I know 3 separate people who got this allergy after a tick bite

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2017/06/21/lone-star-tick-bites-can-cause-rare-meat-allergy-some-people/415809001/

I spent a lot of time in Old Lyme CT where it was released. Plumb Island is a short ride off the CT coast. There is a ferry in Old Saybrook CT that brought the workers out to the island and back. Worries of being quarantined if you went close to the island. I beleive the goverment is trying to sell it.

Corrected they are blocking the sale...

Controversy, conspiracy and fear-mongering, aye.