Posted on 10/07/2021 6:12:21 PM PDT by dynachrome
Scientists in Japan have discovered yet another tick-borne virus that can make people sick.
The Yezo virus is transmitted by tick bites, and triggers fever and a reduction in blood platelets and white blood cells.
"At least seven people have been infected with this new virus in Japan since 2014, but, so far, no deaths have been confirmed," said Keita Matsuno, a virologist at Hokkaido University International Institute for Zoonosis Control.
"It's very likely that the disease is found beyond Hokkaido, so we need to urgently investigate its spread," Matsuno said in a university news release.
In 2019, a 41-year-old man was hospitalized with fever and leg pain after possibly being bitten by a tick while walking in a local forest in Hokkaido. He was treated and discharged from the hospital after two weeks, but tests showed he had not been infected with any known viruses carried by ticks in the region.
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We’re gonna need more masks.
Fauci says we need to do a “gain of function” booster to make it just a little more deadly and contagious. He has just the right men to work on this and millions of our tax dollars to funnel.
Lock down the economy.
Make everyone stay home with the lights out.
It’s are only hope to stop the spread.
I sprayed myself with 200% DEET. I’m good.
Wokesterism? It would explain their bloodsucking nature - got it via the ticks...
;^)
Wow
Where can I get that.
I am a mosquito magnet.
got it via poly ticks.
The same Japanese Scientists that placed explosive detonators at the bottom of Lake Loch Ness to blow Nessie out of the water?
Sarcasm. approx. 25% deet is most effective,
I have heard that both zinc and B complex vitamins help make you unpalatable to mosquitoes.
It’s not both together, although that may work even better, but individually both those things are reputed to help.
It's 2021. What do you mean by "discover"?
We’ve endured decades of rotten insects called DemocraTICKS.
Another thing that works if your entertaining on a patio or outside.....is put an oscillating fan on the deck.....mosquitoes won’t fly if it’s “windy’.
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