Congress thought it was worth investigating

[blackfeather]

The Pentagon has been urged to investigate whether ticks were developed as 'biological weapons' amid a rise in Lyme disease cases in the US.



A bill passed in the House of Representatives by a vote last week has demanded a thorough investigation into the source of the illness.



Pentagon officials will determine whether ticks and other insects were 'weaponised' and used in experiments by the Department of Defense between 1950 and 1975.



Politicians also demanded they reveal whether any ticks or insects used in such experiments were released outside of any laboratory either by accident or on purpose.
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A book released in May this year titled 'BITTEN: The Secret History of Lyme Disease and Biological Weapons' brought to light a possible link between the rise of Lyme disease and U.S. germ warfare.

The book, written by Kris Newby, claims that the discoverer of the Lyme pathogen, Willy Burgdorfer, believed that the disease was a military experiment gone wrong.



Many experts have dismissed the idea as a conspiracy theory, but the Centre for Disease Control and Prevention said Lyme disease cases are on the rise.

www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-7260123/Did-military-cause-Lyme-disease-PURPOSE.html

[Ozarks Tom]

Pentagon official: No sir! We've searched our records going back 60 years and find no reference to Lyme Disease. (they called it by a different name)

[beowoulf90]

I only know more cases of Lyme disease here in PA, then ever before. The State has even been advertising that they have places to get tested for it and they are "free". SO is there a major concern about Lyme disease or is the State helping to conduct the testing and seeing if they can figure out how many of the State population is infected etc.?

[joebill]

Seems like it makes a mighty poor bio-weapon. They could have done a dang site better in my opinion if that is what they were aiming for.

I am not buying it......Joe

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Jul 24, 2019 21:31:30 GMT joebill said:

Seems like it makes a mighty poor bio-weapon. They could have done a dang site better in my opinion if that is what they were aiming for.

I am not buying it......Joe

It could be an experiment gone awry.

Or maybe it wasn't the Pentagon, but Big Pharma... but they don't have any Super Dooper Lyme Killer drug, do they?

Well, it couldn't be just plain old everyday entropy...

[ceresone]

Naw, its a weapon we,ns developed here in the Ozarks years ago. We started with the tiny ones, that's why we still call them " seed" ticks!

[Ozarks Tom]

Went to the doctor last week. Told him I had about half the symptoms of Lyme disease. They did the blood test and said it wasn't Lyme, mainly old age.

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what are the symptoms of Lyme disease? I got bit so many times up in those MOzarks!! Found them in places I didn't even know existed.

[Ozarks Tom]

Aug 11, 2019 1:35:09 GMT @sunny225 said:

what are the symptoms of Lyme disease? I got bit so many times up in those MOzarks!! Found them in places I didn't even know existed.

Migrating muscle aches, fatigue, shortness of breath, and of course the all time favorite - a thirst for Coors.  I can live with the last one.  Put me on high dosage steroids, ready to fight King Kong now.

[Thtwudbeme]

Maybe Congress should investigate whether or not China is sending over their ticks.  link

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Aug 12, 2019 11:55:21 GMT Thtwudbeme said:

Maybe Congress should investigate whether or not China is sending over their ticks.  link

Great. First they send us their longhorned beetles, and now their longhorned ticks.

Inscrutable....

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I got tested for Lymes a couple years ago after reading a bunch of news stories on it. My doctor asked if I had any symptoms, I said, I have All the symptoms! They are so broad and vague, most of us probably have them.

Happy to report Negative. Get tested. If nothing else for the piece of mind it brings.

Had both dogs tested too. Had to push my vet to do so. Gracie negative, Giz positive. Month of penicillin straightened him up. He was having joint pain and limping badly. Vet was contributing it to a slight deformity in his leg and bad breeding. True on both, but neither the cause of his pain. Get your dogs tested. Treatment can save them a lot of misery.

[joebill]

I have only been in the desert since Nixon resigned, but other than the Tucson 100 year flood in 1983.....;

tucson.com/news/retrotucson/years-later-photos-of-southern-arizona-s-devastating-floods-of/collection_472816ff-1fc4-5571-8acb-05772936a760.html#8

I have never seen a tick. In all of that time I have never seen nor felt a single chigger. On the other hand, the rattlesnakes are in breeding season, so if you see one, look for another. Another plot, I suppose.....Joe