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In reply to the discussion: Ticks That Can Make People Severely Allergic To Meat Are Spreading In The U.S. [View all]L0oniX
(31,493 posts)6. What will the beef corporations do?
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Ticks That Can Make People Severely Allergic To Meat Are Spreading In The U.S. [View all]
octoberlib
Aug 2014
OP
While the tick is real, I think this is their attempt at an April Fool's Day joke.
Hong Kong Cavalier
Aug 2014
#11
Thanks! I missed that. They're crazy enough to do something like this, though.
octoberlib
Aug 2014
#20
I didn't know this. I have problems with PETA's tactics but this list is troubling.
octoberlib
Aug 2014
#30
I'm waiting for the return of McCarthyism ...only this time it will be over who is a terrorist.
L0oniX
Aug 2014
#31
I live on eastern Long Island and know someone who has this. Poker buddy of mine.
KittyWampus
Aug 2014
#4
Lyme disease is a plague. We don't go camping anymore in Florida because of ticks.
L0oniX
Aug 2014
#21
These are the exact ticks that infest cattle, guess the ticks have evolved. Texas is changing into
Sunlei
Aug 2014
#19
sure today anything warm blooded moves through tick infested areas gets covered with ticks.
Sunlei
Aug 2014
#23
someone told me feral hogs are covered with ticks so bacon allergy may evolve soon.
Sunlei
Aug 2014
#26
Wow, never heard of this before. I've eaten red meat twice, I think, in the last
valerief
Aug 2014
#24
I once made vegan barbeque "ribs" from a recipe that used peanut butter.
Spitfire of ATJ
Aug 2014
#50
I believe my husband died of it, but it was deemed dementia. Ate raw beef (carpaccio) in the UK.
WinkyDink
Aug 2014
#44
Thank you, and I'm sorry for your father; dementia isn't anything devoutly to be wished. That is
WinkyDink
Aug 2014
#74
Tell your friend to watch the laundry detergent and soap. My son has this meat allergy . . .
kickitup
Aug 2014
#77
Ooooh!!! Think we could get a tick that would make people allergic to looking at smut?!?!?!
Warren DeMontague
Aug 2014
#60