Lyme Disease - A Biological Weapon

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Lyme Disease -

A Biological Weapon?

By Marjorie Tietjen

daystar1952

3-16-5

 

 

 

First let's begin with a discussion of what properties constitute an effective

biological warfare agent. The Media, The Centers For Disease Control and The

Department of Defense would have us believe that the most threatening biological

agents are lethal microbes which cause acute disease and then death...such as

anthrax and smallpox. It appears that we are being intentionally misled as to

where the real danger lies.

 

Government biological warfare documents speak of incapacitating agents as being

the most effective at disabling a nation. When a population is infected with a

lethal agent, it is very obvious that measures need to be taken such as

quarantine, antibiotics, etc. This helps to curb and abort the epidemic.

 

A much more discreet, diabolical and effective method of disabling a country

would be to employ a moderately infectious organism or combination (Russian Doll

Cocktails) which would pass slowly through the population unnoticed. Some of the

criteria for effective disabling agents are:

 

1. A biological agent which lacks objective signs that can be determined by

medical testing. Many patients who are extremely ill with mycoplasma or lyme

infections are told all their tests are normal therefore their problems must be

all in their heads. Many people labeled with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and

Fibromyalgia are told the same thing....if they would only get a new job, hobby

or begin to excercise...then they would be fine.

 

2. An agent which would produce so many symptoms throughout the body that it

would appear that the patient was malingering or faking. This criteria prevents

the medical community from taking the disease seriously and in the meantime it

passes quietly through the population being labeled as many separate diseases

and conditions.

 

3. If the disabling agent is a combination of several diseases, some of which

could be genetically engineered, then it becomes very difficult if not

impossible to diagnose and treat.

 

4. Diseases which are spread by insect vectors are very much sought after. This

makes an epidemic much easier to pass off as a natural event while concealing

the identity of the perpetrators.

 

Dr. Donald MacArthur who was in charge of the developement and testing of

biological weapons for the Pentagon had this to say at a Hearing before a

Subcommittee of the Committee on Appropriations in 1969.

 

" Incapacitating agents are a more recent developement and are largely in the R & D

phase (in 1969). In fact the prime emphasis in agent R & D is on developing better

incapacitating agents. We are synthesizing new compounds and testing them in

animals. I should mention that there is a rule of thumb we use before an agent

can be classified as an incapacitant, we feel that the mortality should be very

low. Therefore the ratio of the lethal dose to the incapacitating dose has to be

very high. Now this is a technical job. We have some of the top scientists in

the country working for years on how to get more effective incapacitating

agents. It is not easy. " He also tells us that an incapacitating agent " imposes

a greater logistic burden on the enemy when he has to look after the disabled

people. "

 

When a large portion of the population is sick and unable to work, this puts an

enormous strain on the economy. I predict that if we do not make this issue an

immediate priority, our country will indeed become quickly disabled.

 

The next logical question would be...does Lyme Disease and it's coinfections fit

into this scenerio? Certain doctors and researchers feel that lyme disease and

it's coinfections....such as mycoplasma fermentens (patented by the U,S. Army)

are actually microrganisms with excellent credentials for qualifying as

disabling biowarfare agents..

 

Much controversey surrounds the diagnosis and treatment of Lyme Disease and

mycoplasma induced illnesses such as Gulf War Illness. Professor Garth Nicolson

and Lieutenant Joyce Riley....among others...are seeing evidence everywhere that

one cause of Gulf War Illness is microbial and that it is spreading to the

families of the veterans and then on to the public in general. Many who become

ill with this mycoplasma and or the lyme spirochete are being divided up into

separate disease labels such as Multiple Sclerosis, Fibromyalgia, Chronic

Fatigue Syndrome, Alzheimer's, Bi Polar Depression, Lupus,, ALS, etc. Most of

these disease labels have no known definitive tests, causes or cures...only

symptomatic treatments.

