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pfdietzyesterday at 5:21 PM2 repliesview on HN

There are some potentially very nasty diseases spread by ticks and insects. For example, flaviviruses like West Nile, Dengue, and Powassan (which debilitated and ultimately killed the wife of Canadian fantasy author Charles de Lint.)


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BigTTYGothGFyesterday at 11:35 PM

Arthropods of all (most) sorts: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arbovirus

mr_toadyesterday at 11:17 PM

Not to mention Malaria, which kills over half a million people a year.

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