Lyme disease a bioweapon? New Jersey rep's call for U.S. probe

Asbury Park PressASBURY PARK, N.J. – People suffering from Lyme disease could be closer to knowing whether the chronic illness impacting an estimated 300,000 or more people started off as a U.S. biological weapon.

The House of Representatives added a Smith amendment to a federal defense spending bill that would require the Department of Defense's Inspector General to investigate whether the military, between 1950 and 1975, experimented with ticks and other insects to be used as biological weapons. Smith's push for the federal investigation began after reading"Bitten: The Secret History of Lyme Disease and Biological Weapons," by Stanford University-based science writer Kris Newby.

The Infectious Diseases Society of America has declined to recognize chronic Lyme disease in its clinical practice guidelines, leaving sufferers to find"Lyme-friendly" doctors, which is not easy.

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Let’s also talk about our government allowing a pedophile Jeffrey Epstein to run free so they could have him tape people and use the tapes for blackmail. This is our government. Shocking

I have a friend with Lyme....its torture. So much pain, dietary issues, fatigue. And incurable poorly treatable

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Pentagon may have released weaponized ticks that helped spread of Lyme disease: Investigation orderedThe amendment was put forward by Rep. Chris Smith, who was 'inspired' by several books and articles claiming that the U.S. government conducted research between the 1950s and 1970s. Oh, thank god, the feel good story I was looking for today... Why does this shit not surprise me anymore? Intentionally inflicting folk with STDs, 'combat' drugs developed during wars getting out and being used recreationally now, and now we see them potentially using parasitic bugs as vectors for pathogens. Stellar. And nobody will be accountable for it. 👍
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