Chapotraphouse

I have said "infinite alpha gal syndrome upon the carnists" before but only as a joke. Being real for a moment, I don't think it's good for people to develop potentially deadly allergies to something still widely found in drugs and vaccines, even if those drugs and vaccines shouldn't be using animal products to begin with. Like AGS was only discovered because some people experienced anaphylaxis when they took a drug for colorectal cancer.

Jokes aside I’m begging and pleading with you to be tick aware, even if you’re “not in a place they live”. Their territory is growing with the shifting ecosystems and Lyme disease sucks, and doctors will spend time gaslighting you rather than giving you the fucking antibiotics. I’ve seen Lone Star Ticks in Illinois (southern, but still), and it’ll only get worse with vector borne diseases.

Just generally be aware of checking oneself if you’re in grass for extended periods of time (even turf). Prevention isn’t difficult, but awareness is

it won't add 5 years to your life, you could die if you're unknowingly infected with the virus and you eat meat.

The allergy is to a carbohydrate produced by most mammals, with primates being a notable weird exception, but which also appears in some other things. One of them is apparently pretty ubiquitous in vegan packaged foods too, though I can't remember what it is. Also randomly shows up in basically any packaged food in non-disclosed ingredients. And if eating at restaurants, the threshold for what constitutes dangerous cross contamination with foods containing it is vastly lower than for typical allergies or other dietary restrictions so even a place following "proper" standards can still be dangerous.

So it's basically playing anaphylactic shock roulette if you eat anything other than poultry/eggs, fish, grain, fruit, and vegetables that you prepare from as close to basic ingredients as you can, although there's only one recorded death from it.

fuck ticks all my homies hate ticks

ticks are natures capitalist

The guy who discovered Alpha-Gal syndrome made fun of my hair a couple weeks ago, completely unprompted

I didn’t know who it was, just some dude walked up behind me while I was visiting a lab and said some dumb shit about about the hair coming out of my bun, and then I was told after by the people I was talking to “That was the guy that discovered Alpha-Gal”

The anti carnist disease is unironically called the Alpha Gal Syndrome

Honestly, if this was a bio weapon it would be a pretty ethical one

Total unsupport

A mixed diet is what most people in developing nations would be able to afford decently. Especially in places with higher child stunting n all, this would be very problematic.

Nature is healing

cri-TICK-al support

I think one of the maintenance guys who eats my vegan food pretty much has to because of this

We should put this lil guy in the water supply as a harmless silly prank

This has been my plan for 20 years. Begun the Tofu Wars have