A Tick That Might Make You A Vegetarian

The nice thing about being is a vegetarian is you see headline's like this recent article and realize being a vegetarian, forced or voluntarily, is not a punishment! But check out this recent discovery:

"The lone star tick, or Amblyomma americanum, is found from Texas to Maine, identifiable by the white spot on its back. Its saliva has been linked to what's called a meat-induced alpha-gal allergic reaction. Somehow, the tick's bite induces a person's body to produce antibodies that target alpha-gal, a carbohydrate found in red meat. Once the antibodies latch onto alpha-gal, they induce a chemical chain reaction that releases histamines and other inflammatory proteins that spark the symptoms of an allergic reaction."

In other words if this tick bites you eating meat will make you swell up, rashes break out and even barf! How cool is that? But for the 100th time it is not a punishment to be a vegetarian, in fact, it is kind of privilege. At any rate, either we get bit by ticks or voluntarily become vegetarians it will be the way of the world after the Second Coming of Jesus Christ, correct?