August 04, 2019
Lymes Disease on Rise; Gang Green blames Global Warming
Timothy Birdnow
It's official; Global Warming is now blamed for everything.
Now it's to blame for Lyme's disease.
From the article:
Wait for it, wait for it, wait for it...
Bingo!
It never occurs to this fellow - one George Vernadakis - that we are better at diagnosing this illness than we used to be, making for more cases. And that, with an ever-increasing population, we are going to have more cases. And that with less use of insecticides we are going to have more cases. And that, following Marx's dream of erasing the divide between city and countryside, we have moved into the domain of disease carrying critters.
It has nothing to do with Global Warming. In fact, ticks that can transmit diseases to humans range well into Canada. Warming isn't going to matter.
He continues:
He does eventually find wisdom in his dotage:
Yah; people are living in places where they didn't used to live, and they are altering the landscape. Deer can be found in many suburban neighborhoods these days. And since hunting is limited it means more deer getting into the exurbs. It really isn't that complicated. Global Warming does not neter into it.
It's official; Global Warming is now blamed for everything.
Now it's to blame for Lyme's disease.
From the article:
According to the CDC report, tick-borne diseases accounted for 77 percent of all vector-borne disease cases reported. Among illnesses spread by ticks, Lyme disease was the dominant one, representing 82 percent of all tick-borne cases.
More than four decades after Lyme disease was first diagnosed, the bacterial infection continues to spread. About 30,000 cases nationwide are reported to the CDC each year, but the actual number of people infected could be 10 times higher. Treatment with antibiotics is often effective, though not foolproof, and there is currently no vaccine.
More than four decades after Lyme disease was first diagnosed, the bacterial infection continues to spread. About 30,000 cases nationwide are reported to the CDC each year, but the actual number of people infected could be 10 times higher. Treatment with antibiotics is often effective, though not foolproof, and there is currently no vaccine.
Wait for it, wait for it, wait for it...
Q: You categorize Lyme disease as "the first epidemic caused by climate change.†Do experts on the disease generally agree that warmer temperatures are driving ticks into places where it used to be too cold for them to survive?
A: There’s a lot of data out there showing a correlation between the movement of ticks and the rise in temperatures, but I wouldn’t say it’s universally accepted in the medical or scientific literature.
A: There’s a lot of data out there showing a correlation between the movement of ticks and the rise in temperatures, but I wouldn’t say it’s universally accepted in the medical or scientific literature.
Bingo!
It never occurs to this fellow - one George Vernadakis - that we are better at diagnosing this illness than we used to be, making for more cases. And that, with an ever-increasing population, we are going to have more cases. And that with less use of insecticides we are going to have more cases. And that, following Marx's dream of erasing the divide between city and countryside, we have moved into the domain of disease carrying critters.
It has nothing to do with Global Warming. In fact, ticks that can transmit diseases to humans range well into Canada. Warming isn't going to matter.
He continues:
Canadian researcher John Scott, for example, disputes it. He’s not a climate change denier, but he doesn’t believe that ticks are moving because of it. He thinks there’s more awareness of ticks and Lyme disease now, so more people are coming forward and being diagnosed. He also thinks the ticks were already in these places for a long time. [Scott had a study on the subject published in March 2018 in the Journal of Veterinary Science and Medicine.]
But I think the overwhelming consensus in the scientific community is that climate change is the main issue.
But I think the overwhelming consensus in the scientific community is that climate change is the main issue.
He does eventually find wisdom in his dotage:
It’s not just a warmer climate that’s moving the ticks around. It’s how we live. We live in idealized suburban communities, where we try to maintain a sort of natural landscape. But that kind of altered landscape is not in its natural state. We don’t have the diversity of species, one keeping the other in check.
There’s been research, for instance, that a drop in the number of foxes means more mice [that can transmit Lyme disease bacteria to ticks] survive in suburban enclaves. [A study published in July 2012 in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, titled "Deer, Predators, and the Emergence of Lyme Disease,†investigated this phenomenon.]
So, it’s a lack of biodiversity, it’s how we live, it’s where we live, and it’s the change in our climate — it’s all driving this. And it’s driving this disease in many, many countries.
There’s been research, for instance, that a drop in the number of foxes means more mice [that can transmit Lyme disease bacteria to ticks] survive in suburban enclaves. [A study published in July 2012 in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, titled "Deer, Predators, and the Emergence of Lyme Disease,†investigated this phenomenon.]
So, it’s a lack of biodiversity, it’s how we live, it’s where we live, and it’s the change in our climate — it’s all driving this. And it’s driving this disease in many, many countries.
Yah; people are living in places where they didn't used to live, and they are altering the landscape. Deer can be found in many suburban neighborhoods these days. And since hunting is limited it means more deer getting into the exurbs. It really isn't that complicated. Global Warming does not neter into it.
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