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Military Routinely Releasing Aluminum-Coated Fiberglass into the Air & GMO Bugs Being Released in Maui

**UPDATE**

Graphene oxide, found in the COVID shots, masks, and PCR swabs, is also sprayed into the air for cloud seeding.

Then there’s the spider silk polymer deployed into the air since 2002 and created by a Canadian Biotechnology company, Nexia. The method to produce the fibers was developed by Nexia in conjunction with the US Army Soldier Biological Chemical Command (SBCCOM). SBCCOM’s Natick Soldier Center has been working with Nexia under a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) since May 1999. Nexia was later sold to PharmAthene, Inc, a privately held biotechnology company focused on the development of biodefense therapeutics.

These same spider silk proteins, which are polyamides, are the same proteins scientists are finding in the rubbery clots in the COVID ‘vaxxed.’

Go here to see a video of a ‘weather modification’ airplane for the purpose of cloud seeding, rain enhancement, snow pack augmentation, hail suppression, and fog dissipation. And go here for an interactive map of 50 years of UN tracking weather modification projects (1952-1999).

https://media.mercola.com/ImageServer/Public/2024/February/PDF/military-disperses-fiberglass-in-air-pdf.pdf

The Military Routinely Disperses Aluminum-Coated Fiberglass Into the Air

Analysis by Dr. Joseph Mercola

February 08, 2024

STORY AT-A-GLANCE

Militaries around the world routinely disperse tiny bits of aluminum-coated fiberglass and plastic — known as “chaff” — into the air column, to shield aircraft and ships from enemy radar
Chaff has been used for decades, without clear evidence that it’s safe for humans and the environment
In response to a United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report issued in August 2021, the U.N. announced it’s considering spraying sulfate aerosols into the Earth’s stratosphere to modify climate. The tiny reflective particles would act as reflectors, bouncing sunlight back into space instead of onto the Earth’s surface
The U.N.’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is using “climate science” as a vehicle to promote socialist ideology
According to Dane Wigington, founder of Geoengineeringwatch.org, the risks of geoengineering are so immense, it poses an extinction-level threat to humanity, and the window of opportunity to save ourselves is rapidly closing

See link for article

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A few points:

According to the Naval Medicine investigation, inhalation of whole, intact chaff fibers pose “no risk” to humans due to their larger size. “If inhaled, dipoles are predicted to deposit in the nose, mouth, or trachea and are either swallowed or expelled,” the paper states.⁶Note the use of the word “predicted,” however. Predictions are not evidence. They’re basically guessing.
“Safety” is based on three reports – one of which is based upon fiberglass workers wearing protective gear including respirators, Tyvek suits and safety goggles – all things normal people aren’t wearing.
Aluminum and fiberglass are not the only toxins being sprayed. Various toxic metals and chemicals are dispersed at high altitude, has been going on for more than 70 years, and is increasing rather than declining.
The Biden Administration launched a research effort in 2022 to determine the most effective way to dim the sun.¹¹One proposal involves injecting sulfur dioxide aerosols into the Earth’s stratosphere. The tiny reflective particles would bounce sunlight back into space instead of onto the Earth’s surface.
Sulfate aerosols reflect more solar radiation back into space and have a serious “side effect” — they lower average precipitation. As a result, additional geoengineering techniques — such as thinning out cirrus clouds in the upper atmosphere — would be necessary to counteract the decrease in precipitation. What could possibly go wrong
Three months after the IPCC published its panic-inciting report, Australian and British researchers published an original research article warning that stratospheric aerosol injection carries “catastrophic risks” that may well lead us into “a fate worse than [global] warming”:¹⁹
The U.N.’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), Den Boer suggests, is promoting not climate science but socialist ideology, citing as evidence comments made by Ottmar Georg Edenhofer, former co-chair of the IPCC Working Group III, who in a 2010 interview stated that climate issues are about economics, and that:²⁵

“We must free ourselves from the illusion that international climate policy is environmental policy … We must state clearly that we use climate policy de facto to redistribute the world’s wealth.”

Oops. He said the quiet part out loud.

