I found this to be really weird. Yahoo popped up the following news story this morning:

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/babesiosis-a-dangerous-tick-borne-infection-that-attacks-red-blood-cells-appears-to-be-a-growing-problem/ar-AAKvQcn

If you look at the date of this Washington Post article, it came out yesterday, May 29, 2021. What stood out to me is that the story itself is from 2017 -- four years ago?!?

So, I looked up the name of the gentleman who died and found this article:

https://patch.com/pennsylvania/levittown/bucks-county-man-dies-rare-disease-his-family-wants-you-know-it

This article is dated Sept. 22, 2017. Note that it doesn't go into nearly the amount of detail that the Washington Post article does.

The question I have is, why is the Washington Post rehashing a 4-year-old story about ticks? The only think I could think of was comms. Maybe I'm overthinking this, but I thought it was odd. A lot of the references made me think of COVID-19:

"Most people infected with babesiosis are asymptomatic or have mild to moderate flu-like symptoms such as fatigue, chills, sweats, headache, body aches, nausea and loss of appetite, which can appear days or even months later."

This phrase sounded a little ominous to me, like it was a threat:

"Since Jeff’s death, Crissy and her kids have worked to raise awareness of babesiosis, hoping to prevent other families from experiencing the heartbreak of losing a loved one."

Philadelphia is in Bucks County, so I also thought of the 2020 election. Could this be related to the vote recount??

What are your thoughts?