“WEAPONIZED TICKS ARE HERE — AND IT’S NO ACCIDENT! Genetically modified ticks are exploding across America, triggering Alpha-Gal Syndrome,” claims a May 29, 2026 X post sharing a video making similar statements about a “climate agenda” which was viewed nearly three million times on Instagram.
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It is the latest in a series of conspiratorial posts about tick propagation, as outbreaks surge throughout the United States and Canada. US Secretary of Health and Human Services, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., has also baselessly claimed Lyme Disease was “bioengineered.”
Alpha-gal syndrome (AGS), a potentially fatal allergy to mammal products, including red meat, is spread by bites from the lone star tick ….
But Holly Gaff, biological sciences professor and lone star tick specialist at Old Dominion University …, told AFP that there “is absolutely no evidence that there is any bioengineering that created this Alpha-gal allergy.”
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Claims tying the outbreaks to an alleged release of ticks by Bill Gates or one of the billionaire’s companies are equally unfounded.
The Gates Foundation on June 2 said the claims circulating online were false. “The foundation is not involved in any work in relation to Alpha-gal syndrome,” a spokesperson said.
