Pfizer just announced that its Lyme disease vaccine reduced the number of tick-borne infections by over 70% in a phase 3 trial.

Warning: GSK pulled a Lyme vaccine in 2002 despite studies showing it posed no serious safety risks.

Any new Lyme vaccine is going to be a huge target for antivaxxers.

@luckytran
It's going to be funny watching any Trump supporter getting turned into a vegetarian after they come back from hunting.

@mike @luckytran The meat allergy is from a different type of tick and is a different condition, but yeah, I know what you mean.
Even worse, it's called Alpha-gal syndrome which kinda' sounds like the head-gal at the sorority.

https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/alpha-gal-syndrome/symptoms-causes/syc-20428608

Alpha-gal syndrome - Symptoms and causes

Mayo Clinic