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“Red meat allergy” from tick bites is spreading both in US and globally (arstechnica.com)

submitted 2 months ago by artifex@piefed.social to c/health@lemmy.world

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Woke ticks are out to turn the US South into soyboys

(did I do that right?)

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[–] Univ3rse@lemmynsfw.com 5 points 2 months ago

Your tag to the article makes me imagine some 12 Monkeys style release of infected ticks at DFW.

[–] Zephorah@discuss.online 5 points 2 months ago

Curious Clinicians has a podcast on how this works. Family Practice & Internal Medicine chatting around a mic format.

[–] dragonfucker@lemmy.nz 2 points 2 months ago

Party time for cows and cow lovers

[–] SabinStargem@lemmy.today -2 points 2 months ago (14 children)

I hope for a vaccine that can kill these bastards, or at least the parasites inside them. Plus an expanded Wall of Flesh.

Beef is love, beef is life.

[–] viking@infosec.pub 3 points 2 months ago

Couldn't agree more.

[–] 5gruel@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Wtf

[–] SabinStargem@lemmy.today 2 points 2 months ago

I assume you are talking about the Wall of Flesh. It is a project to release sterile screwflys into the neck of Panama, and have them outcompete viable mating partners. The screwfly eats the living flesh of livestock, pets, and people, and was one of the worst vermin in North America. Unfortunately, the Wall of Flesh has been weakening in the last decade or so.

[–] bilb@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 month ago

This isn't caused by a parasite, its caused by the tick injecting alpha-gal that it picked up from other mammals in large enough amounts that it triggers the immune system to create antibodies for it. But yeah, I'd be fine with exterminating ticks.

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