 

The Lyme Spirochete (borrelia burgdorferi..Bb ) and mycoplasma fermentens are

both extremely pathogenic and can cause problems in every body system. In fact

they present with symptoms so similar to each other that one has to wonder what

the connection is. Sufferers of Lyme Disease are very often coinfected with

mycoplasmas, babesia, erlichiosis, Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever and certain

viruses. We are told that Lyme Disease has been around for hundreds of years and

that ticks are filthy organisms which can spread many diseases in one single

bite. This apppears to be true but is this due to a natural evolutionary process

or is this sudden proliferation of countless coinfections a process which has

had some help from biowarfare researchers? Are all these ticks carrying

multipathogens naturally this way or are they the result of The Russian Doll

Cocktail concept? Have ticks themselves been modified to endure harsh weather

extremes? The ticks that carry Lyme Disease appear to be

surviving in climates previously inhospitable to this species. In fact this

disease is becoming endemic in many parts of the world at once and seems to be

just as controversial everywhere it spreads. Why is this? If Lyme Disease is an

unaltered ancient organism then shouldn't the medical community be aware of it's

very diverse symptom complex? Shouldn't they know that it is a Great Imitator

such as it's close relative Syphilis? Global warming always seems to be one of

the excuses used when insect vectors cross their climate boundaries...but maybe

it's due to genetic engineering. For example...Ades Japonicus is a genetically

altered strain of mosquito and is purported to be the most efficient vector for

West Nile Virus. It just happened to appear over here....out of it's native

habitat...just in time to be an efficient vector for the West Nile Virus

outbreak.

 

Borrelia burgdorferi...Bb...the causative agent of Lyme Disease presents with

persistent infection and is many times incurable with the standard antibiotic

regimes. While usually antibiotics are necessary in controlling and improving

the lyme infection, it appears the organism may never be totally erradicated. It

is known that there are techniques used to enhance bacterial resistance to

antibiotics. So....while on the one hand the medical authorities are warning us

of the dangers of the overuse of antibiotics and even limiting their valid

applications...on the other hand they are creating and perhaps even letting

loose antibiotic resistant germs.

 

In 1984 Secretary of State Casper Weinberger reported " Normally harmless, non

disease producing organisms could be modified to become highly toxic or produce

disease which an opponent has no known treatment or cure. " (Soviet Military

Power, 1984, p. 73.

 

Patients are being denied antibiotics for chronic persistent lyme. Doctors who

are treating these chronic patients are being investigated and many have already

had their licenses removed. Many are told they are malingering...that they

either have antibiotic seeking behavior, depression or autoimmune disease.

 

One could say that Bb is most definitely an excellent candidate as a biological

warfare agent. Bb has been shown to pass from mother to fetus. Many feel that it

can be sexually transmitted. Why are no studies being done in this area? It has

been found in semen, tears, breast milk and other insects in addition to ticks.

With lyme disease there is no immunity. One can be infected and reinfected. The

disease is responsible for neuropsychiatric problems, marriages are often

disrupted and patients are losing their jobs and their homes. Many of our

nation's children are being labeled with learning disabilities when the cause is

often lyme disease. I am also wondering if vaccines are contaminated with Bb and

or mycoplasmas? Is there any way vaccine batches can be independantly studied?

Well, there should be , don't you think?

 

I recieved an abstract the other day put out by Brookhaven National Labs. I am

including it below and will let readers come to their own conclusions. It sounds

to me as if it is felt that Bb, erlichia and babesia are biological warfare

candidates.

 

Abstract

 

Grant Number:

1U01AI056480-01

 

PI Name:

DUNN, JOHN J.

 

PI Email:

<jdunnjdunn

 

PI Title:

SENIOR SCIENTIST

 

Project Title:

Rapid Detection and Identification of Zoonotic Pathogens

 

Abstract: DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Zoonotic pathogens including

those transmitted by insect vectors are some of the most deadly of all

infectious diseases known to mankind. In the past, wars and natural disasters

were the main catalysts that promoted epidemics of these ancient afflictions,

which are normally transmitted by fleas, lice and ticks.

 

Many of these diseases remain endemic in various regions of the world and

therefore pose serious threats to U.S. armed forces troops and civilians who

might enter endemic disease zones. A number of these agents have been further

weaponized and are widely recognized as being the most significant biothreat

agents.

 

Study of disease agents and development of rapid means for their detection take

on added importance in light of the use of anthrax for a bioterror attack on the

U.S.A. The aim of this proposal is to modify a novel DNA-based methodology we

have developed for profiling genomic DNAs to permit rapid, cultivation-free

differential detection and identification of biothreat infectious agents in

their natural environments, including intermediate infected hosts, and clinical

specimens from humans or infected animals.

