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Mysterious meat allergy passed by ticks may affect hundreds of thousands in US, CDC estimates (edition.cnn.com)

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“This disease doesn’t have to be deadly if we just know about it,” McCullick said. “A lot of people could be saved just from the knowledge that needs to get out there.”

First time I heard about it.

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[–] tiefling@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Isn't that literally ivermectin? As in the horse dewormer that nutcases were taking during COVID because Trump told them to?

[–] Midnitte@beehaw.org 2 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

No, ivermectin is given in doses to treat infections.

Something like Frontline is given as a preventative and lasts for months. That lasts for months is why I would care for it to be approved for human use as ticks become a growing concern.

Though I did mistakenly say heartworm - not all tick preventatives work as a heartworm treatment*