Here’s something on the lighter side of disease prevention efforts!
Earlier this month, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention tweeted a photo of a poppy seed muffin which was meant to raise awareness on tick prevention.
The tweet read the following:
“Ticks can be the size of a poppy seed. Can you spot all 5 ticks in this photo? Learn how to prevent tick bites. http://bit.ly/2rjox6U”
And yup, they included a picture of a poppy seed muffin zoomed in to reveal real-live TICKS ON THE MUFFIN!
Needless to say, Twitter responses were loud.
“Thank you for ruining muffins for me you monsters”
“Ugh I will never be able to eat poppy seed again”
“WHAT DOES EATING TICKS HAVE TO DO WITH TICK BITES CDC I’M BEFUDDLED”
This one was my favorite:
“Wow, the CDC’s muffin-prevention movement is effective”
But other Twitter users didn’t mind the colorful way to raise awareness.
“[this was meant] to get your attention… Seems like it worked!”
“Excellent visual. Important info. Tick-borne diseases can be devastating, life-altering”
And to its credit, the CDC acknowledged the mini firestorm, and even got in a good pun:
