Adolf would have been jealous!-----WMU professors' paper about spreading tick-borne meat allergy in humans prompts backlash.

Western Michigan U. scholar says the paper is a thought experiment, not an endorsement of spreading illness; and he eats meat - Leona Salinas - Texas State University

Two bioethics professors at Western Michigan University are exploring a controversial thought experiment: Should spreading a debilitating meat allergy be morally required if eating meat is considered wrong?

The paper recently sparked backlash online amid a larger trend of climate change scientists calling for reduced meat consumption...
In their paper “Beneficial Bloodsucking,” published in July in the journal Bioethics, Dr. Parker Crutchfield and Dr. Blake Hereth, both professors of medical ethics, considered whether the intentional spread of alpha-gal syndrome, a tick-borne illness that causes an allergic reaction to meat, could be justified morally...

• However, Crutchfield and Hereth wrote in their paper that the syndrome has “no significant negative effects on human health (so long as one avoids eating meat).”...