‘Explosive increase’ of ticks that cause meat allergy in US due to climate crisis
(www.theguardian.com)
“They will hunt you, they are like a cross between a lentil and a velociraptor,”
Well, that's a horrifying image.
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One of my friends got hit with this. They will have a violent allergic reaction even if they eat fries cooked in beef fat.
The syndrome is not caused by a pathogen but spurs an allergy to a sugar molecule found in mammals and an array of other things, from toothpaste to medical equipment.
Lone star ticks are aggressive and can speedily follow a human target if they detect them. “They will hunt you, they are like a cross between a lentil and a velociraptor,” said Sharon Pitcairn Forsyth, a conservationist who lives in the Washington DC area.
A particular horror is the prospect of brushing up against vegetation containing a massed ball of juvenile lone star ticks, know as a “tick bomb”, that can deliver thousands of tick bites. “They are so tiny you can’t see them but you have to take it seriously or you’ll never get them off you,” said Forsyth, who now carries around a lint roller to remove such clusters.
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Well, the upside is less meat consumption is good for the environment I guess.
My wife would be fucked unless this take out some preexisting allergies she has (quinoa, buckwheat, hazelnuts, peanuts, eggs and many legumes including soybeans although she doesn't react to soy lecithin)
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My ex ran a very successful barbecue joint in Seattle and Arkansas. She got this and ended up shuttering her business.
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Don't worry. The meat industry will find a cure fast
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I see the vegans are escalating their tactics.
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Meat allergy? Unpleasant but ironically good for the environment.
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Vegans:
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One time I saw a lone star tick crawl into the headphone jack of my phone.
I tried everything I could think of to get it out, to no avail. Then I googled two things:
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What eats ticks?
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Guinea hen mating sounds
After fifteen seconds of guinea hen sounds, I watched the tick crawl out of my phone... and immediately disappear.
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