Scientists develop game-changing vaccine against Lyme disease ticks

Drives me fucking mad. I’m convinced that a lot of articles just read other news outlets articles and regurgitate it.

There’s almost never source material cited. I agree, should be illegal.

Found it, real paper, wrong journal. Horrible article by Newsweek. https://microbiomejournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s40168-023-01599-7

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."

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.

Why were they pulled from the market?

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oh no not an influencer

There used to be a vaccine approved for human use, but it was discontinued because it wasn't profitable.

Yay capitalism.

As my vet described it: stuff that can cause cancer on a 15-20 year timescale is a lot less of a big deal for dogs than it is people.

Yep it's due to capitalism. It wasn't profitable to develop treatments for ticks or even mites.

Is it profitable?

7-27 was 3 days ago. That's old to you? I highly doubt that anything about this story has changed over the weekend...

Is your stance really to go all in on treatment over prevention?

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.

From the Wikipedia page:

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.

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.

I'm actually impressed by how bad of a take this is. Well done.

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.

My wife has suffered from post Lyme disease effects for the last decade. Yes we need a vaccine for this.

We're kinda past the point where ONLY lethal diseases need to be prevented, yeah?

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.

Dude this is incoherent

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.

It is difficult to detect and can cause debilitating chronic issues. Why on earth would you not support preventing this disease?

This comment ignores that not all vaccines are prophylactic. Often times a vaccine can be administered after infection to cure or suppress symptoms of the disease. Rabies vaccine is exactly this. This comment is unhinged levels of not understanding the importance of this scientific achievement.

I hope you'll get Lyme disease. Don't worry, it's not that bad after all.

if it saves even One life, it's worth the time in my book. Plus this scientific advancements can be useful in the future to treat all sorts of other diseases.

Tell that to the friend of mine who died from lymes disease after a years of horrible pain.

As someone who plays the check all my skin game when I go outside and pull off at least 4 nymphs... yes

Wow lol, did not expect this inane hot take

For those that spend a lot of time outdoors this is a good thing. I know if at least one influencer that almost died due to Lyme desease. She just released av update video on it.

https://youtu.be/tCYpw9cnD7Y

I definitely worry about it but love being out in the woods. Sounds like a good option to me.

For those that spend a lot of time outdoors this is a good thing. I know if at least one influencer that almost died due to Lyme desease. She just released av update video on it.

https://youtu.be/tCYpw9cnD7Y

I definitely worry about it but love being out in the woods. Sounds like a good option to me.

Yes. Some people who get it really suffer.

Also, if the accountants and bean counters at the pharma company think they can make enough money to recover costs, maybe they know more about the demand and importance than us. Just a thought.