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☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.mlM to United States | News & Politics@lemmy.mlEnglish · 10 hours ago

‘Explosive increase’ of ticks that cause meat allergy in US due to climate crisis

www.theguardian.com

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‘Explosive increase’ of ticks that cause meat allergy in US due to climate crisis

www.theguardian.com

☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.mlM to United States | News & Politics@lemmy.mlEnglish · 10 hours ago
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Unusually aggressive lone star ticks, common in the south-east, are spreading to areas previously too cold for them
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  • HiddenLayer555@lemmy.ml
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    First world problem. Rest of the world is afraid that a tick bite will give them Lyme disease and the US is afraid it will make them allergic to burgers? And they expect everyone to feel bad for them?

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      Lyme disease is most prevalent in the United States and Europe.

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    before vegans get excited they can still generally eat chicken. for some reason they all want boneless chicken thighs (i work at a place that sells food). we can tell when it’s a “tick people” order

    • Salmarez [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.net
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      Well, well shit.

      Then again vegans know, that only not eating meat does a vegan make…

  • 7bicycles [he/him]@hexbear.net
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    Hell of a layup for some sort of presumably christian group to claim this is god sending a plague on account of the crimes we do to animals but i’m sure they’ll all just squander this

  • Carl [he/him]@hexbear.net
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    :mother-nature: I’m sorry but

    the carnism will stop.

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    Maybe a meat cessation drug can be derived from them. A meat Zyban.

  • Horse {they/them}@lemmygrad.ml
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    sicko yes

  • LENINSGHOSTFACEKILLA [he/him]@hexbear.net
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    oh darn what a shame

  • wetbeardhairs@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    Nature ummm… finds a way.

  • Salmarez [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.net
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    im-vegan And so will be them!

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    Is that so? 💅

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    Meh more ticks here as well, the mosquitoes that transmit dengue fever are also here now. I love climate change 😀

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    So who is going to breed these and seed them on cattle ranches?

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      Why on ranches? The ticks affect people not cows. Surely it would be more effective to put them where the meat is consumed rather than produced

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      They already do that by themselves. Long grass and cattle are perfect tick breeding ground

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    It isn’t an allergy to all meat though… the meat from primates are safe for people with Alpha-gal Syndrome. Time to invest in monkey farms.

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      Lol you know that the freaks will probably just start eating people.

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