I’ve had many a tick on me and never got any illness attributed to those nasty critters.
The usually unseen chiggers are the bigger problem here where one can wear heavy mean chemical protection over oils and still get over 30 bites in some woods or high grasses.
Yeah. Funny how deer ticks were nothing more than a minor nuisance for hundreds of years. Then, decided to infect housewives while farmers and landscapers pick them off by the dozen, but don't get the mysterious ailments.
I got about a dozen chigger bites one time. I spent a whole month trying to relieve myself from the infernal itching.