I know someone IRL with this. Based dude, ate red meat for years like any normal person, reasonably healthy, and not some vegan wingnut. Half a dozen years ago he started chronically going from perfectly healthy one day to hospitalized the next. Eventually traced the issue down to alpha gal. He stopped eating red meat and overnight no more problems. Poor guy loves a good steak but cant have one because it'll put him in the hospital. Thankfully his wife is a sweetheart who's willing to cook separate meals for him so he doesnt die.
I'm not saying it doesn't exist. I'm saying it's extremely rare. That's n=1, but you aren't an acquaintance and I'm guessing poal has thousands of viewers that might chime in.
When I hear about people in my area coming down with this latest bullshit from other people I know (not the media), that's when I'll give it attention, and I sure as shit won't overreact this time. They fooled me with the COVID bullshit for the first 3-4 months of 2020. Never again.
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