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

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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] 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

We're not even in the US. We assume he got it from a trip to Mexico because he has never been to North America at all.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

Oh, wow. I don't even think they're native to Mexico, but they easily could have spread there from Texas. Yikes.

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