Archive for the ‘Ticks’ Category

Ticks Shut Down Beach

https://www.lymedisease.org/tick-threat-shuts-down-ct-beach/

Tick threat shuts down Connecticut beach for the season

July 3, 2025

Pleasure Beach, a popular summer destination in Bridgeport, Connecticut, will remain closed for the entire 2025 season due to a serious tick infestation.

City officials, in consultation with state environmental and public health experts, made the call after discovering multiple tick species on the island, including the Asian longhorned tick—an invasive species that poses unique risks.

Unlike native ticks, this species can reproduce asexually, allowing a single female to spawn a full-blown infestation. Even more concerning, it can potentially carry serious pathogens.

While disappointing for beachgoers, the closure may benefit the island’s fragile ecosystem. Pleasure Beach is a critical nesting site for protected Audubon bird species, including the endangered piping plover.

With reduced human activity, conservationists expect a boost in nesting success and habitat restoration.

Bridgeport officials plan to conduct treatment and containment efforts throughout the summer, with the goal of reopening the beach in 2026.

SOURCE: City of Bridgeport, CT

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Asian Longhorned Tick Found to Carry Ehrlichia

https://www.pennlive.com/life/2025/06/tick-spreading-throughout-pa-found-to-carry-pathogen

Tick spreading throughout Pa. found to carry pathogen

Article Excerpts:

An invasive species of tick — one that’s been spreading rapidly in Pennsylvania and beyond — was just found to be the carrier of a bacterium.

A rare bacteria that might be deadly.

While WHYY mentions that scientists weren’t sure what kind of diseases — if any — these ticks may carry, new information has emerged: According to Patch, The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station has confirmed the first case of the Asian longhorned tick carrying Ehrlichia chaffeensis.

Ehrlichia chaffeensis is an obligately intracellular, tick-transmitted bacterium that is maintained in nature in a cycle involving at least one and perhaps several vertebrate reservoir hosts,” explains the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

Symptoms of the illness, according to Cleveland Clinic, include fever, chills and headache. Fortunately, most people make a recovery if treated quickly after a formal diagnosis by a medical professional.  (See link for article)

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Massachusetts Man Dies From Tick-Borne Powassan Virus

https://www.lymedisease.org/massachusetts-powassan-death/

Massachusetts man dies from tick-borne Powassan virus

May 15, 2025

Kevin Boyce, a 62-year-old resident of the Boston area, passed away last year from Powassan virus. Now, his family is raising awareness about the risks of tick bites and urging people to take precautions.

Boyce fell ill in April 2024. Within days, his condition worsened, leading to hospitalization and a diagnosis of Powassan virus, which can cause severe brain inflammation. Despite intensive care, he succumbed to the disease several weeks later.

His family hopes to prevent similar tragedies by encouraging early detection, tick prevention measures, and public awareness. Watch this report from NBC10, Boston.

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Red Meat Allergy Surges As WEF’s ‘Human Engineering’ Blueprint Becomes Reality

https://thepeoplesvoice.tv/red-meat-allergy-surges-across-america-as-wefs-human-engineering-blueprint-becomes-reality/

Red Meat Allergy Surges Across America as WEF’s ‘Human Engineering’ Blueprint Becomes Reality

Fact checked by The People’s Voice Community

A dangerous tick-borne illness that leaves victims unable to eat red meat is quietly spreading across the U.S., raising alarms years after the World Economic Forum floated the idea of using the ticks in a “human engineering” scheme to curb global meat consumption.

Known as Alpha-gal Syndrome (AGS), the condition is caused by the bite of the Lone Star tick, which injects a sugar molecule called alpha-gal into the body. This molecule triggers a potentially severe allergic reaction to red meat and other mammal-based products.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), more than 110,000 suspected cases of Alpha-gal Syndrome were reported between 2010 and 2022, however the true number is believed to be much higher due to underdiagnosis and lack of awareness in the medical community.

