Ticked Off
The Miyazaki, Japan, Prefectural Government held a press conference after a resident came down with the tick-borne disease thrombocytopenia syndrome. Officials brought two ticks — one alive and one dead — for the media to photograph. When an official picked up the live tick with tweezers, he dropped it, and it disappeared. The room was searched but the tick couldn’t be found, so officials sprayed the room down with insecticide. “We should have been more careful about safety management as the prefecture is in a position to alert its people,” Miyazaki Governor Shunji Kono said. (MS/Kyodo) ...Maybe it would’ve been better to spray it before they displayed it.Original Publication Date: 17 September 2017
This story is in True’s book collections, in Volume 24.
This story is in True’s book collections, in Volume 24.
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