Time to Get Serious about Tick-Borne Diseases
Hmmm; Is the Scientific American&#x27;s &quot;Observations&quot; section equivalent to newspapers&#x27; &quot;Opinions&quot; or &quot;Editorial&quot;?<p>Because while I agree with overall message (&quot;Let&#x27;s get serious about battling ticks and diseases they spread&quot;), there is a strange mix of scientific&#x2F;data-based; political&#x2F;opinion-based; and just plain emotional imploring. It brings up the <i>highly</i> controversial Chronic Lyme topic right front and centre, but then attempts to steer itself ambiguously away from it (essentially, &quot;Whatever the case, we need to fight it&quot;). Can the author really be unaware of the immediate guard that will go up on every side of that thorny issue?