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https://worldcouncilforhealth.substack.com/p/maui-ground-zero-for-release-of-billions?

Maui ‘Ground Zero’ for Release of Billions of Biopesticide Lab-Altered Mosquitoes

Up to 775,992,000 bacteria-infected mosquitoes could be released in Maui every week for the next 20 years, according to Hawaii Unites

This article was originally published by The Defender — Children’s Health Defense’s News & Views Website.

mosquito swarm flying with plants in the background

Up to 775,992,000 bacteria-infected mosquitoes could be released in Maui every week for the next 20 years, according to Hawaii Unites, an environmental advocacy group that last month lost its bid to require the state to conduct an environmental impact statement before allowing the controversial project to proceed.

Hawaii Unites in May 2023 sued the state in the Circuit Court of the First Circuit in Hawaii. The group’s president and founder, Tina Lia, told The Defender:

“These biopesticide lab-altered mosquitoes are already being released in East Maui. Hawaii Unites has taken the state to court seeking a ruling to require an environmental impact statement for the project and comprehensive studies of the risks.”

She said Hawaii Unites describes itself as “a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to the conservation and protection of our environment and natural resources,” with a focus on “protecting the health of Hawai‘i’s people, wildlife, and the ‘āina from the State of Hawaii’s biopesticide bacteria-infected mosquito experiment.” (See link for article)

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**Comment**

This website has posted on these dangerous Frankinbugs previously – particularly regarding GMO mosquitoes being released globally. The technology being used is called Wolbachia incompatible insect technique (IIT), previously endorsed by Gates Philanthropy Partners, an arm of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, although there does not appear to be a direct link between these organizations and the Hawaii ongoing project.

This website has also written about the unknowns of Wolbachia:

Dogs treated for heart worm (D. immitis) have trouble due to the heart worm medication causing Wolbachia to be released into the blood and tissues causing severe Inflammation in pulmonary artery endothelium which may form thrombi and interstitial inflammation. Wolbachia also activates pro inflammatory cytokines. Pets treated with tetracycline a month prior to heart worm treatment will kill some D. immitis as well as suppress worm production. When given after heart worm medication, it may decrease the inflammation from Wolbachia kill off.
http://www.critterology.com/articles/wolbachia-and-their-role-heartworm-disease-and-treatment

An expert who testified on behalf of Hawaii Unites warned that the project, far from mitigating mosquito-borne illness, may lead to bacterial spread, the invasion of lab-altered mosquitoes into unintended areas and other environmental consequences.

According to the lawsuit, “documentation and studies from several sources, including government agencies, confirm that the experiment may not even work for its intended purpose and has the potential for significant environmental impacts.”

When have we let little things like safety and efficacy stand in the way of making money?

“The court failed to acknowledge Dr. Pang’s serious concerns about horizontal transmission of introduced bacteria, biopesticide wind drift of lab-altered mosquitoes into unintended areas, superinfection of mosquitoes with multiple bacteria strains, increased pathogen infection and disease-spreading capability in mosquitoes, and the experimental nature of the project — all issues that were insufficiently addressed or missing entirely from the FEA, and facts material to the lawsuit.” ~ Tina Lia, President of Hawaii Unites

For more:

https://madisonarealymesupportgroup.com/2017/07/10/wolbachia-the-next-frankenstein/
https://madisonarealymesupportgroup.com/2018/02/12/wolbachia-laced-mosquitoes-being-released-why-lyme-msids-patients-might-be-negatively-affected/
https://madisonarealymesupportgroup.com/2022/09/28/gates-funded-factory-breeds-30-million-mosquitoes-per-week-for-release-in-11-countries-ge-mosquitoes-vaccinate-a-human/
https://www.sott.net/article/311265-Could-there-be-a-link-between-the-release-of-genetically-modified-mosquitoes-and-the-Zika-virus What is particularly interesting is a comment left after the article by Rabelais that is worth sharing:

This convoluted line of investigation omits one important historical precedence; intentionally infected insect vectors have been used numerous times over the past half century or so to non-consensually experiment on populations both foreign and domestic. Occam’s razor would posit that this sudden outbreak of Zika in far flung corners of the world is no different.

