Thanks for the link, but it gets back to my original problem with the behavior of the tick (or insect) requiring them to first bite and ingest the pathogen, THEN find a second animal to transmit it to. You might find a local "hot spot" of disease this way, but not a widespread area of disease covering multiple states.
Let's say you have a host animal who is infected by the pathogen. That pathogen only remains active while the animal is alive. The death of the animal effectively shuts down that vector. You'd have to have an immense population of infected animals for this thing to work.
It said the deer do not get lyme...are they immune OR does the tick just get on their fur? My daughter got it from a deer tick in the woods...the tick probably hitched a ride on a deer and attached to a branch that my daughter brushed by...it was right above her heart...but the tick was apparently infected by a rodent...this whole thing has lots of questions for sure...100% sure it is bioweapon...
There are dedicated deer hunters who refuse to hunt South of Vermont, they say the amount of ticks covering deer is disgusting, unfortunately , deer move, and they move north, and they have brought it up here in Vermont, the deer will start looking like the ones in Pennsylvania soon.
I wonder, since HCQ and IVM are relatively cheap to produce, whether a broad spraying of those would impact the tick - borne related diseases?
Just saw "IVERMECTIN" on the shelf at Walmart, for humans, for LICE treatment. I LOLd and said, "WHAT?! Didn't they say this was only for horses?" As I walked away, two people went to look at it and started talking...
It took many years to have this spread across the country. One only has to look at the proliferation of non native invasive species of plants and animals into areas where they did not originate. We have mitigation measures to control rabies because it can spread rapidly once it hits a certain level. There is a point when linear growth turns exponential when those limiting factors you speak of are not enough.
Hope this answers your question...
https://www.cdc.gov/lyme/transmission/index.html#:~:text=Larval%20and%20nymphal%20ticks%20can,during%20their%20next%20blood%20meal.
Thanks for the link, but it gets back to my original problem with the behavior of the tick (or insect) requiring them to first bite and ingest the pathogen, THEN find a second animal to transmit it to. You might find a local "hot spot" of disease this way, but not a widespread area of disease covering multiple states.
Let's say you have a host animal who is infected by the pathogen. That pathogen only remains active while the animal is alive. The death of the animal effectively shuts down that vector. You'd have to have an immense population of infected animals for this thing to work.
I'm baffled by this...
It said the deer do not get lyme...are they immune OR does the tick just get on their fur? My daughter got it from a deer tick in the woods...the tick probably hitched a ride on a deer and attached to a branch that my daughter brushed by...it was right above her heart...but the tick was apparently infected by a rodent...this whole thing has lots of questions for sure...100% sure it is bioweapon...
There are dedicated deer hunters who refuse to hunt South of Vermont, they say the amount of ticks covering deer is disgusting, unfortunately , deer move, and they move north, and they have brought it up here in Vermont, the deer will start looking like the ones in Pennsylvania soon.
I wonder, since HCQ and IVM are relatively cheap to produce, whether a broad spraying of those would impact the tick - borne related diseases?
Just saw "IVERMECTIN" on the shelf at Walmart, for humans, for LICE treatment. I LOLd and said, "WHAT?! Didn't they say this was only for horses?" As I walked away, two people went to look at it and started talking...
Vector borne pathogens often do not make the host vector sick. That in large part is what allows spread.
The limiting factor is the lifespan of the host, though. Many of the animals described as hosts here in North America have fairly short lifespans.
It took many years to have this spread across the country. One only has to look at the proliferation of non native invasive species of plants and animals into areas where they did not originate. We have mitigation measures to control rabies because it can spread rapidly once it hits a certain level. There is a point when linear growth turns exponential when those limiting factors you speak of are not enough.