I am editing this paragraph into the essay - as I think this may be critically important line of investigation:
Another possibility rarely discussed is whether changing patterns of childhood exposure have altered immune tolerance. Previous generations growing up in tick-endemic regions spent far more time outdoors, accumulated far more environmental exposures, and likely experienced repeated encounters with ticks and tick-associated antigens from an early age. Modern allergy research increasingly recognizes that the timing and context of exposure can influence whether the immune system develops tolerance or sensitization. Whether a similar process contributes to alpha-gal syndrome remains largely unexplored, but it raises an intriguing question: has something changed not only in the ticks, but in us?
Yeh, I remember coming home from an afternoon in the woods with my dog and then spending time picking tics off both me and her. Same thing later when I had horses. I concluded they must hang out in trees cause I’d come back from a trail ride with them and my feet had never touched the ground.
I have repeatedly read throughout the years that ticks do not jump. You brushed against the ticks when riding the horse. Deer as you know rub antlers against trees as well as brushing against trees and other high bushes. Can ticks jump even if articles say they don't ?
In the 1969 Marine Corps in North Carolina I rested against a tree and had huge numbers of ticks on my body as high up as my waist. We did a funeral detail so my trousers were not bloused against boots.
My understanding is that at the hint of movement ticks assume a position where their front legs are stretched out to snag any hair (or cloth) that brushes by, be that a human or something with a better diet. 😉
It would seem that, just as with Covid, a healthy immune system is vitally important in the fight against disease. Excuse me while I go take another shot of D3 and walk barefoot in my garden.
Throw in an emotionally challenged psyche also. When I was a teenager I had allergy reactions that gave me swollen eyes and lips, huge purple splotches and swelling in my trachea. I got allergy tests (needle pricks) that showed I was allergic to 150 different substances. No one asked me how I was feeling... I have no allergies today, but if I am super stressed I can feel a tingling in my lip, and then go do a relaxation and stop it. The last time that happened was about 30 years ago when I was buying a house, starting a business and relationship change.
Thanks for posting the additional comment. As a skeptic about the benefits of modern man made chemicals, we do not know if the constant barrage of non-nature made chemicals are impacting humans health, although one can readily observe/guess/speculate that it does. The human system is so complex that it is indeterminable the direct correlation…and this is why some scientists and drug mfgrs exploit this…difficult to prove an isolated item when instead the whole system is involved in complex ways that only Mother Nature knows. IMO if humans are contracting more issues it is not because Mother Nature is messing with us…but rather we are messing with mother nature.
I’m betting at least half of the us population would be dead but for man’s intervention with drugs and chemicals. That may have simply led to reproduction by inferior humans which now require more intervention by man to remain healthy
Yea! In us. Every injection creates an immune system response. Responses reflect the wholeness of the immune system. It is downhill at birth even if the new born achieves a healthy immune system that is not mature at birth. How can an immune system that is immature properly respond? There is a reason why all mothers should breast feed. Colostrum which is required to protect until the immune system is whole. Not produced if mother is deficient in Vitamin D. Complicated when they are in nursery school at 3 months and germs are exchanged. Solved the problem with my daughters twins by pulling them out of nursery school and sharing the nursing with another mother with twins at home. Each mother worked only 20 hours a week. Back in the 1980's, we shifted from a one parent wage earner to two. Big mistake.
Excellent review. The media, including social media, feeds on controversy, emotion, repetition and retransmission. It doesn’t have an inquisitive or rational filter. This leads to a lot of flash-in-the-pan hysterical overreactions.
It seems to me that the hypersensitive immune system may be the enabler.
We see this in the Covid mRNA shots. We see it in so many other reactions to
'treatments' that are being given to people. Often these treatments and Covid shots come with an immune suppressor (like prednizone). Too many 'treatments' are playing with the immune system (childhood vaccination schedule for example).
We were much better off when we let the natural immune response happen without 'medicine'.
That would be my guess too. And may explain reluctance to examine stored specimen sera...may see correlation of activity with childhood jab schedule, something Pharma certainly does not want to see
Doesn't it boil down to one very basic medical fact. Immune systems of Americans are becoming more degraded for a variety of reasons, and with that, new disease states are being documented.
