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.
It should be illegal for news articles to report on articles without actually posting the publication link
Edit: pertinently, I’m not 100% sure that’s the same publication, as there doesn’t obviously even seem to be a journal with the title Microbiota (their citation)
ITT: People who didn't read the article and realize this is a vaccine they inject the ticks with and is more about proving how the disease works in the ticks gut biome than any human trials. We've had human vaccines for many years, but they were pulled from the market. Yet dogs can get a vaccine today.
No dog also gets a pill every months and it makes her blood toxic to tics so we just pull dead tics off her. They die before they can regurgitate and get the dog sick.
I don't care if this is don't peer reviewed yet or not.
This is HUGE in terms of future potential.
Within our lifetime we will have so many advances in terms of vaccines and drugs to prevent mass debilitating and death diseases, due to new technologies available.
This feels oddly fake. No journal of that name, nothing on INRAE (the research institute claimed to have published this).
AI generated news? I wouldn't doubt it. I know that Chat-GPT is very good at making fake scientific summaries (complete with fake references using real names in the field) why not fake science news?
Also, the vaccine is for the tick..
Not for us to use against the tick.
For the tick..
2 days ago we pulled 12 ticks off our son and 34 off our dog after a forest walk. My brother in law got a bullseye last week and is being treated for to. This would change everything!!!
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.
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."
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.
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.
This is an idiotic argument. Lyme disease can cause extensive and chronic suffering. A cold is rarely fatal, but if you were going to live for a year with one, you’d probably be miserable.
Anything that can make a positive change in our lives should be regarded as exactly that. Yes, there are other problems out there, but sometimes we need to invest into smaller ones to better how we are able to deal with the larger ones. Disease research and study is a perfect example of this, as better understanding builds a pathway to future successes.
If we can prevent a disease with very little chance of minor side effects, then yes, we should prevent the disease. Lyme disease really fucked up a lot of people's lives.
If untreated, symptoms may include loss of the ability to move one or both sides of the face, joint pains, severe headaches with neck stiffness or heart palpitations. Months to years later, repeated episodes of joint pain and swelling may occur. Occasionally, shooting pains or tingling in the arms and legs may develop. Despite appropriate treatment, about 10 to 20% of those affected develop joint pains, memory problems, and tiredness for at least six months.
It can also come back even if successfully treated. If you have another infection that messed with your immune system, like covid, Lyme can come back and make your life miserable.
This is the dumbest opinion I’ve read in a while. I know three people with Lyme disease. One of them is a kid whose face drops on one side if they get too tired. And they are tired all the time because of having Lyme disease.
Just because it probably won't kill you doesn't mean it doesn't lead to debilitating health issues, which we could solve for if we simply vaccinate against it. Let the anti-vaxxers take their lives in to their own hands, but don't stop medical advancement because of them, for fucks sake.
This vaccine may not even be used on humans. It could also be used on other hosts of ticks and may lead to a potential future where the disease gets eradicated.
It's always easy to say it's not important until you're affected yourself.