Yes, this is a real thing: https://www.newyorker.com/tech/annals-of-technology/can-ticks-make-you-allergic-to-red-meat.

The thing that pissed me off about the article is that the doctor who made the connection between the tick causing the red meat allergy wrote off these people's meat allergies as psychosomatic and refused to take the issue seriously -- for twenty years! Then Big Pharma came in and said "Hey, will you figure out why people are reacted badly to our drugs?" Why would he not take all these patients seriously for so long, but take Big Pharma seriously right away?

Yes, this is a real thing: https://www.newyorker.com/tech/annals-of-technology/can-ticks-make-you-allergic-to-red-meat.

The thing that pissed me off about the article is that the doctor who made the connection between the tick causing the red meat allergy wrote off these people's meat allergies as psychosomatic and refused to take the issue seriously -- for twenty years! Then until Big Pharma came in and said "Hey, will you figure out why people are reacted badly to our drugs?" Why would he not take all these patients seriously for so long, but take Big Pharma seriously right away?