A whole and vibrant immune system is the number one defense against all pathogens.
mRNA injections have accelerated the negative progress. After WWII, Americans survived with victory gardens that provided organic food. Negative Lifestyle issues have increased, Overmedication and lack of good nutrition including a diminished Vitamin D blood level has all contributed to the current decline in the health status of Americans. Well documented in the NIH study released in 2017 called. Lifestyle Medicine, A Brief Review. Can we not come to a understanding how to evaluate immune system viability and correct accordingly? RFK Jr. understands what needs to done, but the push back is intense. My Senior friends yesterday said. He is not a doctor. Therefore he doesn't belong as the head of NIH. Interestingly, no body said that about Alex Azar, a lawyer working for Lilly. Nor the Wisconsin governor, Nor the University President. Spin Spin Spin.
My unscientifically tested guess is that this is related to adjuvant used in vaccines. Adjuvants are used to stimulate the immune system to react strongly to an otherwise benign antigen (typically a protein or epitope of a protein from an infectious agent). But there is nothing to stop the hyperstimulated immune system from over reacting to other harmless antigens. That's why more than half the population is walking around with autoimmune or allergic conditions. The Alpha-Gal reaction is similar to the gluten intolerance in Celiac disease sufferers. I hate to keep saying it but it all keeps coming back to vaccines.
Right. actually. I was tested for that (tested Neg) when I was having all my issues w/ Bowel. etc. all of it turned out to be I had a lesion in my sigmoid colon .. before Covid.. and it was removed and I am well :) now. compared to then.. I don't think it does come back to vaccines.. all the time. I have experienced a chunk of life and worked in medicine way before Covid and I studied "immunology" .. we have an immune system to protect us.. it is Hyper stimulated in today's environment..
I learn so much from you about how important it is to know how to ask multiple varied questions to investigate a situation. I only wish more scientists knew how to dig deeper instead of coming to a quick conclusion = discussion settled. Is this a symptom of not wanting to investigate because it is too much work and not enough compensation?
We recently read other articles with alternative explanations of Allpha-Gal. These are plausible and relate to vaccines as culprits or at least triggers. The explanations do not require the use of ticks:
1. DO NOT inject anything into your body or the bodies of your loved ones! If you’ve already done so, STOP.
2. Do all you can — naturally — to be as healthy as you can.
3. Do not take health advice from mainstream doctors, media, government, or the medical/pharmaceutical mafia. They lie or mislead, either intentionally or unintentionally. Regardless, they are not to be trusted. Always ask “cui bono — who benefits?”
4. Share the truth with as many people as you can. Silence is complicity. Complicity kills.
Thank you for this extensive rational discussion. It is an effective counter to a gut level suspicion that alpha-gal is a Gates - WEF level attack on our ability to eat meat.
That recognized, one wonders if NIH has recognized its opportunity to timely investigate the issues you've covered. There are potential benefits beyond the alpha-gal questions themselves. Perhaps they have something underway. We would be pleased to learn such.
Your clear, detailed and coherent analysis is very welcome! If NIH doesn't already have such a service, imo they should have. The timely and thorough analysis would help in focusing, prioritizing and advising the public on consideration being given.
Looking forward to your "What to do, at this point."
You right on.. since the so called "allergic" rxn seems like other allergic rxns.. the HIVES.. or like one your commentators said: the immune system" and the finding of the so called ALPHA GAL syndrome is as we say in Medicine.. an "incidental finding" which seemingly correlates to the Tick bite of the Alpha Tick.. which happens in the summer and spring.. peak time for other BUGS and PESTS. I like you, doubt it. Thanks :)
Well. There goes a pillar undergirding my "Gates is a globalist fiend" narrative. I'm not abandoning the narrative, however; no, not at all. When it comes to that, I'm dug in like a... well, you know.
I’m so grateful to follow a very knowledgeable scientist, Dr who knows between truth and error. If you don’t know you dig and do the research. Thank heavens for the Malone’s
I am editing this paragraph into the essay - as I think this may be critically important line of investigation:
Another possibility rarely discussed is whether changing patterns of childhood exposure have altered immune tolerance. Previous generations growing up in tick-endemic regions spent far more time outdoors, accumulated far more environmental exposures, and likely experienced repeated encounters with ticks and tick-associated antigens from an early age. Modern allergy research increasingly recognizes that the timing and context of exposure can influence whether the immune system develops tolerance or sensitization. Whether a similar process contributes to alpha-gal syndrome remains largely unexplored, but it raises an intriguing question: has something changed not only in the ticks, but in us?
Yeh, I remember coming home from an afternoon in the woods with my dog and then spending time picking tics off both me and her. Same thing later when I had horses. I concluded they must hang out in trees cause I’d come back from a trail ride with them and my feet had never touched the ground.
