lot easier than ignorance.)
To: rlmorel; TigersEye
They look like they mean bidness!
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posted on
06/04/2020 8:24:17 AM PDT
by
LostInBayport
(When there are more people riding in the cart than there are pulling it, the cart stops moving...)
To: heartwood
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posted on
06/04/2020 9:25:10 AM PDT
by
polymuser
(It's discouraging to think how many people are shocked by honesty and so few by deceit. Noel Coward)
To: LostInBayport; rlmorel
I welcome our new Korean flamethrower squirrel overlords.
That little dude is awesome!
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posted on
06/04/2020 7:16:51 PM PDT
by
TigersEye
(Covid is over. Rioting in giant crowds is in.)
To: TigersEye
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posted on
06/04/2020 8:27:16 PM PDT
by
rlmorel
(Thinking for yourself is hard work. But it is a lot easier than ignorance.)
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