Unusually aggressive lone star ticks, common in the south-east, are spreading to areas previously too cold for them

  • Nate Cox
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    The condition, known as alpha-gal syndrome

    Knee-jerk reaction: oh come on, a condition where you can’t eat red meat is called alpha gal syndrome. Fucking toxic masculinity at its finest.

    After two minutes of research, from a different site:

    Alpha-gal is a molecule (galactose-α-1,3-galactose) that is naturally produced in the bodies of most mammals but not in people. It is also found in the saliva (spit) of some ticks.

    Oh. Well. I retract my previous indignation, but maintain that it is a very funny coincidence.

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      The writers are lazy, last few seasons of reality have really sucked.