Lyme disease-carrying ticks are now found in half the U.S.

And in today’s depressing news, the tick species that carries the virus which causes Lyme disease is now found in nearly half the counties in the lower 48, “a much broader swath than was seen in the late 1990s.”

Read the story here from the National Library of Medicine, then start telling yourself that it looks really cool to tuck your pants into your socks.