Heather McSharry, PhD retweeted
Time for a #PathogenPoll
Ticks can transmit bacteria, viruses, parasites and even trigger allergies.
Vote on which tick-related topic you'd most like to hear about next?
If your preference isn't listed, drop it in the comments.
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🦌 Lyme disease
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🩸 Crimean-Congo HF
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🧠 Tick-borne enceph.
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🐕 Ehrlichia & Anaplasma
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Its' time for a #PathogenPoll
One thing this week’s Andes virus outbreak discussion revealed is how differently people interpret outbreak language.
Which terms do you think cause the MOST public confusion during emerging outbreaks?
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Airborne
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Close contact
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Precautionary
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Community spread
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It's time for a #PathogenPoll
The current hantavirus discussion has me thinking about how easily certain distinctions blur together during outbreaks.
Which of these causes the most confusion for you early on?
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Could vs Is
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Airborne vs Contagious
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Possible vs Probable
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Concern vs Confirmed
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Thanks to all who voted in this week’s #PathogenPoll.
Most pointed to the publishing journal — or the failure to correct errors — rather than blaming the public for believing flawed science.
That’s what Mark Ungrin & I talked about:
🎧 Listen here:
infectiousdose.com/post/mark…
It's time for a #PathogenPoll
In this week's episode with Mark Ungrin we talked about what happens when flawed science enters the system and takes years to correct.
So...when misinformation grows from flawed science, where should the blame fall?
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9 Nov 2025
It's time for a #PathogenPoll!
What's your travel vibe this season?
You have 24 hours to vote!
infectiousdose.com
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✈️ Sanitizer Samurai
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🥐 Airport Snack Survivor
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😷 Mask and Chill
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All of the above!
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2 Nov 2025
It's time for a #PathogenPoll 👁️🔥
Which eyeball invader is your personal nope?
🪱 Loa loa—the wandering eye worm
🕷️ Onchocerca volvulus—river-blindness scourge
🧫 Acanthamoeba—the eye-melting amoeba
🐐 Thelazia gulosa—goat-yoga eyeworm
You have 24 H to Vote in the poll ⬇️
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🪱 Loa loa
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🪰Onchocerca volvulus
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🧫 Acanthamoeba
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🐐 Thelazia gulosa
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7 Sep 2025
Consensus is building in the #PathogenPoll! Just what I love to see!
Get your vote in! There’s just under two hours left!
#InfectiousDose
6 Sep 2025
It’s time for a 🦠 #PathogenPoll
Which of these is the strongest signal that a science claim is reliable?
You’ve got 24 hours…show me what you’ve got!
#InfectiousDose
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6 Sep 2025
It’s time for a 🦠 #PathogenPoll
Which of these is the strongest signal that a science claim is reliable?
You’ve got 24 hours…show me what you’ve got!
#InfectiousDose
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“Proven” w/💯 certainty
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Shared by influencers
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Too good to be true
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Backed by many studies
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