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“Red meat allergy” from tick bites is spreading both in US and globally (arstechnica.com)

submitted 2 days ago by artifex@piefed.social to c/health@lemmy.world

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Woke ticks are out to turn the US South into soyboys

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[–] turtlesareneat@discuss.online 5 points 1 day ago

You can't avoid ticks especially in the South, you just live with them. It's silly to think you're going to avoid entire activities because of them. Just examine yourself before you go to bed. I've pulled 10 ticks off me this year, definitely a record.