Lyme ticks are active year-round, other than during subfreezing weather, but spring is the most dangerous season. Did Lyme disease originate in the eastern U.S. from Borrelia burgdorferi-infected ticks that escaped from a laboratory at the Plum Island Animal Disease Center where scientists were conducting top-secret biological warfare experiments? Now, fast-forward to the present day and Newby’s new book “Bitten: The Secret History of Lyme Disease and Biological Weapons.” In it, she describes her years’ long effort to understand who Burgdorfer was and to get to the bottom of what he hinted at that day. Could Lyme disease in … 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. Smith cited a book, “Bitten: The Secret History of Lyme Disease and Biological Weapons” by Kris Newby, to say government research weaponized ticks in … Kris Newby's new book, Bitten, explores the possibility of biological warfare and Lyme disease. “People are focused on … Smith, who has a long history of bringing awareness to Lyme Disease, said he was inspired to pursue the matter after reading a book by Kris Newby entitled Bitten: The Secret History of Lyme Disease and Biological Weapons published this year. Smith, who has a long history of bringing awareness to Lyme Disease, said he was inspired to pursue the matter after reading a book by Kris Newby entitled Bitten: The Secret History of Lyme Disease and Biological Weapons published this year. He called it Lyme arthritis, and soon after it became known as Lyme disease. Newby claims (in 2019) that if a scientist named Willy Burgdorfer had not made a confession in 2013, the secret that Lyme disease came from a biological weapons … Smith was inspired to write the amendment after reading Bitten: The Secret History of Lyme Disease and Biological Weapons, a new book by Kris Newby that casts a … From then until President Nixon signed a bill banning chemical and biological weapon development in 1969, Burgdorfer was very much involved in using ticks as weapons. People suffering with 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 US House of Representatives has ordered an investigation into whether the Department of Defense experimented with ticks and other insects as biological weapons. The distance to the harbor town of Old Lyme, which was also affected by the 1975 outbreak, is less than 12 miles. The fact of the matter is that the US Government and Military have a long history of experimentation with bioweapons, some of which has caused fatal … Lyme disease is just one of at least four infectious disease outbreaks that have occurred in the vicinity of Plum Island. Rense.com reports: So, for the first time, a US government body admits that Lyme disease is a biological warfare agent. “Lyme disease is taboo and I don’t understand why,” she said. The fact of the matter is that the US Government and Military have a long history of experimentation with bioweapons, some of which has caused fatal … By Sam Telford August 11, 2019 at 2:00 PM EDT. The US House of Representatives has ordered an investigation into whether the Department of Defense experimented with ticks and other insects as biological weapons. A biological timebomb. A major allegation in the book is that Willy Burgdorfer, the discoverer of the bacterium that causes Lyme Disease, claimed that the disease was the result of a biological weapons … No, Lyme disease is not an escaped military bioweapon, despite what conspiracy theorists say. Congressman Smith's legislative actions were inspired partly by "Bitten: The Secret History of Lyme Disease and Biological Weapons," a book written by Kris Newby, a Stanford University science writer who also served as a senior producer on a Lyme disease documentary titled "Under Our Skin."