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Lyme: Another Perfect Bioweapon

https://prepareforchange.net/2024/03/05/whistlebower-report-lyme-the-itsy-bitsy-tick-another-perfect-bioweapon/

Whistleblower Report – Lyme, the “Itsy Bitsy Tick”: Another Perfect Bioweapon

By Major Mike Gary and Elizabeth Lee Vliet MD

3/5/24

COVID is far from the first time our government agencies have been acting as mad scientists in taxpayer-funded bioresearch laboratories experimenting with dangerous pathogens.  In the 1970’s Army researchers were experimenting with pathogens at the Plum Island Animal Disease Center in Long Island Sound, when inadequate filtration maintenance resulted in an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) that led to the emergency killing and burning of more than 72,000 pounds of live cows, sheep, goats and other animals in just 48 hours. There was a massive cover-up at the time of the destruction of these animals and the disease outbreak.

Plum Island is the only location in the United States where research on the foot and mouth virus was legally permitted. While the virus is not fatal to humans, people who have come in contact with it can readily transmit it to animals, who become seriously debilitated and suffer lameness, fever, and painful vesicular lesions on the tongue, feet, snout, and teats. Although FMD does not result in high mortality in adult animals, the disease has debilitating effects, including weight loss, decrease in milk production, and loss of muscle strength and lameness, resulting in a loss in productivity for a considerable time. Mortality, however, can be high in young animals, where the virus can affect the heart. In addition, cattle, sheep, and goats can become carriers, and cattle can harbor virus for up to 2 to 3 years. Contaminated food, water and soil can also spread the disease.  (See link for article)

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SUMMARY:

  • FMD affects cloven-hoofed livestock and more than 70 species of wild animals including deer.
  • The disease was shown to be caused by a filterable agent in 1897 which ushered in the era of virology.
  • Outbreaks have occurred worldwide.
  • Lyme disease appeared in the same decade and same region as FMD.
  • FMD easily infects animals that in turn can infect ticks.
  • Lyme disease was initially thought to be caused by a virus, then a rickettsial helvetica called ‘Swiss Agent,’ then ultimately Borrelia burgdorferi or Lyme disease.
  • The book Lab 257 expresses a well-researched account of the mad science happening at the Plum Island Animal Disease Center. It also highlights whistle blower Merlon Wiggins’ documentation of dangerous lab practices. Merlon was persecuted and eventually removed from the lab as the Chief Engineer.
  • While the infamous lab claims it never performed research on Lyme, it also denied for decades that it performed biological warfare experiments until Newsday unearthed previously classified documents proving such experiments took place.  New York Times confirmed it as well.
  • Lyme is only one of four infectious disease outbreaks that have occurred by Plum Island.  Others were:
    • Dutch duck plague virus in the 1960’s
    • Lyme disease in 1975
    • FM outbreak in 1978 & two more outbreaks in 2004 – both at the Plum Island Animal Disease Center
    • West Nile virus in 1999
    • and the mysterious 1999 disease that killed most of the lobsters in Long Island Sound

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Activism, Lyme, Ticks

The Science of Fasting Podcast: Monday March 11, 2024

You can watch live in the WCH Newsroom or watch later when it is most convenient for you.

⏰ Please note: Daylight Saving Time begins in the US, Canada, some parts of Mexico, etc. this weekend, making Monday’s show one hour later than previously.

Time zone guide: 11 am PDT, 1 pm CDT, 2 pm EDT, 6 pm UTC / GMT, 8 pm CAT, 3 am JST (12 March), 5 am AEDT (12 March), 7 am NZDT (12 March)

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Activism, Detoxing, diet and nutrition, Lyme, Treatment

Somatic Tracking for Pain

**DISCLAIMER**

Sorry for the monologue, but it’s important.

As anyone in Lymeland knows, ‘what works for one, doesn’t work for another.’  Please keep this in mind as you read the following information that I hope will help someone.  Further, I am in complete disagreement with any statements that Lyme/MSIDS can not be a persistent/chronic infection(s).  The doctor in the documentary, Dr. Howard Schubiner, admits there is controversy in the medical community over chronic Lyme/MSIDS, and that he has had the experience of seeing patients ‘overtreated’ with antibiotics for weeks, months, and years. While he states he is very happy for those who are doing well with long-term of treatment, he states patients should rethink their diagnosis if they are on a merry-go-round of costly and invasive treatments that aren’t working. To this doctor I would state: while you have had the unfortunate experience of helping ‘overtreated’ patients, there are thousands upon thousands in the real world who are dying from undertreatment.  Tread lightly.

