Regina Barber

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5,686 appearances 196 recordings 8 series first heard Nov 2024 last heard 4d ago

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Short Wave · Ticks are a growing problem, no matter where you live · 30 Jun 2026 podcast

Right.

It's these blood meals.

That's when they get infected with the disease?

Okay.

I don't know why that makes me feel a little better.

So this bacteria that causes Lyme disease, it goes straight to the tick's stomach lining and it just like camps out there?

So this is all happening during, like, the feeding process where the tick is, like, on us?

Yes.

Okay, gotcha.

But earlier you said that there are way more Lyme disease cases in like the Great Lakes and the Northeast area.

So why is there such a difference geographically?

Yeah, that's a lot.

Wow.

Okay.

So it's like if you're rolling the dice, right?

And there are fewer infected ticks.

You might get bitten, but your odds of getting Lyme disease is still pretty low.

This is so fascinating.

Okay, so could we just bring these lizards everywhere and get rid of Lyme disease, like, for good?

You'd think that would work.

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