{"id":17375,"date":"2026-05-27T07:57:42","date_gmt":"2026-05-27T14:57:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/?p=17375"},"modified":"2026-05-27T07:59:40","modified_gmt":"2026-05-27T14:59:40","slug":"rapid-rise-of-red-meat-allergies-a-ticking-time-bomb","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/2026\/05\/27\/rapid-rise-of-red-meat-allergies-a-ticking-time-bomb\/","title":{"rendered":"Rapid Rise of Red-meat Allergies a \u201cTicking\u201d Time Bomb"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

There are a lot of reports that tick numbers are up and possibly being dispersed. I have posts on how Lyme disease<\/a> and alpha-gal syndrome<\/a> are probably lab created experiments, and the telling bit of research is they’ve already created a GMO GalSafe pig<\/a> for people suffering from the meat allergy. Why would you research and develop that unless you knew the numbers would spike significantly, because you’d make sure that they will? And it goes along with how they’ve been signalling that they don’t want people eating as much red meat, as well as giving them a lot more control of the food supply. And I’d be concerned they’d sneak this into future bioweapon gene therapies as well, and dare I bring to mind they’ve researched self-spreading vaccines… The incoming tribulation is going to something else, so you better have your extraction ticket.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/thenewamerican.com\/us\/healthcare\/rapid-rise-of-red-meat-allergies-a-ticking-time-bomb\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n

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By Rebecca Terrell<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cases of a tick-borne disease that renders victims permanently allergic to red meat are skyrocketing in the United States.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The condition \u201chas proliferated from just a few dozen known cases in 2009 to as many as 450,000 now,\u201d reported The Guardian<\/em><\/a> last summer. The outlet quoted expert Brandon Hollingsworth of the University of South Carolina:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We thought this thing was relatively rare 10 years ago but it\u2019s become more and more common and it\u2019s something I expect to continue to grow very rapidly\u2026. We\u2019ve seen an explosive increase<\/a> in these ticks, which is a concern.\u2026 It seems like an oddity now but we could end up with millions of people with an allergy to meat.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

He is referring to AGS, or alpha-gal syndrome, a condition triggered by the bite of a Lone Star tick (among other parasites), which introduces a sugar molecule called alpha-galactose (alpha-gal) into a person\u2019s body. Alpha-gal causes an allergic reaction to mammalian meat. Other symptoms include hives, gastrointestinal issues, and anaphylaxis, a life-threatening allergic reaction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMoral Bioenhancement\u201d<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

While most red-blooded Americans would view AGS as a bad thing, some scientists are rejoicing. For example, a paper published in the journal Bioethics <\/em>last year postulated that if eating meat is morally wrong, then promoting parasite-induced allergies could be morally obligatory. Citing arguments common to animal-rights activists, they propose using a known disease to achieve their goal of turning all humans into herbivores.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The men who dub this stealth coercing \u201cmoral bioenhancement\u201d are two medical ethicists with Western Michigan University. Their paper is called \u201cBeneficial Bloodsucking<\/a>.\u201d They rationalize that because most adverse effects are temporary and nonfatal, the end justifies the means: AGS primarily affects meat consumption for the rest of a person\u2019s life, a necessary goal to prevent animal cruelty. They suggest that genetic editing of ticks to enhance AGS transmission is feasible and even obligatory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(One of the two authors is Parker Crutchfield, Ph.D., who previously published a 2019 essay arguing that compulsory \u201cmoral bioenhancement\u201d should be covert<\/a>, and who, during the Covid-19 pandemic, proposed a compulsory, covert \u201cmorality pill<\/a>\u201d to force noncompliant people to follow public-safety measures. The other author, Blake Hereth, Ph.D<\/a>., a member and former chair of the American Philosophical Association\u2019s Committee on LGBTQ People in the Profession<\/a>, lists pronouns as they\/them and stumps for Black Lives Matter.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Morally Indefensible<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

A response paper, \u201cWhy It Is Wrong to Promote Alpha-Gal Syndrome: A Response to Crutchfield and Hereth<\/a>,\u201d challenges their claim that AGS would reduce animal suffering, noting shifts to other meats such as poultry and fish. Moreover, argue the authors, the proposal is morally indefensible as it violates bodily autonomy. AGS carries lifelong risks and provides no health benefits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMoral bioenhancement\u201d is important to refute because the Crutchfield\/Hereth duo is not a one-off. Bioethicist S. Matthew Liao of New York University<\/a> has long advocated biomedical modifications<\/a> to discourage meat consumption. However, his stated goal is to mitigate global warming. His 2012 paper \u201cHuman Engineering and Climate Change<\/a>\u201d suggested artificially inducing red-meat allergies by stimulating immune system intolerance to bovine proteins. \u201cThere\u2019s this thing called the Lone Star tick, where, if it bites you, you will become allergic to meat,\u201d he said during a panel discussion<\/a> at the World Economic Forum. \u201cSo that\u2019s something we can do through human engineering<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gates\u2019 Involvement<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The circumstances recall funding by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation for research into genetically engineered cattle ticks<\/a>. In 2021, the foundation granted nearly $1.5 million to Oxitec Ltd. for this purpose, and an additional $4.8 million in 2023 after reported efficacy. Gates is also famous for investments in pharmaceutical companies involved in tick-borne disease treatments and in plant-based and lab-grown meat companies. Additionally, the foundation funds genetically modified mosquitoes as part of its malaria research. There is no definitive evidence linking Gates-funded research to the increase in AGS cases, but the timing and overlap is disturbing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Also of note is the historical use of aerial dispersal of insects and ticks for bioweapons testing during the Cold War. Operation Big Itch<\/a> witnessed the U.S. military dropping some 670,000 uninfected tropical rat fleas from aircraft at Dugway Proving Ground to test dispersal methods in 1954. Two years later, Operation Drop Kick<\/a> involved uninfected mosquitoes released over residential areas in Georgia and Florida to study disease spread. Last year, the U.S. House passed an amendment introduced by New Jersey Republican Chris Smith, ordering reviews of tick and insect bioweapons experiments<\/a> conducted by the Department of Defense throughout the 1950s, \u201960s, and \u201970s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Due to the current inexplicable uptick in ticks, perhaps Congress should instead investigate whether such methods are in use today.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

There are a lot of reports that tick numbers are up and possibly being dispersed. I have posts on how Lyme disease and alpha-gal syndrome are probably lab created experiments, and the telling bit of research is they’ve already created a GMO GalSafe pig for people suffering from the meat allergy. Why would you research […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,6,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17375","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-health","category-tech","category-world"],"blocksy_meta":[],"featured_image_src":null,"author_info":{"display_name":"Jason","author_link":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/author\/jturning\/"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17375","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17375"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17375\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17381,"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17375\/revisions\/17381"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17375"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17375"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17375"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}