DRAINS_05 said:

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We moved to NW Arkansas 3 years ago and I have contracted Alpha Gal already. Luckily it's not so bad for me and I don't have life threatening reactions. Almost everyone around me has it.

CIA declassified docs show Lyme was created as a bio weapon during the Cold War.

After the Tuskegee experiments I wouldn't put anything out of the realm of possibility.

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The bite of the lone star tick spreads alpha-gal syndrome (AGS), a condition whose only effect is the creation of a severe but nonfatal red meat allergy. Public health departments warn against lone star ticks and AGS, and scientists are working to develop an inoculation to AGS. Herein, we argue that if eating meat is morally impermissible, then efforts to prevent the spread of tickborne AGS are also morally impermissible. After explaining the symptoms of AGS and how they are transmitted via ticks, we argue that tickborne AGS is a moral bioenhancer if and when it motivates people to stop eating meat. We then defend what we call the Convergence Argument: If x-ing prevents the world from becoming a significantly worse place, doesn't violate anyone's rights, and promotes virtuous action or character, then x-ing is strongly pro tanto obligatory; promoting tickborne AGS satisfies each of these conditions. Therefore, promoting tickborne AGS is strongly pro tanto obligatory. It is presently feasible to genetically edit the disease-carrying capacity of ticks. If this practice can be applied to ticks carrying AGS, then promoting the proliferation of tickborne AGS is morally obligatory.

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Some theorists argue that moral bioenhancement ought to be compulsory. I take this argument one step further, arguing that if moral bioenhancement ought to be compulsory, then its administration ought to be covert rather than overt. This is to say that it is morally preferable for compulsory moral bioenhancement to be administered without the recipients knowing that they are receiving the enhancement. My argument for this is that if moral bioenhancement ought to be compulsory, then its administration is a matter of public health, and for this reason should be governed by public health ethics. I argue that the covert administration of a compulsory moral bioenhancement program better conforms to public health ethics than does an overt compulsory program. In particular, a covert compulsory program promotes values such as liberty, utility, equality, and autonomy better than an overt program does. Thus, a covert compulsory moral bioenhancement program is morally preferable to an overt moral bioenhancement program.

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Hoosegow said:

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Today, I dismiss no conspiracy theories. The tin foil hat folks have been on a hell of a winning streak.

And all you have to do is listen to the rhetoric. None of this, if true, should be a surprise.

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oh no said:

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i don't know if i've seen ticks at my place in Robertson county. i don't have an eye for ticks, always wear a hat out there, and I haven't felt or noticed anything in my hair/ on my scalp.. but there's a ton of whitetail and all sorts of wildlife so i'm sure there are a lot of ticks.

...the chiggers, however, are eating me alive every time i go out there. i have sprayed permethrin on my boots and pants, douse myself and my hat with deet, and they still find a way.

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