A large Canadian insect research facility raised and shipped millions of mosquitoes to the US military biowarfare center at Ft Detrick, in the 1950s, where they were infected with weaponized mycoplasma derivatives. These were then released from aircraft flying late at night over Punta Gorda, Fl. Shortly thereafter the first reported cases of chronic fatigue syndrome and fibromyalgia began showing up in local hospitals and clinics. Are we to believe that this highly effective dispersal method has been abandoned?

While it is conceivably possible that the complicated biological Rube Goldberg theories described in this article are the causal factor in this newest disease scare, I’d wager that this thinking is simply cover for a much more direct method of spreading diseases in countries not fully on-board with the Anglo-zionist agendas. The release of infected insect vectors (both mosquito and tick) have been used frequently over the decades since WW II.

Canadian Professor Donald W. Scott, using US government FOIA documents gathered in the 1970s, in his two books and numerous speaking engagements, described in great detail the politicians, scientist/researchers, institutions and methods by which this most odious form of warfare has been conducted

Books by Scott:

The Brucellosis Triangle
The Extremely Unfortunate Skull Valley Incident
Aids: The Crime Beyond Belief Please see this eye-opening documentary: The Origins of AIDS shares the hypothesis that HIV may have been caused by mass vaccination against Polio in Congo between 1957-1960.
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis On page 20 of their Patent, the following patients were listed as being infected with the Mycoplasma fermentans: AIDS, Alzheimer’s, Sarcoidosis, Lupus, chronic fatigue syndrome and others [Appendix Two]. The authors extend the above list by adding Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, supported by solid, reproducible scientific evidence. The pathogenic mycoplasma up-takes pre-formed cholesterol from the Glial cells which surround the degenerating motor-neurons of the ALS victim. The loss of this cholesterol prevents the motor neurons from replenishing and replacing damaged synapses. With the synapses not functioning, the messages from the cortex of the brain do not get through to the muscles and Lou Gehrig’s Disease presents. All the diseases listed in the U.S. Government Patent are indeed caused by a common factor: the Pathogenic Mycoplasma. With the probable cause well-established, the Scotts conclude their study with a possible cure for all the neurosystemic degenerative diseases.
For more on Mycoplasm: https://madisonarealymesupportgroup.com/2015/08/12/connecting-dots-mycoplasma/
https://madisonarealymesupportgroup.com/2020/02/25/pathogenic-mycoplasma-infections-in-chronic-illnesses-general-considerations-in-selecting-conventional-and-integrative-treatments/
https://madisonarealymesupportgroup.com/2016/02/07/mycoplasma-treatment/

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Ehrlichiosis, Morgellons, mosquitoes, Mycoplasma, Rickettsia, Ticks, Transmission, Viruses, Zika

3 Reasons Lyme/MSIDS Patients Remain Sick: Dormancy/Persisters, Biofilm, Co-Infection

https://parasitesandvectors.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13071-019-3495-7

