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2024-12-08 19:39:40 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 9E10FB1BE795A97D21176D9EAFBA85D91B6D75DE6A82439B4032178F66606BA0
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While the theory that Lyme disease was created as a bioweapon persists in popular culture, the scientific findings and historical evidence strongly confirm that the disease is a naturally occurring condition that has been present in North America for centuries. https://now.tufts.edu/2019/07/18/lyme-bacterium-predates-us-lab-conspiracy-theorists-say-unleashed-ticks-public https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2024/may/16/tucker-carlson/was-lyme-disease-spread-as-a-bioweapon-no-that-the/ 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://science.howstuffworks.com/science-vs-myth/what-if/lyme-disease-bioweapon.htm https://medicine.yale.edu/news-article/ancient-history-of-lyme-disease-in-north-america-revealed-with-bacterial-genomes/
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