I have repeatedly read throughout the years that ticks do not jump. You brushed against the ticks when riding the horse. Deer as you know rub antlers against trees as well as brushing against trees and other high bushes. Can ticks jump even if articles say they don't ?
In the 1969 Marine Corps in North Carolina I rested against a tree and had huge numbers of ticks on my body as high up as my waist. We did a funeral detail so my trousers were not bloused against boots.
My understanding is that at the hint of movement ticks assume a position where their front legs are stretched out to snag any hair (or cloth) that brushes by, be that a human or something with a better diet. 😉
It would seem that, just as with Covid, a healthy immune system is vitally important in the fight against disease. Excuse me while I go take another shot of D3 and walk barefoot in my garden.
Throw in an emotionally challenged psyche also. When I was a teenager I had allergy reactions that gave me swollen eyes and lips, huge purple splotches and swelling in my trachea. I got allergy tests (needle pricks) that showed I was allergic to 150 different substances. No one asked me how I was feeling... I have no allergies today, but if I am super stressed I can feel a tingling in my lip, and then go do a relaxation and stop it. The last time that happened was about 30 years ago when I was buying a house, starting a business and relationship change.
Thanks for posting the additional comment. As a skeptic about the benefits of modern man made chemicals, we do not know if the constant barrage of non-nature made chemicals are impacting humans health, although one can readily observe/guess/speculate that it does. The human system is so complex that it is indeterminable the direct correlation…and this is why some scientists and drug mfgrs exploit this…difficult to prove an isolated item when instead the whole system is involved in complex ways that only Mother Nature knows. IMO if humans are contracting more issues it is not because Mother Nature is messing with us…but rather we are messing with mother nature.
I’m betting at least half of the us population would be dead but for man’s intervention with drugs and chemicals. That may have simply led to reproduction by inferior humans which now require more intervention by man to remain healthy
Yea! In us. Every injection creates an immune system response. Responses reflect the wholeness of the immune system. It is downhill at birth even if the new born achieves a healthy immune system that is not mature at birth. How can an immune system that is immature properly respond? There is a reason why all mothers should breast feed. Colostrum which is required to protect until the immune system is whole. Not produced if mother is deficient in Vitamin D. Complicated when they are in nursery school at 3 months and germs are exchanged. Solved the problem with my daughters twins by pulling them out of nursery school and sharing the nursing with another mother with twins at home. Each mother worked only 20 hours a week. Back in the 1980's, we shifted from a one parent wage earner to two. Big mistake.
another good suggestion for MS or PhD research thesis topic
Don't need more research. Need more common sense. Baby formula doesn't cut it.
Mother needs high value of D during pregnancy and then the infant will form it's immune system faster.
I suppose one could put some weight in the quality of food has changed from natural to processed 🤷♂️
Excellent review. The media, including social media, feeds on controversy, emotion, repetition and retransmission. It doesn’t have an inquisitive or rational filter. This leads to a lot of flash-in-the-pan hysterical overreactions.
It seems to me that the hypersensitive immune system may be the enabler.
We see this in the Covid mRNA shots. We see it in so many other reactions to
'treatments' that are being given to people. Often these treatments and Covid shots come with an immune suppressor (like prednizone). Too many 'treatments' are playing with the immune system (childhood vaccination schedule for example).
We were much better off when we let the natural immune response happen without 'medicine'.
That would be my guess too. And may explain reluctance to examine stored specimen sera...may see correlation of activity with childhood jab schedule, something Pharma certainly does not want to see
Doesn't it boil down to one very basic medical fact. Immune systems of Americans are becoming more degraded for a variety of reasons, and with that, new disease states are being documented.
A whole and vibrant immune system is the number one defense against all pathogens.
mRNA injections have accelerated the negative progress. After WWII, Americans survived with victory gardens that provided organic food. Negative Lifestyle issues have increased, Overmedication and lack of good nutrition including a diminished Vitamin D blood level has all contributed to the current decline in the health status of Americans. Well documented in the NIH study released in 2017 called. Lifestyle Medicine, A Brief Review. Can we not come to a understanding how to evaluate immune system viability and correct accordingly? RFK Jr. understands what needs to done, but the push back is intense. My Senior friends yesterday said. He is not a doctor. Therefore he doesn't belong as the head of NIH. Interestingly, no body said that about Alex Azar, a lawyer working for Lilly. Nor the Wisconsin governor, Nor the University President. Spin Spin Spin.
right. A whole and vibrant immune system is the number one defense against all pathogens. exactly right
Big Medicine ignores it like the plague!