Metamorphoses of Lyme disease spirochetes: phenomenon of Borrelia persisters

Natalie Rudenko, Maryna Golovchenko, Katerina Kybicova & Marie Vancova

Parasites & Vectors volume 12, Article number: 237 (2019) Cite this article

Abstract

The survival of spirochetes from the Borrelia burgdorferi (sensu lato) complex in a hostile environment is achieved by the regulation of differential gene expression in response to changes in temperature, salts, nutrient content, acidity fluctuation, multiple host or vector dependent factors, and leads to the formation of dormant subpopulations of cells. From the other side, alterations in the level of gene expression in response to antibiotic pressure leads to the establishment of a persisters subpopulation. Both subpopulations represent the cells in different physiological states. “Dormancy” and “persistence” do share some similarities, e.g. both represent cells with low metabolic activity that can exist for extended periods without replication, both constitute populations with different gene expression profiles and both differ significantly from replicating forms of spirochetes. Persisters are elusive, present in low numbers, morphologically heterogeneous, multi-drug-tolerant cells that can change with the environment. The definition of “persisters” substituted the originally-used term “survivors”, referring to the small bacterial population of Staphylococcus that survived killing by penicillin. The phenomenon of persisters is present in almost all bacterial species; however, the reasons why Borrelia persisters form are poorly understood. Persisters can adopt varying sizes and shapes, changing from well-known forms to altered morphologies. They are capable of forming round bodies, L-form bacteria, microcolonies or biofilms-like aggregates, which remarkably change the response of Borrelia to hostile environments. Persisters remain viable despite aggressive antibiotic challenge and are able to reversibly convert into motile forms in a favorable growth environment. Persisters are present in significant numbers in biofilms, which has led to the explanation of biofilm tolerance to antibiotics. Considering that biofilms are associated with numerous chronic diseases through their resilient presence in the human body, it is not surprising that interest in persisting cells has consequently accelerated. Certain diseases caused by pathogenic bacteria (e.g. tuberculosis, syphilis or leprosy) are commonly chronic in nature and often recur despite antibiotic treatment. Three decades of basic and clinical research have not yet provided a definite answer to the question: is there a connection between persisting spirochetes and recurrence of Lyme disease in patients?

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6287027/

The Emerging Role of Microbial Biofilm in Lyme Neuroborreliosis

Enea Gino Di Domenico,^1,^* Ilaria Cavallo,¹ Valentina Bordignon,¹ Giovanna D’Agosto,¹ Martina Pontone,¹ Elisabetta Trento,¹ Maria Teresa Gallo,¹ Grazia Prignano,¹ Fulvia Pimpinelli,¹ Luigi Toma,² and Fabrizio Ensoli¹

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Abstract

Lyme borreliosis (LB) is the most common tick-borne disease caused by the spirochete Borrelia burgdorferi in North America and Borrelia afzelii or Borrelia garinii in Europe and Asia, respectively. The infection affects multiple organ systems, including the skin, joints, and the nervous system. Lyme neuroborreliosis (LNB) is the most dangerous manifestation of Lyme disease, occurring in 10–15% of infected individuals. During the course of the infection, bacteria migrate through the host tissues altering the coagulation and fibrinolysis pathways and the immune response, reaching the central nervous system (CNS) within 2 weeks after the bite of an infected tick. The early treatment with oral antimicrobials is effective in the majority of patients with LNB. Nevertheless, persistent forms of LNB are relatively common, despite targeted antibiotic therapy. It has been observed that the antibiotic resistance and the reoccurrence of Lyme disease are associated with biofilm-like aggregates in B. burgdorferi, B. afzelii, and B. garinii, both in vitro and in vivo, allowing Borrelia spp. to resist to adverse environmental conditions. Indeed, the increased tolerance to antibiotics described in the persisting forms of Borrelia spp., is strongly reminiscent of biofilm growing bacteria, suggesting a possible role of biofilm aggregates in the development of the different manifestations of Lyme disease including LNB.

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https://www.fortunejournals.com/articles/serological-and-pcr-evidence-of-infection-in-105-patients-with-sppt.html

Serological and PCR evidence of Infection in 105 Patients with SPPT

Alexis Lacout^1*, Marie Mas⁴, Michel Franck², Véronique Perronne³, Julie Pajaud², Pierre Yves Marcy⁵, Christian Perronne³

^*Corresponding Author: Alexis Lacout, Centre de diagnostic ELSAN, Centre Médico–Chirurgical, 83 avenue Charles de Gaulle, 15000, Aurillac, France

Received: 11 December 2020; Accepted: 22 December 2020; Published: 05 January 2021

Citation: Alexis Lacout, Marie Mas, Michel Franck, Véronique Perronne, Julie Pajaud, Pierre Yves Marcy, Christian Perronne. Serological and PCR evidence of Infection in 105 Patients with SPPT. Archives of Microbiology & Immunology 5 (2021): 139-150.

Abstract

Introduction: The main aim of this study is to determine the nature of the exposure of patients presenting with polymorphic signs and symptoms to the parasite Babesia, through the study of serology. The secondary aim is to report the different serological or PCR results observed in these patients.

