Is meat-eating a deadly habit?
Could become one if you've been bit by a Lone Star tick, which can cause alpha-gal syndrome, making you allergic to mammalian flesh.
CDC estimates nearly half a million Americans may have the syndrome.
https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/tick-borne-disease/new-jersey-mans-death-first-one-be-tied-tick-related-meat-allergy
#publichealth #ticks #meat
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