LOL - they’re called deer ticks because they hang out on deer, maybe 1000 of them per (poor) animal (at least per a report I saw). Get a bite from one and don’t quickly treat it, it’s a life sentence for Lyme disease.
Our ‘experts’ are too busy trying to solve AIDS to spend any time on infections which decimate millions of people per year (or something close to that).
I guess birds don’t land on deer to eat the ticks. they do it with larger animals.
Well, go get some “special” group like gays or muslims infected with Lyme disease, and then you’ll get your funding!