Material and methods: The following serologies were performed in all patients looking for: Babesia divergens, Borrelia, Bartonella, Coxiella burnetii, Anaplasma phagocytophilum. The following PCRs were performed looking for: Borrelia spp, Babesia spp, Bartonella (Bartonella spp, B. quintana, B. Henselae,) Coxiella spp, Anaplasma spp, Ehrlichia spp, Rickettsia spp, most often on several matrices (venous blood, capillary blood, urine and saliva).

Results: In this study, 105 patients were included, 62 females and 43 males, sex ratio F/M was 62/43 = 1.44; mean age was 45.5 year old (range; 5 years, 79 years old).

Of the 105 serologies for B. divergens, 41% were found to be positive.
Of the 104 serologies for Borrelia, 19.2% were found to be positive.
Of the 95 serologies for Anaplasma, 27.3% were found to be positive.

Borrelia spp, Babesia spp, Bartonella spp, Coxiella spp, Anaplasma spp, Ehrlichia spp, Rickettsia spp were found by using rtPCR.

Conclusion: Our study has shown that patients with SPPT/PTLDS, a syndrome close to fibromyalgia, could harbor several tick borne microorganisms. Microbiologic analyses should thus not be merely limited to Borrelia’s research alone.

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**Comment**

These relatively recent studies (within the past few years) reveal what Lyme literate doctors and their patients have been experiencing from the beginning. They also reaffirm what many independent researchers have globally been writing about for years. There are many other reasons patients remain ill as well but these three are biggies.

Yet, reality is best summed up by the following quote from the first study listed above:

Three decades of basic and clinical research have not yet provided a definite answer to the question: is there a connection between persisting spirochetes and recurrence of Lyme disease in patients?

Isn’t that sad?

The same, of course, can be said of biofilm and coinfections as well. Decades have gone by with no definitive answers because The Cabal doesn’t want the truth to be known. Why? Quite simple: a chronic, relapsing illness doesn’t fit their “vaccine” narrative which is the favored golden calf and cash cow of research institutions and our government, which have a cozy relationship with Big Pharma and Big Media. This is quite convenient for all of them as they control all the messaging as well as threaten, censor, and ban doctors who dissent.

This has been blatantly exposed during the time of COVID but is nothing new. Lymeland has been riddled with the exact same issues for 40 years. Unfortunately, even well-meaning advocates and patients evidently can not see this and continue to demand more money and become giddy when they get it from the very agencies behind this debacle, who are incidentally profiting from it.

It’s a hot-mess for sure, but one thing is certain: we must stop playing into their hands by being ignorant or filled with “hopium,” a term I use to describe how hope can become a drug that stops you from thinking critically, logically, and honestly.

For more:

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Anaplasmosis, Babesia, Bartonella, Biofilm, Ehrlichiosis, Lyme, research, Rickettsia, Testing

Patients Want Canadians to Know About Lesser-Known Tick-Borne Diseases

https://www.ctvnews.ca/health/be-vigilant-patients-want-canadians-to-know-about-lesser-known-tick-borne-diseases

‘Be vigilant’: Patients want Canadians to know about lesser-known tick-borne diseases

Updated Dec. 15, 2022 3:25 p.m. CST

While these infections are indeed spreading, it has nothing to do with the climate. Faulty climate change maps which have been used to push a ‘climate change’ agenda have been debunked, with many experts finally coming forth and denying that man has anything to do with the climate at all.

Important to note: neither of these spreading pathogens are listed as a nationally notifiable disease in Canada, which simply means nobody has a clue as to their prevalence. This is true for many of the “lesser known” tick-borne diseases as well, and is a real problem. You can’t state how big a problem is if you aren’t even looking for it.

One of the patients sent her tick to a private lab and paid out of pocket for tests that look for a wide range of pathogens.

This is another real problem that needs to be addressed. Since everyone and their brother knows ticks are spreading everywhere and are often infected with pathogens transmitted to animals and humans, tick testing should be widely available and FREE. There is no tick testing for the public right here in Wisconsin, an epicenter for Lyme, Powassan, and other infections. This simply shouldn’t be.

