This is strange

[Deb]

http://news.yahoo.com/allergic-meat-lon ... ealth.html

There's a new weapon in the war on meat: a tiny tick, whose bite might be spreading meat allergies up the East Coast.

A bite from the lone star tick, so-called for the white spot on its back, looks innocent enough. But University of Virginia researchers say saliva that sneaks into the tiny wound may trigger an allergic reaction to meat -- agonizing enough to convert lifelong carnivores into wary vegetarians.

[Deanna in CO]

Wow! Wouldn't it be nice if their research somehow shed light on the mechanism we are facing with MC?