L4sBotJul 30, 2023

Scientists develop game-changing vaccine against Lyme disease ticks

https://lemmy.world/post/2379797

Scientists develop game-changing vaccine against Lyme disease ticks - Lemmy.world

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.

Show threadjerkjaguarJul 30, 2023

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.

Show threaduberkalden
Is your stance really to go all in on treatment over prevention?
Jul 30, 2023 at 4:25pmWeb
Show threadjerkjaguarJul 30, 2023

Not for all ailments, but for this yes.

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.

Show threadderangerJul 30, 2023
Detection and treatment of Lyme is notoriously difficult. Why would you not prefer a preventive solution?
Show threadmilitant_spiderJul 30, 2023
An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure, as the saying goes.
Show threadcrimroyJul 30, 2023
Bc despite their claim, op is antivax. There’s no other explanation
Show threadNo_EponymJul 30, 2023
Watching anti-science folks here get downvoted to oblivion feels good
Show threadDominusOfMegadeusJul 30, 2023
Thanks, but I’d rather just not get Lyme Disease
Show threadAbidanYreJul 30, 2023
The fact that they put effort into making a vaccine makes it pretty clear what the medical community’s position is.
Show threadMeltboxJul 30, 2023

People often forget what the medical research and medical authorities say are not always the same.

See heart disease for another one of these fun ones.

Show threadcatsanJul 30, 2023
Well, yes and and no. If the medical community was free to choose and not utterly dependant on financing from pharmaceutical and other companies, there’d be a ton more vaccines and medications available already. This stuff is really going downhill since the 80s.
Show threadThere1snospoon7491Jul 30, 2023

I see the points you’re making.

I still disagree with your position.

If the vast majority of people also disagree with you, would you still hold your position on this?

Show threadMeltboxJul 30, 2023

I suggest you read the research papers on Lyme and form your own decision too. The CDC is hardly comprehensive.

Like the fact that the infection can actually remain dormant and undetectable in people for long periods of time.

I’m also pretty sure the estimates on number of people who get Lyme per year vary wildly depending on who you want to believe.

Actually here is the cdc saying 476k

www.cdc.gov/lyme/stats/humancases.html#:~:text=Q%…

Anyways. Lyme is a tricky one because not everyone has a reaction and it’s impossible to say how many people are carrying it dormant.

How many people get Lyme disease? | CDC

Each year, approximately 30,000 cases of Lyme disease are reported to the CDC by state health departments, however, studies suggest that the number of people diagnosed with Lyme disease each year in t

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention