Should the ticks be eradicated to extinction?

[AnthonyGiarrusso]

Should ticks be eradicated to extinction? Ticks are most famous for killing many people by poisoning humans with Lyme Diseaee and suckuing blood. Other bio-weapons can be embedded into ticks to make people weak, sick, or lead to cold hard death. Those who lost their lives to ticks will never walk on this earth again alive.

 

[PoetPhilosopher]

Should ticks be eradicated to extinction? Ticks are most famous for killing many people by poisoning humans with Lyme Diseaee and suckuing blood. Other bio-weapons can be embedded into ticks to make people weak, sick, or lead to cold hard death. Those who lost their lives to ticks will never walk on this earth again alive.

I don't understand. Who's going to eradicate them, and how?

 

[YmirGF]

I don't understand. Who's going to eradicate them, and how?

TICK Busters?

 

[Revoltingest]

What about The Tick's sidekick, Arthur?

 

[Quagmire]

Should ticks be eradicated to extinction? Ticks are most famous for killing many people by poisoning humans with Lyme Diseaee and suckuing blood. Other bio-weapons can be embedded into ticks to make people weak, sick, or lead to cold hard death. Those who lost their lives to ticks will never walk on this earth again alive.

I wouldn't miss them.

 

[Viker]

If we're going to eradicate species into extinction for being problematic to other species, should we eradicate humans as well?

No.

 

[Shadow Wolf]

No. It never ends well when we get that involved with tampering with nature. They have evolved to have their place in nature, and erradicating them would have unforeseen consequences.

 

[King Phenomenon]

Should? No. Could? No.

 

[Shadow Wolf]

If we're going to eradicate species into extinction for being problematic to other species, should we eradicate humans as well?

No.

As long as I'm dead first you'll get no objections from me.

 

[fantome profane]

Why is this in North American Politics?

 

[Stevicus]

Why is this in North American Politics?

Apparently the subject matter ticks people off.

 

[Quagmire]

Why is this in North American Politics?

Yeah I know, what do blood sucking parasites have to do with North American politics?

I mean aside from everything?

 

[ChristineM]

Not nice little critters and i could really do without them tucking themselves into the fur of our cats. However, eradicating ticks will remove an important food source from birds, reptiles and amphibians.

And i see a link to American politicians but fail to see why this is in this forum

 

[Brickjectivity]

Should ticks be eradicated to extinction? Ticks are most famous for killing many people by poisoning humans with Lyme Diseaee and suckuing blood. Other bio-weapons can be embedded into ticks to make people weak, sick, or lead to cold hard death. Those who lost their lives to ticks will never walk on this earth again alive.

The most recent effort to eradicate fire ants on USA involved massive poisoning of all kinds of bugs and wound up killing birds and increasing cancers in humans as it was DDT. It also failed to eradicate fire ants.

Therefore while I absolutely would not miss ticks I believe any technical scheme capable of getting rid of ticks would also be capable of killing us all as it would require a genetic adjustment either to us, to the ticks or to the parasites they carry.

 

[tytlyf]

How is this related to North American Politics?

 

[AnthonyGiarrusso]

I don't understand. Who's going to eradicate them, and how?

You will.

 

[exchemist]

Should ticks be eradicated to extinction? Ticks are most famous for killing many people by poisoning humans with Lyme Diseaee and suckuing blood. Other bio-weapons can be embedded into ticks to make people weak, sick, or lead to cold hard death. Those who lost their lives to ticks will never walk on this earth again alive.

All sorts of nasty things "should" be eradicated ideally but never will, for reasons of simple practicality. Tick-borne illnesses are not major causes of premature death. Lyme disease can be avoided with reasonable care, infection is treatable and generally does not cause death, though if untreated can lead to permanent damage.

Like others here I can't see any connection to NA politics. Perhaps you might ask the mods to move this thread to Health.

 

[AnthonyGiarrusso]

The most recent effort to eradicate fire ants on USA involved massive poisoning of all kinds of bugs and wound up killing birds and increasing cancers in humans as it was DDT. It also failed to eradicate fire ants.

Therefore while I absolutely would not miss ticks I believe any technical scheme capable of getting rid of ticks would also be capable of killing us all as it would require a genetic adjustment either to us, to the ticks or to the parasites they carry.

Maybe they didn't try hard enough.

 

[Brickjectivity]

Maybe they didn't try hard enough.

In the end it turned out that the fire ants weren't so bad.

 

[VoidCat]

Ticks are a food source for many animals and are needed for the ecosystem