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Published Date: 29 April 2008
By LYNDSAY MOSS
CLIMATE change is putting a growing number of Scottish holidaymakers at risk of a potentially fatal disease spread by ticks, top scientists warned yesterday.
Tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) – which attacks the nervous system and can lead to meningitis, brain inflammation and death – is endemic in many popular European holiday destinations.

Now experts have warned that the combination of higher temperatur...



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1

Unimpressed one,

29/04/2008 08:11:31
"Now experts have warned that the combination of higher temperatures and rainfall that is associated with climate change is allowing the ticks to thrive. It is also possible the disease could become endemic in Scotland, spread by migrating birds and then surviving in the warmer climate in the future."

What happened to the droughts we were expected to have? Is that part of the old model or was that just wishful thinking? How much did this pile of drivel cost to produce?
2

Alternative (High Octane) Fuel Head,

Edinburgh 29/04/2008 10:40:30
Tick borne encephalitis can be vaccinated against. It's not new. It has been around since the year dot.

You are at risk at certain times of the year in forested areas.

Above all it has got s0d all to do with "climate change". Do they REALLY think we are all morons?
3

Guga II,

Rockall 29/04/2008 14:30:39
#3. Just another bunch of junk scientists trying to jump on the band wagon to get grants for research from the government.
4

truthsleuth,

30/04/2008 00:28:51
#3 Alternative (High Octane) Fuel Head

No
Just you

 

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