It's likely it existed for generations, but the cause was matched to the effect for the first time in 2002. There had been clear outbreaks prior to that where there had been no cause identified.

[+] TiePilot@feddit.online -33 points 12 hours ago (2 children)

Funny its numbers start spiking when they are trying to get us to eat fake meat and bugs... Like I said I would like to see the genome from as far back as we have access.

[–] protist@retrofed.com 14 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago)

Who is this "they" you're referencing?

And what could you, a moron on the internet, discern from a genetic sequence? Which genetic sequence are you even talking about? This happens because alpha-gal occurs in the saliva of many different tick species, and injecting a tiny bit via tick bite is all it takes for some people to have that first allergic reaction. Are you suggesting "they" modified the genomes of ticks worldwide decades ago in order to elicit an allergic reaction in a vanishingly small number of people?

[–] Asafum@lemmy.world 10 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago)

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/datasets/genome/GCA_030143305.2/

Ok here. What exactly are you able to do with this?

Edit: and before we get ahead of ourselves and claim "ah-ha! 2024, gotcha globalists!" Here's more information from 2016

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4898797/

And another from 2006

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/16859107/