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“Red meat allergy” from tick bites is spreading both in US and globally (arstechnica.com)
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cross-posted from: https://piefed.social/post/1116242

Woke ticks are out to turn the US South into soyboys > > (did I do that right?)

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[–] GenderNeutralBro@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 1 week ago

If you have the bullseye mark, you’re not fine. You need penicillin or you risk borreliosis.

Yeah, I was pretty freaked out. But on that part, I assume they just knew better than I did. To me it looked a lot like tick bite pictures I found on the internet, but I'm certainly no expert. I saw my GP ASAP after that and he didn't think it was from ticks either. Maybe it was some other kind of bug bite, or an allergic reaction to some other woodsy thing. No way to know, since it all went away on its own in the end.

I'd advocate for erring on the side of caution, but I totally understand why people instead err on the side of not getting fucked over by medical bills.