Researchers have developed a way to vaccinate people such that the ticks that cause Lyme disease cannot be colonized by the bacteria that cause the disease.

Scientists develop game-changing vaccine against Lyme disease ticks::Researchers have developed a way to vaccinate people such that the ticks that cause Lyme disease cannot be colonized by the bacteria that cause the disease.

  • astral_avocado@programming.devEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Please just let me go to my local CVS and get this. I’ve considered trying to trick a vet into giving me the one they give dogs (that was originally developed and used for humans but taken off the market for total bullshit reasons) but easier said than done.

    • aksdb@feddit.deEnglish
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      1 year ago

      I’ve considered trying to trick a vet into giving me the one they give dogs (that was originally developed and used for humans but taken off the market for total bullshit reasons) but easier said than done.

      “My dog is very sensitive, please set the syringe here…”

      “Sir, this is your own arm.”

      “Whaaaatt?! Really?!! Hahahaha, how could that happen hahahh. Now do it.”

  • jerkjaguar@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Let’s be real here. Do we really need a vaccine for this? An estimated 200k people get this per year. It is almost never fatal. People can go years without even knowing or being diagnosed with Lyme disease.

    I am not anti-vax, but A LOT of people clearly are. Maybe we should spend more time focusing on treatment or symptom reduction for those afflicted than vaccines and prevention for all people over non life threatening diseases.

      • jerkjaguar@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        1 year ago

        Not for all ailments, but for this yes.

        I recommend checking out the CDC information or numerous other studies on Lyme disease and taking your own position rather than blindly excepting a random article on social media as truth and the only acceptable opinion.

        • AbidanYre@lemmy.worldEnglish
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          1 year ago

          The fact that they put effort into making a vaccine makes it pretty clear what the medical community’s position is.

          • catsan@feddit.deEnglish
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            1 year ago

            Well, yes and and no. If the medical community was free to choose and not utterly dependant on financing from pharmaceutical and other companies, there’d be a ton more vaccines and medications available already. This stuff is really going downhill since the 80s.