Dis ticks a dick!

[Lee Borgersen]

    Bad News: A Tick that Could Give Us All a Meat Allergy is

                           Spreading Like Wildfire.

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A bad tick year just got a whole lot worse after hearing that a particular tick, whose bite makes people allergic to meat, is spreading.

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The lone star tick (earning its name from the distinct white marking on its back) carries a sugar molecule called alpha-1, 3-galactose, or Alpha-Gal for short, which basically scrambles people’s immune systems, making them forever allergic to meat.

 
How is this strange phenomenon happening? Well, without getting too much into the scientific details, basically Alpha-Gal is one of the few sugars found in red meat. When bitten by a tick whose carrying Alpha-Gal, your body automatically attempts to develop an antibody to fight it off. From that point forward, consuming any red meat will trigger an allergic reaction, which can include, hives, shortness of breath, stomach cramps and in some severe cases difficulty breathing and fainting. In the rarest cases, death can occur.

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According to reports, the tick is commonly found in the southeastern United States, but cases have recently been reported in Minnesota, and New Hampshire, which suggests the terrifying thought that the lone star tick population and habitat is growing.


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[mike89]

heard about this,  I want my beef!!!!

[glenn57]

another one of those worlds gonna end!!!!!!!!!! sigh!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Lee Borgersen]

another one of those worlds gonna end!!!!!!!!!! sigh!!!!!!!!!!!!

Settle down Glenn  Da sky ain't falling

[Boar]

weird, but it parreles the tick that bit glenn... the I cant catch a fish tick...

[mike89]

hey Lee, maybe da sky won't be falling but not being able to beef...   that is just so wrong!!!!!!!!!!

[Rebel SS]

Delmania posted this last week, meatlovers. 

[Lee Borgersen]

hey Lee, maybe da sky won't be falling but not being able to beef...   that is just so wrong!!!!!!!!!!

True! But look how much more healthy we could be wit out da beef!

[glenn57]

weird, but it parreles the tick that bit glenn... the I cant catch a fish tick...

don't you need to be tending to your smomed tick brauts or something???

[Rebel SS]

What's a BRAUT? Anything like a Brat?      

[glenn57]

What's a BRAUT? Anything like a Brat?      

KINDA LIKE a nord or a pike or a snot rocket?????????

[Rebel SS]

Dat's how Boar always spells brat, so of course I had to whack you around on it a bit!  My works all done, it's a perfect day out, so I'm screwing off for the rest of the day! 

[glenn57]

Dat's how Boar always spells brat, so of course I had to whack you around on it a bit!  My works all done, it's a perfect day out, so I'm screwing off for the rest of the day! 

and...............todays any different then any other day???

[Rebel SS]

Can't bug me today!! Too nice out!! NYA NYA!!! I'm making my hot wings sriracha  glaze...just finished the dippin' sauce. I'm all set!!!