Yes. This. My wife and 2 kids (maybe 3 now) have autoimmune diseases from tick-borne illnesses. Lyme (one chronic), bartonella, you name it.
We spray yard with cedar oil & diatomaceous earth to limit. Used to have guinea hens (like magic) but new neighborhood can't do it.
Eat tons of garlic, repels the little gain-of-function'd bloodsuckers.
Corruption here goes deep. Plum Island, USDA & Army, now the CDC. Enough to disgust you. Watch "Under Our Skin" and its sequel.