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6. What will the beef corporations do?

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Sun Aug 17, 2014, 12:45 PM

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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

A family member has this. Lars39 Aug 2014 #1

This is the first time I've heard of it! Wow. octoberlib Aug 2014 #3

Sounds bizarre, doesn't it. Lars39 Aug 2014 #9

PETA Set to Release Meat-Allergy–Inducing Ticks in Northeastern U.S. octoberlib Aug 2014 #2

If this is true, they should be arrested as domestic terrorists. Frustratedlady Aug 2014 #8

PETA is an extremist group. They don't care about people. Eleanors38 Aug 2014 #10

While the tick is real, I think this is their attempt at an April Fool's Day joke. Hong Kong Cavalier Aug 2014 #11

I didn't catch that. Thanks! octoberlib Aug 2014 #17

I think it's an April Fools Day joke (check the article's date) cyberswede Aug 2014 #12

Thanks! I missed that. They're crazy enough to do something like this, though. octoberlib Aug 2014 #20

PETA is already on the terrorist watch list. L0oniX Aug 2014 #14

are they really? roguevalley Aug 2014 #25

from Wiki... L0oniX Aug 2014 #27

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

Hmmm Erich Bloodaxe BSN Aug 2014 #51

i think some placements are questionable. thanks for the intel roguevalley Aug 2014 #56

And I can tell you exactly how they made it on the list justiceischeap Aug 2014 #58

PETA would -never- condone such a thing! Warren DeMontague Aug 2014 #57

I live on eastern Long Island and know someone who has this. Poker buddy of mine. KittyWampus Aug 2014 #4

PETA's Bio-weapon? Xipe Totec Aug 2014 #5

"PETA's Bio-weapon" LMFAO ...that's perfect! L0oniX Aug 2014 #7

What will the beef corporations do? L0oniX Aug 2014 #6

take this more seriously than Lyme, which is pathetic zazen Aug 2014 #16

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

I imagine they will also be carried by deer and others. L0oniX Aug 2014 #22

sure today anything warm blooded moves through tick infested areas gets covered with ticks. Sunlei Aug 2014 #23

Don't forget the fire ants and crazy ants. Downwinder Aug 2014 #37

I have a reaction after pork. Falling asleep during the game. Eleanors38 Aug 2014 #13

someone told me feral hogs are covered with ticks so bacon allergy may evolve soon. Sunlei Aug 2014 #26

Hell, feral hogs will teach ticks to behave. Eleanors38 Aug 2014 #38

Feral Hogs will evolve to save their own bacon! Sunlei Aug 2014 #40

Feral Hog - Lone Star Tick Alliance™. Think of the tax breaks! Eleanors38 Aug 2014 #67

The allergy recedes in 8 months to 5 years ... frazzled Aug 2014 #15

And who would be foolish enough to test the end-date? WinkyDink Aug 2014 #43

There is probably a medical test that could be done. ohnoyoudidnt Aug 2014 #59

NOT TRUE NIH says you can get anaphylaxis from this: mucifer Aug 2014 #61

Fine, but that doesn't mean the allergy doesn't eventually recede frazzled Aug 2014 #64

Anaphylaxis means you could die from it. mucifer Aug 2014 #70

Yes, all allergies can cause anaphylactic reactions and kill you frazzled Aug 2014 #71

Thanks for posting this Demeter Aug 2014 #18

Wow, never heard of this before. I've eaten red meat twice, I think, in the last valerief Aug 2014 #24

This is even more frightening than Lyme disease. conservaphobe Aug 2014 #28

I thought the Lone Star Tick was facing indictment ... nt eppur_se_muova Aug 2014 #29

DUzy!!! LOL Lisa0825 Aug 2014 #52

I saw that. My commendations. nt Eleanors38 Aug 2014 #69

Go ticks! Hun Joro Aug 2014 #32

Care for a salad? Spitfire of ATJ Aug 2014 #35

No thanks, just had a tofurky sandwich. :) Hun Joro Aug 2014 #36

I once made vegan barbeque "ribs" from a recipe that used peanut butter. Spitfire of ATJ Aug 2014 #50

What a surprise. More to fear. Spitfire of ATJ Aug 2014 #33

I would rather catch the tick allergy than mad cow arikara Aug 2014 #34

I believe my husband died of it, but it was deemed dementia. Ate raw beef (carpaccio) in the UK. WinkyDink Aug 2014 #44

Its very possible arikara Aug 2014 #73

Thank you, and I'm sorry for your father; dementia isn't anything devoutly to be wished. That is WinkyDink Aug 2014 #74

I switched to venison, 2/yr in fair-chase hunt. Lot safer. Eleanors38 Aug 2014 #65

I have a friend in Tennessee who developed this meat allergy--suddenly-- mnhtnbb Aug 2014 #39

It's pretty easy not to eat meat. WinkyDink Aug 2014 #45

Yes, and no. KitSileya Aug 2014 #48

Tell your friend to watch the laundry detergent and soap. My son has this meat allergy . . . kickitup Aug 2014 #77

It is easy to stop eating meat. RebelOne Aug 2014 #53

Good for the pigs, I suppose :) Helen Borg Aug 2014 #41

How ironic DFW Aug 2014 #42

Bwahahaha! ZombieHorde Aug 2014 #46

Texas just refuses to keep it's horrors to itself. nt Curmudgeoness Aug 2014 #47

Which begs the question. Where in Texas are you from? whistler162 Aug 2014 #54

If it gets people to eat less red meat AndreaCG Aug 2014 #49

Yup, allergies that might kill you before whistler162 Aug 2014 #55

Ooooh!!! Think we could get a tick that would make people allergic to looking at smut?!?!?! Warren DeMontague Aug 2014 #60

As Snow White said to the Seven Dwarves... pinboy3niner Aug 2014 #62

I'm a vegan. We can die from peanut allergies. mucifer Aug 2014 #63

I've been allergic to pork for more than 20 years. Fawke Em Aug 2014 #66

"Ticks Improve Cardiac Health of the Southeastern United States" kwassa Aug 2014 #68

I this is for real, it's time to nuke the planet from orbit. n/t A HERETIC I AM Aug 2014 #72

Wow. Maybe the ticks evolved natural mechanisms to make predators sick if they eat Zorra Aug 2014 #75

So climate change is spreading a tick that causes people to forgo... villager Aug 2014 #76