"Tick lottery": Lyme is just 1 of many serious tickborne diseases you can win

Ticks are the "used hypodermic needle" of the animal world. They collect nasty pathogens with each bloodmeal from various animal hosts...then inject them into you.  Lyme disease is just 1 of several nasty pathogens...here are some of the other nasties: https://www.theguardian.com/science/blog/2018/jan/25/forget-ebola-sars-and-zika-ticks-are-the-next-global-health-threat