Birdwatch Note Rating
2023-12-02 00:21:49 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 8F743989232020AD138A5A656C06CDA99A6AEDEB6A3AAD64C74147ABAE5D0EC4
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Original Note:
This claim is false. There is ample evidence to indicate that both Ixodes ticks and B. burgdorferi were present in the U.S. well before the Plum Island facility was ever established. 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/
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