Every week, I hear of more cases near me,” said Dr Ben Braddock. “Some farmers and ranchers can’t even go near their livestock. The government needs to treat this with much more urgency.”

In a 2016 panel discussion at the World Science Festival, bioethicist Dr. S. Matthew Liao explored speculative ideas about “human engineering” to address climate change, including reducing meat consumption.

Liao mentioned the Lone Star tick’s possible role in “engineering” humanity by causing red meat allergies, heralding the possibility as an example of how biology can influence dietary habits.  (See link for article and video)

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**Comment**

Alpha Gal Syndrome (AGS) recently made The Jimmy Dore Show.  He shares that Bill Gates, who regularly partnered with USAID, and who is a prominent globalist who wants the world’s population to be reduced, funded research into genetically engineered cattle. Suddenly, people have meat allergies.

‘Fact checkers’ are frantically debunking this, by stating only the lone star tick transmits it, but here’s the deal: AGS is relatively new.  Scientists don’t have a clue what and how many ticks can transmit it.

Gates is also behind the manufacture of GM mosquitos that have been released creating hybrid wild mosquitoes.

History has proven that proclaiming a tick only transmits this or that eventually ends up being proven false.

So far the following ticks have been identified as perps for AGS:

  • Asian longhorned tick has caused AGS in Asia, but the tick has made its way here to the U.S.
  • Cayenne tick found in South Texas and Florida has also been linked to AGS in Central America.
  • As recently as April, 2025 a pair of research papers for the FIRST TIME have identified that black-legged ticks and western black-legged ticks can also cause AGS. Please note this evidence has not been obtained by lab experiments, but a case study of a woman who developed the condition after being bitten by a western black-legged tick and a case study of another woman after being bitten by a black-legged tick.

Until ticks, birds, mammals, and reptiles get the memo that they aren’t supposed to cross boundary lines, good luck stopping them from showing up where they shouldn’t be and transmitting stuff they shouldn’t have!

I find it mind boggling that there are NO lab experiments determining what ticks transmit this considering the anaphylactic shock from it can be fatal

Plus, are you sitting down?  

  • You don’t even need a tick bite to get this.  To my knowledge, the only reason ticks have been blamed at all is because certain tick’s saliva contains trace quantities of a sugar, alpha-gal, a known human irritant that many researchers and clinicians believe induces the dangerous allergic responses that are the hallmark of AGS.  But, just because you believe something, doesn’t make it true.
  • Symptoms are often delayed making it hard to pinpoint the cause.
  • There are no insurance billing codes for AGS.
  • Since it’s not a reportable illness to the CDC, nobody has a clue about prevalence.
  • Not everyone bitten by a tick containing AGS will develop AGS and not everyone who carries antibodies to AGS will get AGS, and a positive test does not always mean a person has been exposed to alpha-gal.  Confused yet?
  • The number of lab-confirmed cases grew from 12 in 2009 to over 34,000 in 2019.
  • There’s no treatment for it – just avoiding anything that triggers symptoms.
  • Similar to Lyme, you can have coinfections with AGS, making symptoms and treatment even more challenging

Some farmers can’t go near their livestock, and for some, it’s not just meat, it’s any product made from mammals like lard, milk, cream, ice cream, cheese, gelatin, lanolin, glycerin, collagen, jello, medications, anti-venom, surgical mesh, carrageenan, ‘natural flavorings’, tallow, and vaccines.

Regarding anaphylaxis:  A 2021 study described cases of severe anaphylaxis in individuals receiving vaccines containing gelatin. The authors stated:

“Gelatin-containing vaccines should be administered with caution or avoided in patients with AGS because of their high potential to activate basophils indicating a risk for anaphylaxis.”

And of course the ‘overheating planet’ and milder winters are repeated like a mantra as the cause of all the mayhem due to ticks supposedly expanding their ranges, which has been disproven by independent science.  

