It’s confirmed that the teenager who ate beef on a camping trip, died of a tick-induced meat allergy, with cases of alpha-gal syndrome increasing 40% since 2020.
Interesting facts:
Bill Gates funded research into genetically engineered cattle ticks
450,000 Americans now have ‘Alpha-Gal Syndrome’ caused by tick bites
16-year-old Jeremy Webb died in June 2022 after eating beef sausages during a camping trip at MacMasters Beach with friends.
Web started vomiting, was having a difficult time breathing and collapsed. At the time, his death was attributed to asthma.
However, the state coroner has now ruled that the asthma attack was triggered by an allergic reaction to meat, after he was diagnosed with alpha-gal syndrome.
His is the first confirmed death in Australia and allegedly the second worldwide to die from alpha-gal syndrome – however personal accounts popping up online in response to this story are claiming that death toll is much higher.
Meanwhile, The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has provided multiple grants to support research into genetically engineering cattle ticks (specifically the Asian blue tick) to control populations that harm livestock.
The claim is that cattle ticks, specifically the Asian blue tick, can cause alpha-gal syndrome (AGS) in humans if they bite.
AGS is primarily associated with bites from the lone star tick in the U.S. and certain other tick species.
While Asian blue tick’s primarily feed on cattle, there is evidence that they can cause AGS in humans if bit, but no definitive studies have been published connecting the two.
In 2021, The Gates Foundation awarded $1.283 million to genetically modify the Asian blue tick.
In 2023 an additional $4.8 million grant was given to advance development
The Gates Foundation has also given $17 million in grants for tick-borne disease research in Africa.
AGS develops when a tick bite introduces the alpha-gal molecule into the human bloodstream, triggering an immune response
The first death from AGS happened in New Jersey in 2024, when a healthy pilot died hours after eating a hamburger
In 2016 a prominent Taiwanese bioethicist S Matthew Liao said climate change could be tackled through human engineering, saying tick-borne allergies could be used to make people intolerant to meat.
Fact checkers say that projects funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation- have nothing to do with AGS and any claims otherwise are false.
