Don't think he'd take this subject on. Not his area of experience, though I could be wrong..
I've heard him talk about genetic editing thought experiments before. Not in this context though I admit.
Humans should stop interfering with natural cause of things, thinking they can make it better. Flora and Fauna chain should not be interrupted since that can cause nothing but disasters.
Due to global warming, the insects numbers are increasing every year and that causes problems due to mutation since higher temperatures are present in areas that have never seen those temps. Winters are not as harsh as they were lets say 15 years ago thus not wiping most of them. Wanna fix things with insects and everything else? You need to limit the pollution and prevent global warming to accelerate.
I mean there are some things we literally had to control like wild pigs and deer, because they were getting out of hand and destroying entire ecosystems due to their overpopulation. I also don't think it is natural this many midges/ticks/fleas/mosquitoes exist, its similar story as the deer and wild pigs, we may actually be obligated to control it... I just don't know enough about it.
The singer revealed he's received a diagnosis of Lyme disease. He's bringing attention to the condition's persistent symptoms that can affect physical and mental health — even after treatment with antibiotics.
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I know it seems a bit silly, but this article on Justin Bieber getting lyme disease is fairly interesting. It's important to note some of the stories, how many people get lyme disease, but then just get dismissed by doctors cause the testing simply isn't there for it. Lyme disease is very dangerous and can really mess you up for many years.
I say screw the ticks personally. As
@R-T-B mentioned not even frogs eat them, what good are they seriously. I would want to observe if wild birds in forested areas, how much of their diet in a broad sense comes from ticks... if its a small enough number, its probably good for ticks to go, even for the birds due to possibility of disease spreading and viruses through the blood in the ticks.
I doubt we will ever know the full truth of how massive Avian Bird Flu outbreaks begin, but if I were to gamble money, I'd say it has its origins in ticks/mosquitoes/fleas like most other diseases, and our society can't handle millions of chickens and turkeys being culled... which has happened a few times now due to outbreaks.