• stealthnerd@lemmy.world
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      Tick bites can cause it. Something about your body building immunity to a protein transferred by the tick that closely matches those found in beef or something like that.

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      There’s a kind of tick that, once it bites you, causes you to be deathly allergic to red meat from that point forward.

      • shalafi@lemmy.world
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        Not always! Last I heard, it can and does wear off. Might take 6-months, might take years. I gather the effect is so rare we don’t have a ton of data.

        But I’m often full of shit! Look it up yourself.

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          You are probably full of shit every day. Until you visit the loo. So don’t hold it against yourself!

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      For a non-tick response- Prion contamination resulting in Mad Cow Disease. One meal and your brain eventually rots in moldy cheese.

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      Yep, there is, it spreads though tic bites, and once bitten you will allways get sick after eating red meat.