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“Red meat allergy” from tick bites is spreading both in US and globally (arstechnica.com)
submitted 1 year ago by 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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[–] 0 points 1 year ago (10 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.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year 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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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago (5 children)

    Beef is death, beef is murder.

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  • [+] -7 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    And people still ask why the blahaj instances get banned. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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  • [–] 7 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Because they like cows?

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (1 child)

    Wtf

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year 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.

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