Rather than fund more faulty, erroneous climate change research, how about we fund labs for something practical like testing ticks and all the pathogens they carry?

Since so many patients slip through the cracks, testing ticks directly would help us know what pathogens are in an area and an idea about prevalence.

This information; however, should never be used against patients, which has happened historically. The lunacy of telling someone they can’t have Lyme disease because certain ticks don’t exist there or “there aren’t any recorded cases,” is shear madness and defies all sound logic. Ticks travel everywhere due to migrating birds and other animals that don’t understand borders.

For more:

https://madisonarealymesupportgroup.com/2022/12/15/molecular-detection-of-anaplasma-babesia-odocoilei-babesia-spp-borrelia-burgdorferi-sensu-lato-in-songbirds/ Based on our data, B. odocoilei outnumbered other Babesia spp., and elucidated the authentic fact that B. odocoilei is the predominant Babesia sp. in North America.
https://madisonarealymesupportgroup.com/2021/05/28/study-shows-babesia-odocoilei-is-pathogenic-to-humans/ Study found B. odocoilei in two of 19 participants. DNA amplicons from these two patients are almost identical matches with the type strains of B. odocoilei in GenBank. In addition, the same two human subjects had the hallmark symptoms of human babesiosis, including night sweats, chills, fevers, and profound fatigue. Based on symptoms and molecular identification, we provide substantive evidence that B. odocoilei is pathogenic to humans. Dataset reveals that B. odocoilei serologically cross-reacts with Babesia duncani.
https://madisonarealymesupportgroup.com/2022/11/11/anaplasma-babesia-odocoilei-and-lyme-in-ticks-found-widely-across-eastern-canada/
https://madisonarealymesupportgroup.com/2021/03/18/babesia-odocoilei-found-in-canadian-black-legged-ticks/

To be clear, a test only picks up what it is created to pick up. To this day, many strains of of the pathogens infecting humans do not have testing, and those that do aren’t accurate.

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Activism, Babesia, Rickettsia, Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever, Testing, Ticks, Transmission

New Pathogens Found in Oklahoma Ticks

https://www.liebertpub.com/doi/10.1089/vbz.2021.0057

Detection of Borrelia miyamotoi and Powassan Virus Lineage II (Deer Tick Virus) from Odocoileus virginianus Harvested Ixodes scapularis in Oklahoma

Russell Smalley IV , Haris Zafar, John Land, Asma Samour , Dylan Hance

and Robert E. Brennan

Published Online:19 Apr 2022https://doi.org/10.1089/vbz.2021.0057

Abstract

Odocoileus virginianus (white-tailed deer) is the primary host of adult Ixodes scapularis (deer tick). Most of the research into I. scapularis has been geographically restricted to the northeastern United States, with limited interest in Oklahoma until recently as the I. scapularis populations spread due to climate change. Ticks serve as a vector for pathogenic bacteria, protozoans, and viruses that pose a significant human health risk. To date, there has been limited research to determine what potential tick-borne pathogens are present in I. scapularis in central Oklahoma. Using a one-step multiplex real-time reverse transcription-PCR, I. scapularis collected from white-tailed deer was screened for Anaplasma phagocytophilum, Borrelia burgdorferi, Borrelia miyamotoi, Babesia microti, and deer tick virus (DTV). Ticks (n = 394) were pooled by gender and life stage into 117 samples. Three pooled samples were positive for B. miyamotoi and five pooled samples were positive for DTV. This represents a minimum infection rate of 0.8% and 1.2%, respectively. A. phagocytophilum, B. burgdorferi, and B. microti were not detected in any samples. This is the first report of B. miyamotoi and DTV detection in Oklahoma I. scapularis ticks. This demonstrates that I. scapularis pathogens are present in Oklahoma and that further surveillance of I. scapularis is warranted.