Thank you! We know I have been bugging you to do this. Pun intended.
My unscientifically tested guess is that this is related to adjuvant used in vaccines. Adjuvants are used to stimulate the immune system to react strongly to an otherwise benign antigen (typically a protein or epitope of a protein from an infectious agent). But there is nothing to stop the hyperstimulated immune system from over reacting to other harmless antigens. That's why more than half the population is walking around with autoimmune or allergic conditions. The Alpha-Gal reaction is similar to the gluten intolerance in Celiac disease sufferers. I hate to keep saying it but it all keeps coming back to vaccines.
Right. actually. I was tested for that (tested Neg) when I was having all my issues w/ Bowel. etc. all of it turned out to be I had a lesion in my sigmoid colon .. before Covid.. and it was removed and I am well :) now. compared to then.. I don't think it does come back to vaccines.. all the time. I have experienced a chunk of life and worked in medicine way before Covid and I studied "immunology" .. we have an immune system to protect us.. it is Hyper stimulated in today's environment..
I learn so much from you about how important it is to know how to ask multiple varied questions to investigate a situation. I only wish more scientists knew how to dig deeper instead of coming to a quick conclusion = discussion settled. Is this a symptom of not wanting to investigate because it is too much work and not enough compensation?
We recently read other articles with alternative explanations of Allpha-Gal. These are plausible and relate to vaccines as culprits or at least triggers. The explanations do not require the use of ticks:
* What Is Alpha-Gal Syndrome? An Essay on Anaphylaxis to Bovine Proteins, the Tick Story That Followed, and the Proposal to Deploy It. By UNBEKOMING (06/14/26) https://unbekoming.substack.com/p/what-is-alpha-gal-syndrome
* Alpha-Gal Syndrome and Ticks: A False Trail? APRIL 27, 2020 BY MERINDA TELLER, MPH, PHD: https://www.westonaprice.org/health-topics/alpha-gal-syndrome-and-ticks-a-false-trail/#gsc.tab=0 (04/27/20)
* "Weaponized Ticks!!!", a mini review. By SASHA LATYPOVA (06/25/26): https://sashalatypova.substack.com/p/trick-ticks-fear-porn-to-cover-up?utm_source=publication-search
Bottom Line:
1. DO NOT inject anything into your body or the bodies of your loved ones! If you’ve already done so, STOP.
2. Do all you can — naturally — to be as healthy as you can.
3. Do not take health advice from mainstream doctors, media, government, or the medical/pharmaceutical mafia. They lie or mislead, either intentionally or unintentionally. Regardless, they are not to be trusted. Always ask “cui bono — who benefits?”
4. Share the truth with as many people as you can. Silence is complicity. Complicity kills.
A retrospective study using blood repositories through the ages is good suggestion for MS or PhD research thesis
Thank you for this extensive rational discussion. It is an effective counter to a gut level suspicion that alpha-gal is a Gates - WEF level attack on our ability to eat meat.
That recognized, one wonders if NIH has recognized its opportunity to timely investigate the issues you've covered. There are potential benefits beyond the alpha-gal questions themselves. Perhaps they have something underway. We would be pleased to learn such.
Your clear, detailed and coherent analysis is very welcome! If NIH doesn't already have such a service, imo they should have. The timely and thorough analysis would help in focusing, prioritizing and advising the public on consideration being given.
Looking forward to your "What to do, at this point."
Ever, Much Appreciation!
You right on.. since the so called "allergic" rxn seems like other allergic rxns.. the HIVES.. or like one your commentators said: the immune system" and the finding of the so called ALPHA GAL syndrome is as we say in Medicine.. an "incidental finding" which seemingly correlates to the Tick bite of the Alpha Tick.. which happens in the summer and spring.. peak time for other BUGS and PESTS. I like you, doubt it. Thanks :)
I like the new colored info graphics panels above at topside beginning the essay.
It sets the stage as intrigue for us as inquiring minds.
Lord knows we are a hungry bunch for knowledge cast and crew.
WHAT ABOUT Bill Gates dropping boxes of modified ticks from planes all over the country?
Well. There goes a pillar undergirding my "Gates is a globalist fiend" narrative. I'm not abandoning the narrative, however; no, not at all. When it comes to that, I'm dug in like a... well, you know.
Does this mean double masking and six foot spacing will not help ?
I’m so grateful to follow a very knowledgeable scientist, Dr who knows between truth and error. If you don’t know you dig and do the research. Thank heavens for the Malone’s