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This seems like a weird conspiracy theory. I mean if you are looking for a bio weapon, one that doesn’t have person to person spread, has a distinctive rash, do
by RcouF1uZ4gsC 7y ago
This seems like a weird conspiracy theory. I mean if you are looking for a bio weapon, one that doesn’t have person to person spread, has a distinctive rash, doesn’t result in immediate death (but can cause chronic conditions) and is treated by fairly common antibiotics seems like a strange choice.
- deweller 7y agoThe report does not look to determine if the defense department created Lyme disease. Rather it suggests that the Pentagon weaponized ticks. What if, for example, they enhanced the Lyme bacteria to make it more contagious as part of an attempt to make it a carrier of a more deadly pathogen?
- RosanaAnaDana 7y agoOr they were just looking at the ticks themselves as a delivery mechanism of 'whatever'.
- mywittyname 7y agoIf you're testing dissemination methods, then having something that would get people to the doctor seems like a reasonable requirement. But something that causes material harm raises the risks of the project significantly. So in that sense, lyme disease is in the Goldie Locks zone.
- SkyBelow 7y agoBut if you were modifying a very dangerous disease to weaponize it and wanted to create a conspiracy that would make people look stupid and thus create a guilt by association for more reasonable conspiracies, then those same factors make it a good pick.