Maura Healey: “Due in part to climate change, we now have the Lone Star…”

“But what I'm talking about right now is the increases in the diseases they carry. It's not just deer ticks either. You know, Due in part to climate change, we now have the Lone Star tick species here in Massachusetts. Lone Star, I think that's Texas. So it tells you what's happened with climate. We now have the Lone Star tick species here in Massachusetts. And this is the tick that causes alpha gall.” (09:07–09:12)

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