 

We plan to use Borrelia burgdorferi, the arthropod-borne etiologic agent of Lyme

disease and Yersinia pestis, the etiologic agent of plague, as our principle

test agents to work through the systems. We will begin with B. burgdorferi since

although it has a complicated life-cycle involving both arthropod and animal

intermediates, it is easy to grow and we have extensive experience in working

with it in different complex environments including ticks, rodents and human

samples.

 

Thus it gives us the opportunity of detecting this pathogen in a variety of

complex environments. We also have significant experience with characterizing

and identifying subtle changes in the genome of Y. pestis utilizing genomic

signature tags. We will use these methods as the foundation of new,

high-throughput sequence-based systems to detect zoonotic and/or vector-borne

biothreat agents such as Yersinia pestis, Francisella tularensis, Rickettsia

ricketsii and other human pathogens such as Ehrlichia and Babesia species.

 

This technology can ultimately be adapted as a sensitive method to detect

specific DNA signature sequences from both known and unknown pathogens in a wide

variety of complex environments and since it is PCR-based it has the advantage

that only minimal quantities of starting material are needed for analysis.

 

Thesaurus Terms:

biohazard detection, communicable disease diagnosis, diagnosis design

/evaluation, genetic technique, high throughput technology, method

development

Borrelia, Yersinia pestis, cooperative study, informatics, molecular

biology information system, nucleic acid sequence

biotechnology, bioterrorism /chemical warfare, clinical research, human

tissue, laboratory mouse, microarray technology

 

Institution:

BROOKHAVEN SCIENCE ASSOC-BROOKHAVEN LAB

 

BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LAB

 

UPTON, NY 11973

 

Fiscal Year:

2003

 

Department:

 

Project Start:

15-SEP-2003

 

Project End:

29-FEB-2008

 

ICD:

NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES

 

IRG:

ZAI1

 

 

 

It is interesting to note that many of the first outbreaks of these diseases

occurred in areas adjacent to military or biological testing facilities such as

Plum Island. In fact Erlichia Chaffiensis, one of the tickborne coinfections, is

actually named after Fort Chaffi where it was first isolated. The United States

has a long history of conducting field experiments on it's own citizens without

their knowledge or consent. The U.S. Code, Sec. 50 states it is legal to do so.

 

When I speak to others concerning the possibility that our country is already

being intentionally decimated by several insiduous pathogens, they find it hard

to believe that certain officials in our government may be allowing this to

happen.

 

In relation to this concern I would like to include part of an e-mail which was

sent to me by one of those government officials. I had written an article

concerning the fear mongering surrounding the flu vaccine issue being promoted

by The Powers That Be. Someone from the government saw my article and posted it

to one of their private lists. A congressman on this list then temporarily added

me to this list because they were discussing my article. It was being

sarcastically criticized and I responded back to them. The gentleman who had

been the most negative with his comments was surprised to find out I had been

able to read his comments. Part of his response to me, which follows, is an

indication of the mindset of some of our leaders.

 

He was asking me if I really thought that the article " Manipulation Through

Fear...And It's Working " would really wake people up. While he agreed that the

press was manipulating us....listen to his other thoughts. " If someone is stupid

enough to wait in a 2 hour line for a flu shot or withdraw half of their child's

college savings to buy 6 years worth of non perishable food and gas masks for

their Y2K bunker, don't you think they deserve it? Perhaps the real question is,

why are Americans so stupid and gullible to believe everything we read in the

media, or to go further, every piece of forwarded chain e-mail we read spurting

off the latest conspiracy theory? The way I see it, it's social Darwinism baby.

And the more morons that leave this God forsaken earth, the happier I am. After

all, I don't want to be sharing my rations with anyone in my WMD bunker. By the

way, I am one of those " Powers that Be " :=) You must infiltrate before you can

make the system capitulate. "

 

I wrote back to him briefly expressing my sadness that he must have had many

difficulties in life to harden his heart so.

 

I have spoken to a Red Cross pathologist who admitted that the Red Cross does

not screen it's blood supply for Lyme Disease or Mycoplamsa Fermentens. Our

Department of Defense knows that these pathogens are spreading through the

population. Instead of taking preventative actions our government is actually

blocking proper research, education, testing, diagnosis and treatment.

 

We need to make these institutions accountable for their crimes against

humanity.

 

 

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