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Mysterious meat allergy passed by ticks may affect hundreds of thousands in US, CDC estimates (edition.cnn.com)

submitted 6 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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“This disease doesn’t have to be deadly if we just know about it,” McCullick said. “A lot of people could be saved just from the knowledge that needs to get out there.”

First time I heard about it.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Presumably the allergy is a side effect of an actually useful trait.

Or not. Sometimes random genetic shit just happens, and if it's not an actual negative trait it doesn't get selected out.

[–] Varyk 2 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Yea I guess so. Why do ticks have alphagal venom?

Weird...weird.

I want to know more.

I wonder if there are other allergies you can get from animal bites?

I mean cats can make you allergic to cats by biting or scratching you, I know that.

I just looked it up, but I can't find any other ones.

Oh, this thing says that someone with a pollen allergy can become sensitive to a specific flower if they're frequently bitten by bees that collect nectar from those flowers. Huh.