re: Tim Burchett: Bill Gates is behind the massive increase in ticks

He's talking about the others. The ones who dont bother to ask anything or even doubt Gates is doing it.

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From me? Or the topic of the OP? Because what I said is true, but you carry on.

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Topic of the OP.

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A scientist suggested using bioengineered ticks to make people allergic to meat and save the planet, while Bill Gates is funding a company that is genetically modifying ticks.

Now, many are connecting the two.

Gates has pushed hard for slashing meat eating in wealthy nations by switching to fake synthetic beef, while a separate bioethicist floated engineering human meat intolerance as a climate fix.

However, experts say claims tying this directly to Gates releasing genetically modified ticks, are unproven conspiracy theories, even though real Alpha-gal (AGS) cases from Lone Star tick bites have exploded in the US.

Matthew Lau, a New York University bioethicist is the one who made the comments:

“We can use human engineering to make it the case that we're intolerant to certain kinds of meat to certain kinds of bovine proteins. And there's actually analogs of this in life. There’s this thing called the Lone Star tick, where if it bites you, you will become allergic to meat, I can sort of describe the mechanism. So, that's something that we can do through human engineering.”

His idea appeared in academic circles around 2012, and was talked about publicly in 2016.

Then in 2021, Gates said rich countries should move to 100% synthetic beef to cut methane emissions from cattle, he said:

“I do think all rich countries should move to 100% synthetic beef. You can get used to the taste difference eventually. That green premium is modest enough that you can sort of change the behavior of people or use regulation to totally shift the demand.”

He has invested in companies like Impossible Foods, Beyond Meat, and Upside Foods, but he said poorer countries can keep traditional livestock. 450,000 Americans have Alpha-gal syndrome caused by tick bites.

The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has provided multiple grants to support research on genetically engineered cattle ticks, specifically the Asian blue tick, to control populations that harm livestock, which is what they say it does.

The claim is that cattle ticks, specifically the Asian food tick, can cause Alpha-gal syndrome If they bite.

However, AGS is primarily associated with bites from the Lone Star tick in the U.S and certain other tick species, while Asian blue ticks 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 1.28 million dollars to a UK-based biotech firm for a 14-month study to adapt the friendly genetic technology used on mosquitoes and crop pests for the Asian blue tick. In 2023, an additional 4.8 million dollar grant was given to the company to advance development.

The Gates Foundation has also funded a 2015 meeting on cattle tick vaccines and over 70 million dollars in grants to another company for tick-borne disease research in Africa.

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Permethrin sales about to go through the roof. Just added another 5 cans to my cart.

...it'll be fine until they engineer and distribute a batch of resistant ticks.

As an avid outdoorsman that spends half of my waking hours in the woods and near the water, I remind you all to NEVER go out without your DEET.

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thought DEET was toxic.

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Pick your poison. DEET, or risk Lyme, Alpha Gal, etc..

I spray the crap out of my boots and clothes (mainly pants) with DEET (minimum 40% to be effective) and try to avoid skin contact as much as possible. On my arms, neck, etc., I use non-toxic, natural homemade repellents that are more effective for mosquitoes, but the majority of ticks latch on to your clothes (or skin) below the waist, hence that being the focused area for DEET application.

I have a family member with Lyme and a close friend with Alpha Gal. I've weighed the pros and cons, and believe cautious use of DEET to be the far better option.

It's just my opinion and not in any way medical advice. Everyone should make their own decisions. But it works for Mrs. Axe and I, and we're in the heart of some of the thickest tick country in the US.

This shite is crazy, my friend had a tarp outside and moved it today and there a bunch of ticks on it, yesterday a girl told me a tick got on her when she was sitting on her porch. She didn’t even walk in the yard.

This is Bond villain level evil, and there needs to be real consequences.

I like how the left doing something like this is immediately pushed off as being a radical conspiracy theory. They have mentioned their intentions to use ticks to force lifestyle choices we would otherwise not make.

In a provocative 2025 paper titled “Beneficial Bloodsucking,” bioethicists Parker Crutchfield and Blake Hereth argued that the lone star tick’s ability to trigger alpha-gal syndrome (AGS)—a potentially severe, delayed allergy to red meat—could serve as a “moral bioenhancer” to reduce meat consumption.
Observing the tick’s natural northward spread and rising cases of the incurable condition (which forces sufferers to avoid beef, pork, lamb, and often dairy), they contended that deliberately encouraging or even engineering the spread of AGS might be ethically obligatory. This would align human behavior with animal welfare, environmental, and climate goals without direct coercion, as the allergy only activates upon eating red meat. The idea, framed as a thought experiment exploring bioethical convergence arguments, ignited widespread backlash for violating bodily autonomy, risking broader tick-borne diseases, and treating a debilitating condition as a public-health tool. While no engineered ticks were released, the lone star tick continues expanding on its own, quietly turning more people into reluctant vegetarians through nature’s unintended experiment.

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 While no engineered ticks were released

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nature’s unintended experiment

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Well, there you go. Bill Gates isn't releasing these things. Just because some jerk-off ethicists suggest it might be acceptable doesnt mean they're out there doing it.

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What if I told you the species of tick they use don't threaten humans and don't feed on humans, and that the species has never been known or proven to carry or spread Lyme disease?

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What if I told you things "jump" and "mutate"?

What if I told you absence of evidence isn't evidence of absence?

What if I told you Bill Gates is a sick man and maybe you shouldn't believe everything he says?