While rethinking a diagnosis appears to be logically sane thinking, it’s imperative to understand treating Lyme/MSIDS is fraught with confusion, mystery, set backs, and pain. To my knowledge the only other diseases with Jarisch-Herxheimer reactions besides Lyme disease are syphilis, leptospirosis, and relapsing fever – which means unless you have had one of those diseases before, you have never experienced how confusing and relentless herxes are. They truly make you think you are losing your mind.

It is not uncommon at all for patients to hit plateaus in Lyme/MSIDS treatment. They might go through a period where they feel great only to have the dreaded symptoms, or even worse ones appear over night.  This is why Lyme literate doctors describe treating this similarly to peeling back the layers of an onion.  When one infection gets under control another one suddenly becomes visible.

This coinfection involvement never gets any air-play, but is crucial in understanding this beast. These infections require different medications entirely, but mainstream medicine doesn’t even consider them, so when a short course of doxy doesn’t make a person well, they simply fold up shop and declare, “you don’t have Lyme,” which could very well be true; however, they could also have Babesia, Bartonella, Relapsing Fever, or a whole host of other infections that look and act just like Lyme disease. Please go here to learn of the many issues surrounding why patients don’t get well.

So, once again, none of this is simple.  Keep an open mind.

One final note: I ended up using many aspects of this technique out of desperation, completely on my own.  I had no idea it was a ‘thing,’ but as they say, ‘necessity is the mother of invention.’

https://careclinic.io/somatic-tracking-pain/

Somatic Tracking for Pain: Unveiling Effective Techniques

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Living with pain can be a daunting and overwhelming experience. It can drastically affect our quality of life and prevent us from fully enjoying the activities we love. However, there is a technique called somatic tracking that can help us better understand and manage our pain. In this article, we will delve into the intricacies of somatic tracking, explore its benefits, and discuss how it can be implemented in our daily lives.

Understanding Somatic Tracking

Somatic tracking is a mindfulness-based technique that involves bringing awareness to our bodily sensations and learning to interpret them. By paying attention to our physical experiences, we can develop a deeper understanding of the underlying causes of our pain and explore ways to alleviate it.

When we talk about somatic tracking, we are referring to the practice of tuning in to the sensations and signals that our bodies send us. It’s like becoming fluent in the language of our own physical experiences. Just as we can learn to interpret words and phrases in a foreign language, we can learn to interpret the messages that our bodies are constantly sending us.

Imagine this: you wake up one morning with a dull ache in your lower back. Instead of dismissing it as just another discomfort, you decide to practice somatic tracking. You close your eyes, take a deep breath, and bring your attention to the area of your back that is bothering you. As you focus on the sensation, you start to notice subtle nuances – a tightness, a twinge, a warmth. These sensations become the building blocks of your understanding.  (See link for article)

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https://www.curablehealth.com/podcast/what-is-somatic-tracking  Podcast Here

A Podcast Where Real Chronic Pain Sufferers Meet Science-Backed Solutions 💫

Join us as our expert hosts help listeners overcome obstacles to healing through evidence-based techniques.

Go here for a Somatic Tracking exercise, and here for 10 best exercises

And here for an excerpt from The Way Out: A Revolutionary, Scientifically Proven Approach to Healing Chronic Pain by Alan Gordon and Alon Ziv, the speakers from the podcast above.

And here for one person’s successful experience with Somatic Tracking without using drugs or getting surgery.

It is described as physical therapy for the brain.

https://www.thismighthurtfilm.com/

This Might Hurt

A Film about a radical treatment for chronic pain

THE PROBLEM: CHRONIC PAIN

One in seven people around the world suffer from chronic pain, and nearly 80% of us will experience it at some point in our lives. The symptoms show up as back pain, neck pain, fibromyalgia, migraines, irritable bowel syndrome, anxiety, depression, fatigue, and a dozen others. The standard treatments are often ineffective, and one of the main remedies, opioids, has made the problem worse. What’s going on here?

THE FILM

This Might Hurt is a documentary that offers solutions to reduce and unlearn chronic pain. The film follows three chronic pain patients who have spent years searching for answers. Desperate for relief, they enter a new medical program — run by Dr. Howard Schubiner — that focuses on uncovering hidden causes of pain, and retraining their brains to switch the pain off.

This new paradigm for diagnosis and treatment was found to be effective in several randomized trials, and was listed as a “best practice” by the HHS’s task force to combat the opioid epidemic. This Might Hurt provides an intimate exploration and suggests a path to healing for millions.

Here are just some of the conditions that can be caused by “primary pain,” also know as brain-generated pain:

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*These treatments are generally not recommended for people dealing with “secondary pain,” that is, pain that derives from cancer, fractures, muscle diseases, or infections.

