nostr:npub1j8ueyfkfuud4fzn80l27a8tk6f3ueug6awsxumwd4wkvax7hkvjsshaz5s — supposedly, (according to sources familiar with the matter ;), it actually is a worldwide problem.

“…they realized Alpha-gal syndrome was not limited to the southeastern United States but was instead a global problem. Alpha-gal reactions have now been linked to bites not only from the Lone Star Tick in the U.S., but from at least nine other tick species, in every part of the world except the Arctic and Antarctica.“

https://alphagalinformation.org/the-history-of-ags/