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The hosts noted that the book described a secret history linking Lyme disease to biological weapons research and that it had inspired a congressional representative to propose a Lymedisease bill.
I'm reading a lot about this in books and articles that we did research on Plum Island and other insects too, not just ticks, of turning them into bioweapons. And this thing passed. And a lot of this...
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Episode: Selects: The Skinny on Lyme Disease
The hosts noted that the book described a secret history linking Lyme disease to biological weapons research and that it had inspired a congressional representative to propose a Lymedisease bill.
I'm reading a lot about this in books and articles that we did research on Plum Island and other insects too, not just ticks, of turning them into bioweapons. And this thing passed. And a lot of this comes from a book written by Chris Newby called Bitten, colon, The Secret History of Lyme Disease and Biological Weapons.
And this book, like, I think Chris Smith, the representative from New Jersey, said, like, this book really inspired me to take up this legislation.