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**Comment**

A few points:

This article is based upon the faulty premise that somehow “climate change” is causing tick and disease proliferation. This has been proven to be false yet is continually regurgitated as truth. This; however, does not mean “the powers that be” are not committing heinous acts of “climate engineering” which IS causing very real destruction of life.
- This recent article proves Spain has admitted recently spraying deadly chemtrails as part of a secret UN program to fight COVID.
- Four state meteorological agency whistleblowers announced in 2015 that planes were regularly spraying lead dioxide, silver iodide, and diatomite throughout Spain to ward off rain and allow temperatures to rise to create a summery climate for tourism as well as the agricultural sector – producing cold drops of great intensity.
We’ve also been told ad nauseum that Lyme doesn’t exist in Oklahoma and while this research also didn’t find it, it did discover B miyamotoi which symptoms are similar to Lyme. But again, just because they didn’t find it, doesn’t mean it isn’t there. The black legged tick is abundant in Oklahoma.
Oklahoma is Ehrlichiosis Central and has many other tick-borne diseases:
- spotted fever rickettsiosis
- Rocky Mountain spotted fever
- STARI (which many experts tell me is simply Lyme)
- Tularemia
- Heartland Virus
- Tick paralysis
- Anaplasmosis

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Anaplasmosis, Borrelia Miyamotoi (Relapsing Fever Group), Ehrlichiosis, Lyme, research, Rickettsia, Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever, Ticks, Tularemia, Viruses

4 New Published Articles on Ticks

https://lymediseaseassociation.org/news/james-occi-phd-4-new-published-articles-on-ticks/

James L. Occi, PhD: 4 New Published Articles on Ticks

April 27, 2022

James L. Occi, PhD

James L. Occi, PhD, is the lead author of four new published articles regarding ticks over the last three years that have added to the scientific data necessary to understand the spread of ticks and the diseases they carry and transmit in the Northeast and that have provided a basis for moving the field of tick-borne diseases forward.

Jim has been on the Lyme Disease Association’s (LDA) Scientific & Professional Advisory Board since its inception in 1999. He has been an invaluable resource to the LDA providing lectures, blogs, tick images, and consultations on ticks and the diseases they carry.

LDA Congratulates James Occi (Jim), who recently received his PhD at Rutgers University, the Center for Vector Biology (New Brunswick), and wishes him every success with his future endeavors. He studied tick-borne diseases in New Jersey tick populations under the direction of Dr. Dina Fonseca and co-authored the below four published research articles for his dissertation.

“Annotated List of the Hard Ticks (Acari: Ixodida: Ixodidae) of New Jersey,” J Med Entomol., April 2019, examines documented cases of hard ticks found in NJ. After a thorough review of the scientific literature, government documents, and evaluation of tick collections (vouchers) in museums and other repositories, the authors determined there were 11 verifiable species of ticks found in NJ. Nine are native to North America, while two are invasive (Asian longhorned tick and brown dog tick). In addition, there are seven tick species that may be present or become established in the future, but confirmation with existing NJ vouchers was not found.

Five tick species were reviewed that were reported in NJ but not found in NJ vouchers or that were found within neighboring states. The importance of vouchers for tick research and surveillance is discussed.

A detailed statewide tick surveillance program would give public health professionals and physicians information to help protect the public from tick-borne diseases. They would be knowledgeable about what tick species were present, what the principal hosts were and what pathogens the ticks carry and transmit. (Click here for published article)

“New Jersey-Wide Survey of Rickettsia (Proteobacteria: Rickettsiaceae) in Dermacentor variabilis and Amblyomma americanum (Acari: Ixodida: Ixodidae)” was published in Am J Trop Med Hyg., Sept. 2020, and concludes the increase in Spotted Fever Group Rickettsioses (SFGR) in NJ is unlikely to come from D. variabilis. Infection with the tick-borne R. rickettsia bacterium causes Rocky Mountain spotted fever (RMSF) which can be fatal if left untreated.

Two tick species, that are considered Rickettsia vectors, were collected from all 21 NJ counties. 560 Dermacentor variabilis Say, American dog tick; 245 Amblyomma americanum L., lone star tick; and an additional 394 D. variabilis were collected at different time periods. Zero D. variabilis and zero A. americanum were found to be infected with Rickettsia rickettsia. They detected R. montanensis in D. variabilis and R. amblyommatis in A. americanum.

