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Midnight Writer

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32. I've given up on my long woodland hiking treks.

Sun Jun 29, 2025, 01:23 PM

Jun 29

I take a just a few steps into the woods or fields and I am picking ticks off of me.

I used to go into the local woods and spend most of a day wandering around. I've only had a couple of ticks bite me in my lifetime.

Now I bet if I spent an hour in the woods I could pick up a dozen or more tick bites.

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Alpha-Gal Syndrome, Carried By Expanding Tick Populations, Has Gone From Dozens Of Cases In 2009 To 450,000 Today [View all] hatrack Jun 29 OP

OMG. This is really scary. Bookmarking. nt Ilsa Jun 29 #1

Actually, a female physician began mwmisses4289 Jun 29 #2

If I was into raising cattle, sheep, or pork, I'd be alarmed Vogon_Glory Jun 29 #3

Meat growers are already alarmed by screw worm, just as Canteloupe Caligula is cutting funding related to it. . nt Bernardo de La Paz Jun 29 #6

More fun stuff from the article: erronis Jun 29 #4

The ticks and this disease are definitely NOT funny, but this description in the article... highplainsdem Jun 29 #15

Seems the opposite of Alpha Male syndrome Bernardo de La Paz Jun 29 #5

Alpa-gal is indeed an odd name, but what am I sensing from your comment.. hmm. Exp Jun 29 #10

Hopefully you sense a little levity about a very serious topic. . . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Jun 29 #11

Hardly "levity", more like, what's the word? You know, often described as hate speech? Exp Jun 29 #13

I think you have mistakenly veered off on a strange personal tangent Bernardo de La Paz Jun 29 #14

Ditto. The reaction was a bit strange. erronis Jun 29 #19

Seriously! I thought the headline was a joke at first Geechie Jun 29 #20

I know of one case. Not pleasant. Tetrachloride Jun 29 #7

I've been backpacking for decades, often in the southeast Martin Eden Jun 29 #8

I would only add, defacto7 Jun 29 #23

I have a tick removal tool with 2 different size ends, for big & small ticks. Martin Eden Jun 29 #33

Why was the gas not a good idea, snot Jun 29 #34

I suppose kids messing with a gas can defacto7 Jun 30 #38

I just heard about this a couple years ago. AllyCat Jun 29 #9

We already have Lyme disease from deer ticks here out west, not looking forward to another. Rather have an invasion Exp Jun 29 #12

armadillos carry leprosy, lol mike_c Jun 29 #35

If you are concerned about leprosy, talk to your doctor. They can provide you with more information about the risks and Exp Jun 29 #37

I was joking mike_c Jun 30 #39

I first heard about this last year, and only because I found out two members of my family who live highplainsdem Jun 29 #16

My sister got this. hunter Jun 29 #17

I'd love to drop a tick bomb mountain grammy Jun 29 #18

Don't ticks need real blood? Not the fake green stuff that courses through their veins. erronis Jun 29 #21

MAGAts and ICE goons might benefit from a reduction in red meat consumption Wicked Blue Jun 29 #26

Ha mountain grammy Jun 29 #36

Ya gotta include RFK Jr Traildogbob Jun 29 #30

I have the Alpha Gal mammal meat allergy. mackdaddy Jun 29 #22

As bad as your problem is I don't blame you for using permetherin. defacto7 Jun 29 #25

Ohio Traildogbob Jun 29 #31

I'm sure RFK will get right on it. louis-t Jun 29 #24

Gargling with bleach Wicked Blue Jun 29 #27

Note that "red meat" in this case means ALL mammals -- cows, pigs, deer, bison, etc. RockRaven Jun 29 #28

Good grief that's terrifying wendyb-NC Jun 29 #29

I've given up on my long woodland hiking treks. Midnight Writer Jun 29 #32

If I have it, I wouldn't know. I last ate red meat in the 1970s. NNadir Jul 1 #40