As more and more people travel the world so to do the problems and diseases of the world. The greatest example of this might be the decimation of native Americans that were, unintentionally, infected with smallpox.
The white man, as evil as he is portrayed to be, did not plan on making landfall and wiping out his greatest trading partner in the New World. However, disease does not discriminate. Disease does not play along with our human plans.
These things still happen today, and goods shipped from across the world bring all sorts of invasive species to the American shores. These can be in the form of plants, animals, bugs, viruses and bacteria. Some of these travel in tandem!
One of the latest hangers on is a literal hanger on! It’s called the Asian longhorned tick and people are dubbing it the “Clone Tick” which makes this new visitor more terrifying.
What Is the Asian Longhorned Tick?
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