Collaboration among medical doctors, public health professionals, medical entomologists, and diagnostic laboratories will be needed to understand the causes of SFGR east of the Mississippi. What is causing human cases of SFGR in NJ remains unanswered. (Click here for published article)

Carios kelleyi, tick vector, on hand (Photo Credit: J. Occi, Center for Vector Biology, Rutgers Univ.) — ‘Carios kelleyi’ on hand (Photo Credit: J. Occi, Center for Vector Biology, Rutgers Univ.)

“First Record of Carios kelleyi (Acari: Ixodida: Argasidae) in New Jersey, United States and Implications for Public Health,” J Med Entomol., March 2021. Carios kelleyi is a soft tick that is almost exclusively a parasite of bats and had been found in at least 29 states, Canada, Mexico, Costa Rica, Cuba, and now in New Jersey. The nymphs and adults take several short blood meals (min. to hrs.), while the larvae remain attached for several days. Relapsing fever Borrelia is known to come from soft ticks that feed on small rodents, and when bats are removed, ticks begin to seek blood meals from humans.

C. kelleyi has been found infected with a novel spotted fever Rickettsia; a novel relapsing fever-related Borrelia; Bartonella henselae; and a novel relapsing fever spirochete, identified as Borrelia johnsonii.

Although C. kelleyi is not thought to be an important vector of pathogens, its prevalence in bats in New Jersey is increasing. This creates the possibility for transmission to humans, animals, and livestock. New Jersey bats and the pathogens they carry should be monitored to assess the risk to the public. (Click here for published article)

“Ixodes scapularis (Ixodida: Ixodidae) Parasitizing an Unlikely Host: Big Brown Bats, Eptesicus fuscus (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae), in New York State, USA,” was published in J Med Entomol, Jan. 2022. I. scapularis is a three-host tick found throughout the Northeast, Southeast, and Upper Midwest in the U.S and is the most common vector of tick-borne diseases to humans in North America. It feeds on over 150 species of terrestrial vertebrates, yet it had not previously been reported to feed on bats. During 2019 and 2020, injured big brown bats in four locations in rural NY had larvae and nymphs attached to them. Bats are known to carry a large number of pathogens and these ticks could go from hosting on a bat to hosting on a human. This poses a significant epidemiological risk and should be investigated further. It also threatens bat species that are at risk. (Click here for published article)

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Military Routinely Releasing Aluminum-Coated Fiberglass into the Air & GMO Bugs Being Released in Maui

The Military Routinely Disperses Aluminum-Coated Fiberglass Into the Air

Maui ‘Ground Zero’ for Release of Billions of Biopesticide Lab-Altered Mosquitoes

3 Reasons Lyme/MSIDS Patients Remain Sick: Dormancy/Persisters, Biofilm, Co-Infection

Metamorphoses of Lyme disease spirochetes: phenomenon of Borrelia persisters

The Emerging Role of Microbial Biofilm in Lyme Neuroborreliosis

Serological and PCR evidence of Infection in 105 Patients with SPPT

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Isn’t that sad?

Patients Want Canadians to Know About Lesser-Known Tick-Borne Diseases

‘Be vigilant’: Patients want Canadians to know about lesser-known tick-borne diseases

Nope.

Rather than fund more faulty, erroneous climate change research, how about we fund labs for something practical like testing ticks and all the pathogens they carry?

Since so many patients slip through the cracks, testing ticks directly would help us know what pathogens are in an area and an idea about prevalence.

To be clear, a test only picks up what it is created to pick up. To this day, many strains of of the pathogens infecting humans do not have testing, and those that do aren’t accurate.

New Pathogens Found in Oklahoma Ticks

Detection of Borrelia miyamotoi and Powassan Virus Lineage II (Deer Tick Virus) from Odocoileus virginianus Harvested Ixodes scapularis in Oklahoma

4 New Published Articles on Ticks

James L. Occi, PhD: 4 New Published Articles on Ticks

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