Nobody ever wants to talk about the very real 50 year history of geoengineeringspraying our skies with toxic elements in the name of ‘climate change,’ or the fact our own government has experimented on and force fed ticks with pathogens and then dumped them from airplanes, conducted biological experiments on allied soldiers, and experimented on prisoners.

The Jimmy Dore Show presented that there is a new patented FDA approved genetically modified breed of pig called GalSafe pigs, which are modified to eliminate alpha-gal so those suffering from AGS can still eat pork.

The pPL657 rDNA construct which integrated into the genome consisted of the DNA sequence used to disrupt the GGTA1 gene and the sequence of the neomycin phosphotransferase (nptII) gene, an antimicrobial resistance marker.

Because the nptII gene is a known antimicrobial resistance marker, it was used as a molecular biology tool during the development of the IGA.

Based on evidence from the scientific literature, information in databases of the DNA and amino acid sequences of known food allergens and toxins, and the permitted use of the nptII gene in genetically engineered plants intended for human food, FDA concluded that it is unlikely that the protein encoded by the nptII gene is a food allergen or other human food safety hazard. Source

Well, we’ll see how that one works out…..

What do you bet that this too will lead to another patentable product?

Fort Detrick Bio-Lab Halts Operations After Murder Attempt

Rewind to the 2001 anthrax letter attacks.

Anthrax spores laced in envelopes killed 5 people and infected 17 others – mainly politicians who opposed the Patriot Act and folks at news media offices.  It was staged to appear to be the work of Iraqi or Islamic agents but the FBI quickly discovered this to be false and that it was an inside job.  It took years but eventually the FBI announced Fort Detrick scientist Bruce Edwards Ivins was the perp.  

Why?

His precious anthrax vaccine program was cancelled, so he figured he would have  to teach the world just how much we needed his vaccine.

Fort D has a long history.

Fort Detrick had a program to study the use of arthropods for spreading anti-personnel bioweapon agents. Willy Burgdorfer was a key member of this project team who worked on weaponizing ticks and who teamed up with fellow tick expert James Oliver to develop ways to mass produce infected ticks so that they could be dropped from airplanes on enemy territory. These claims are backed up by interviews with these scientists, as well as with extensive government documentation from multiple reliable sources, all listed in Kris Newby’s book.

Present day……

https://sharylattkisson.substack.com/p/nih-halts-operations-at-us-biolab

NIH Halts Operations at US Biolab After Shocking Sabotage Incident, Sparking Safety Concerns

Dr. Jay Bhattacharya made the announcement on X

 

May 8, 2025

Article Excerpts:

Bhattacharya revealed the decision in a detailed thread on his X account    (@NIHDirector_Jay).

He explained that he learned a contractor at the lab deliberately cut a hole in a co-worker’s biocontainment suit during a personal dispute, compromising critical safety protocols.

The incident, reportedly happened in early March but Bhattacharya says he did not learn of it until weeks later.  (See link for article)

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**Comment**

Seems history keeps repeating itself…..

Sadly, legacy media is making this political rather than reporting facts.

  • The anthrax crime and the latest incident are part of a broader pattern of safety lapses that have existed for years
  • Richard Ebright, a prominent microbiologist, warned about the lack of psychological screening for researchers citing a case involving a murder suspect who worked with the plague bacterium, Yersinia pestis, at a similar facility.
  • In 2022 Ebright warned that NIAID’s planned experiments at Fort Detrick involved monkeypox, where researchers intended to combine a globally circulating strain with a more lethal variant. The project bypassed mandatory risk-benefit reviews.
  • In 2025 NIAID Director Jeanne Marrazzo was dismissed partly due to her failure to address ongoing safety concerns at the facility.
  • Lab director, Connie Schmaljohn ws placed on administration leave following the March incident after failing to report it up the chain of command promptly, causing delays in addressing the breach.  
  • This website reported on the shut down of the Fort Detrick lab in 2019 after a failed safety inspection.  The fact the corrupt CDC sent a cease and desist order shows how just how bad it is.