“Alpha-gal syndrome is triggered when a tick bite causes a person’s immune system to develop an allergic reaction to meat, including beef, pork or lamb.”

  • ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de
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    14 hours ago

    it’s been very well known anywhere within a few states of texas for like a decade, and it’s definitely spreading. The US government needs to get it’s shit together and then wipe that tick off the face of the map the same way they were handling the screw worm flys and the mosquitoes that carry west nile and the other ones that carry dengu fever.

    • Fedizen@lemmy.world
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      12 hours ago

      Imo I think these ticks are cooking and we should breed them and release them into high beef consumption districts.