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Outrage as scientists push to create ticks that spread red-meat allergies: 'Isn't this biological terrorism?'
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Posted on 06/03/2026 1:57:43 PM PDT by algore

A recently unearthed study has set off a tidal wave of outrage after scientists claimed it was 'morally' justifiable to infect people with a virus making them allergic to meat.

Researchers Parker Crutchfield and Blake Hereth from Western Michigan University published an inflammatory paper in 2025, making the case that society had a moral 'duty' to spread ticks that were infected with or engineered to carry alpha-gal syndrome (AGS).

AGS is a real medical condition transmitted to humans through tick bites, causing victims to suffer allergic reactions when eating red meat, including beef, pork and lamb, dairy and other products derived from mammals.

The symptoms can range from a mild case of hives or stomach pain to severe and even life-threatening cases of anaphylaxis - where blood pressure suddenly drops and the person becomes unable to breathe as their airways swell up.

Crutchfield and Hereth claimed that it was morally wrong to eat meat because of the suffering animals endure and the environmental damage that the meat industry allegedly causes.

They argued that the only reason society should not be spreading ticks to infect people with AGS today is that scientists do not currently have an easy and effective way to do it on a large scale.

However, they added: 'But it is feasible to genetically edit the disease-carrying capacity of ticks. If we are right, then today we have the obligation to research and develop the capacity to proliferate tickborne AGS and, tomorrow, carry out that proliferation.'

Their main findings were that promoting genetically modified ticks to spread AGS would make the world better and help people become more 'virtuous' by avoiding meat.

They also claimed that this process would not violate anyone's rights, despite proposing to intentionally infect the population with a life-threatening infection.

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1 posted on 06/03/2026 1:57:43 PM PDT by algore
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To: algore

THESE are the people who YOU EMPOWER when you sit out elections because your Congressman or Senator is a RINO.

Think about it - it’s not that hard to understand.


2 posted on 06/03/2026 2:00:29 PM PDT by BobL (Trusting one's doctor is the #1 health mistake one can make.)
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To: algore
If we are right ...

Aye, there's the rub.

3 posted on 06/03/2026 2:01:37 PM PDT by ClearCase_guy
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To: algore

Obviously not directed at you algore, but Al Gore is one of the people these ‘purists’ empower.


4 posted on 06/03/2026 2:01:43 PM PDT by BobL (Trusting one's doctor is the #1 health mistake one can make.)
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To: algore
Parker Crutchfield is Professor of Medical Ethics, Humanities, and Law, Western Michigan University. He completed his Ph.D. in philosophy at Arizona State.

Professor of Medical Ethics? Sue them all.

5 posted on 06/03/2026 2:02:17 PM PDT by blackdog (The philosophy of the schoolroom in one generation will be the philosophy of government in the next.)
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To: algore

“They argued that the only reason society should not be spreading ticks to infect people with AGS today is that scientists do not currently have an easy and effective way to do it on a large scale.”

It’s already infected 500,000+ people - I’d say they are quite effective in spreading it, large scale.


6 posted on 06/03/2026 2:03:15 PM PDT by BobL (Trusting one's doctor is the #1 health mistake one can make.)
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To: algore

The people implementing & funding such research & release of ticks should be imprisoned for life without opportunity for parole. There should be financial penalties as well.


7 posted on 06/03/2026 2:04:47 PM PDT by JayGalt (A never ending battle for Truth, Justice & the American Way.)
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To: algore

One of the ‘problems’ that the Left is having with turning people into (very sick) vegetarians is that all the LIES about eating meat, particularly red meat, have now been debunked and, in fact, red meat is about the HEALTHIEST product that humans can eat, providing they don’t contaminate it with carbs.


8 posted on 06/03/2026 2:05:47 PM PDT by BobL (Trusting one's doctor is the #1 health mistake one can make.)
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To: algore

9 posted on 06/03/2026 2:06:24 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is opinion or satire. Or both.)
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To: algore

More fake Scientists but they are real murders


10 posted on 06/03/2026 2:06:28 PM PDT by butlerweave (Fateh)
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To: algore

That could cause mass starvation—possibly an extinction event.


11 posted on 06/03/2026 2:06:48 PM PDT by Jeff Chandler (The issue is never the issue. The issue is always the revolution.)
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To: BobL

Can a pregnant mother pass that condition onto the fetus?
You may not know the answer. I was just wondering.
This is a question that has not come up before now.


12 posted on 06/03/2026 2:07:01 PM PDT by lee martell
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To: algore

“...scientists push to create ticks that spread red-meat allergies...”

This is the answer from the Left to the hugely popular (and for good reason) Carnivore Movement.


13 posted on 06/03/2026 2:07:10 PM PDT by BobL (Trusting one's doctor is the #1 health mistake one can make.)
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To: lee martell

Don’t know, Lee, good question.


14 posted on 06/03/2026 2:07:50 PM PDT by BobL (Trusting one's doctor is the #1 health mistake one can make.)
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To: JayGalt

no, they should be executed on live TV to set an example. I don’t want there to be a chance that some wooly headed future President can commute their sentence


15 posted on 06/03/2026 2:08:35 PM PDT by Jeff Vader
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To: Jeff Chandler

“That could cause mass starvation—possibly an extinction event.”

EXACTLY what the Left is gunning for. They look at humans as a destructive VIRUS on the planet.


16 posted on 06/03/2026 2:08:45 PM PDT by BobL (Trusting one's doctor is the #1 health mistake one can make.)
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To: algore

I’d say all those who have gotten Alpha Gal Syndrome ought to show up at the homes of these malicious people.


17 posted on 06/03/2026 2:10:29 PM PDT by ConservativeMind (Trump: Befuddling Democrats, Republicans, and the Media for the benefit of the US and all mankind.)
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To: blackdog

No. Arrest and jail them for advocating and/or committing bioterrorism. Life in prison.


18 posted on 06/03/2026 2:13:19 PM PDT by piytar (NEVER FORGET Ashli Babbitt, Rosanne Boyland, Corey Comperatore, Iryna Zarutska, and Charlie Kirk!)
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To: algore

Life / health altering issues foisted upon innocent humans beings by eugenicists. Hey, how about a vaccine to protect the people from our experiment? Murder them all.


19 posted on 06/03/2026 2:13:33 PM PDT by PGalt (Past Peak Civilization? )
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To: algore

Some people need prison time.


20 posted on 06/03/2026 2:14:21 PM PDT by lastchance (Cognovit Dominus qui sunt eius.)
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