NOT SURE IF THESE IDEAS APPLY TO YOUR SYMPTOMS?

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5 STEPS TO UNLEARNING CHRONIC PRIMARY PAIN EXPLORED IN THIS MIGHT HURT

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There are published studies demonstrating the effectiveness of mind-body treatment for people who have a similar collection of symptoms, but who were labeled as having fibromyalgia, not chronic Lyme. But there has not been a study of the mind-body treatment for people labeled as chronic Lyme disease, to our knowledge.

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Lyme, Pain Management, Treatment

The Dark Reality of Living With Lyme Disease

https://www.lymedisease.org/bredberg-dark-reality-lyme/

The dark reality of living with Lyme disease

By Kyle Bredberg

I have lived in New Paltz, New York, my whole life and throughout that time, have grown accustomed to many of the seemingly odd local rituals that our town performs.

One of these oddities is that in elementary school, New Paltz students learn to tuck their jeans into their socks, stuffing them full until their feet look like weird upside down sock puppets before departing on a field trip.

This is all part of the general awareness for ticks that the Hudson Valley strongly promotes to its residents. Students learn to buddy up and do tick checks and their noses often become normalized to the scent of DEET as parents worryingly spray down their clothes.  (See link for article)

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**Comment**

Bredberg admits that he became infected when tick awareness was nowhere near what it is today.  Similarly to others in Lymeland, despite severe hallmark symptoms all tests returned ‘negative.’

If it wasn’t for a relentless mother, he probably never would have gotten help.

Unfortunately he uses the wrong statistic that up to 20% go on to suffer long-term symptoms when in reality it’s somewhere between 40-60%. I also must disagree that ‘research, treatment, and awareness has come a long way from where it was 10 years ago.’

Despite climbing numbers, we are no further along in understanding why some develop chronic Lyme/MSIDS and others don’t, and how to effectively treat it.

While awareness efforts have increased, this is entirely due to sick people who have done what they can in their sphere of influence.

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Sadly, the stories are plentiful, but nothing changes in the world of Lyme/MSIDS.

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Activism, Lyme, Prevention, Testing, Ticks

Meningitis Secondary to Lyme Disease: Case Report

https://danielcameronmd.com/case-report-meningitis-secondary-to-lyme-disease/

CASE REPORT: MENINGITIS SECONDARY TO LYME DISEASE

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In this case report, “Meningitis in the Guise of Dementia: Lyme-Induced Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus,” Liu and colleagues review the case of an elderly patient with dementia, found to have Lyme meningitis in the setting of a normal pressure hydrocephalus (NPH). [1]

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An 80-year-old man was admitted to a hospital in Pennsylvania, an area endemic for Lyme disease, due to increased weakness and confusion. He had “several days of nausea with decreased appetite, generalized malaise, fatigue, and weakness,” according to the authors.

Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) studies suggested aseptic meningitis. And a CT scan showed dilated ventricles. Treatment for normal pressure hydrocephalus relieved his symptoms.

On the fourth day of hospitalization, the man tested positive for Lyme disease by Western blot on bands 23KD and 39KD.

“Healthcare providers treating patients with NPH should consider Lyme disease as a differential diagnosis because of the multiple reported cases of NPH secondary to Lyme disease.”

“The patient was subsequently diagnosed with aseptic meningitis secondary to Lyme,” the authors state.

He was treated with IV and oral doxycycline. But his dementia did not completely resolve, “likely due to primary dementia or other condition.”

“In the case of our patient, infectious meningitis was suspected due to this patient reportedly having had fevers and leukocytosis. Additionally, Lyme disease is among the most common reportable infections in Pennsylvania,” the authors state.

Authors Conclude:

“Lyme disease … can present with multiple complications, including arthritis, heart rhythm defects, facial nerve palsy, impaired memory, and meningitis. Hence, Lyme disease should be considered as part of the differential etiology of meningitis.

Related Articles:

Lyme disease presents as brachial plexopathy and meningitis
One year after infection, patient shows signs of Lyme meningitis
Lyme meningitis leading to hyponatremia

References:
  1. Liu R, Polly M, Lennon RP, Reedy-Cooper A. Meningitis in the Guise of Dementia: Lyme-Induced Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus. Clin Med Res. 2023 Dec;21(4):226-229. doi: 10.3121/cmr.2023.1829. PMID: 38296639.

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**Comment**

Again, doxy is a great front-line drug but hardly a panacea.

Coinfections are never considered or talked about.

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Lyme, research, Testing, Treatment