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2024-05-08 21:41:57 UTC - MISINFORMED_OR_POTENTIALLY_MISLEADING

No, they didn't. There is no credible evidence to suggest that Lyme disease was weaponized. Lyme disease did not originate from biowarfare experiments at Plum Island, but is a naturally occurring disease that has been present in North America for thousands of years. https://www.logicallyfacts.com/en/fact-check/false-no-lyme-disease-did-not-originate-as-a-bioweapon https://aldf.com/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-sec/ https://aldf.com/did-lyme-disease-originate-in-the-eastern-u-s-from-borrelia-burgdorferi-infected-ticksthat-escaped-from-a-laboratory-at-the-plum-island-animal-disease-center-where-scientists-were-conducting-top-secre/ https://www.dhs.gov/science-and-technology/plum-island-animal-disease-center https://nypost.com/2019/07/17/house-orders-pentagon-to-reveal-if-it-turned-ticks-into-biological-weapons/ https://science.howstuffworks.com/science-vs-myth/what-if/lyme-disease-bioweapon.htm

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• No, they didn't. There is no credible evidence to suggest that Lyme disease was weaponized. Lyme disease did not originate from biowarfare experiments at Plum Island, but is a naturally occurring disease that has been present in North America for thousands of years. https://www.logicallyfacts.com/en/fact-check/false-no-lyme-disease-did-not-originate-as-a-bioweapon https://aldf.com/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-sec/ https://aldf.com/did-lyme-disease-originate-in-the-eastern-u-s-from-borrelia-burgdorferi-infected-ticksthat-escaped-from-a-laboratory-at-the-plum-island-animal-disease-center-where-scientists-were-conducting-top-secre/ https://www.dhs.gov/science-and-technology/plum-island-animal-disease-center https://nypost.com/2019/07/17/house-orders-pentagon-to-reveal-if-it-turned-ticks-into-biological-weapons/ https://science.howstuffworks.com/science-vs-myth/what-if/lyme-disease-bioweapon.htm