12/11/2025
☣️☣️☣️ BIG NEWS: The U.S. House of Representatives passed Rep. Chris Smith’s (R-NJ) amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act of 2025, which directs the Government Accountability Office (GAO)—the Congressional “watchdog”—to investigate the Cold War-era Department of Defense (Department of War) bioweapons program, and whether they ever used ticks as hosts or delivery mechanisms for biological warfare agents.
In testimony to the Rules Committee, which made his amendment in order, Smith argued that “as the threat of Lyme disease and other tick-borne illnesses looms larger every year, an investigation into its origins may provide answers for those that suffer from Lyme.”
Specifically, Smith’s amendment instructs the Comptroller General of the United States to conduct an exhaustive review of research conducted by the military, the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), and other federal agencies between the period of January 1, 1945 and December 31, 1972, pertaining to experiments involving Spirochaetales and Rickettsiales—two forms of tick-borne bacteria.
In the book, Bitten: The Secret History of Lyme Disease and Biological Weapons, author Kris Newby interviews Dr. W***y Burgdorfer, the researcher who is credited with discovering Lyme disease and also served as a bio-weapons specialist employed by the U.S. government. “The credible assertions revealed through Kris Newby’s interviews with Dr. Burgdorfer, combined with his personal files, reveal that he and other bio-weapons specialists stuffed ticks with pathogens in a quest to cause severe disability, disease, and even death to potential enemies in novel and inconspicuous ways,” said Smith, a leading lawmaker and advocate for Lyme disease research, prevention, and identification.
If in fact Lyme or other tickborne infections were developed as bioweapons using gain of function research, this dismantles the CDC's mantra that Lyme is hard to catch and easy to treat. With greater transparency, there may be new pathways to develop effective treatments. Sunlight is always the best disinfectant!
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