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by junon 1765 days ago
Is that the one that makes you deathly allergic to beef or something?
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Nope, you are thinking about alpha-gal allergy there.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alpha-gal_allergy

They are talking about TBE (also known as "FSME" in german speaking countries) instead:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tick-borne_encephalitis

Thank you :)
What joke is this?

I am vaccinated against this form of tick born disease but of course I am not allergic to beef.

Not the vaccine. Some ticks now transmit the allergen and cause the allergy in humans:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alpha-gal_allergy