Molecular Detection of Anaplasma, Babesia odocoilei, Babesia spp. & Borrelia burgdorferi Sensu Lato in Songbirds

December 15, 2022

https://www.jelsciences.com/articles/jbres1619.pdf

Molecular Detection of Anaplasma phagocytophilum, Babesia odocoilei, Babesia species and Borrelia burgdorferi Sensu Lato in Songbirds

John D Scott1 *, Elena McGoey2, Ana Morales3 and Risa R Pesapane2,4 1 Upper Grand Tick Centre, 365 St. David Street South, Fergus, Ontario, N1M 2L7, Canada 2 School of Environmental and Natural Resources, College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA 3 McGill Bird Observatory, Ste Anne de Bellevue, QC, Canada H9X 0A6 4 Department of Veterinary Preventive Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, The Ohio State University, 1920 Coffey Rd., Columbus, OH 43210, USA

Abstract

The blacklegged tick, Ixodes scapularis, is known to carry various tick-borne zoonotic pathogens with the potential to cause debilitating human and animal diseases. Juvenile I. scapularis parasitize songbirds and, perhaps, these avifauna are competent hosts of common microbial pathogens. We extracted brachial venous blood from 18 groundforaging passerine birds that were parasitized by I. scapularis larvae and nymphs. Using molecular identification, namely PCR, DNA sequencing, and Basic Local Alignment Search Tool (BLAST), we targeted Anaplasma phagocytophilum, Babesia spp. and Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato. Overall,

  • 15 (83%) of 18 passerine birds were positive for 3 microbial zoonotic pathogens that comprised of A. phagocytophilum (n = 8), Babesia odocoilei (n = 6), Babesia spp. 20-5A74 (n = 1), and B. burgdorferi sensu lato (n = 9).
  • The pathogen load consisted of 8 singles, 5 doubles, and 2 triples.
  • One novel Babesia sp. (Babesia spp. 20-5A74) was found, and the remaining Babesia infections were B. odocoilei.

Our findings reveal that ground-foraging, passerine birds are avian hosts of zoonotic pathogens. We provide the first-ever documentation that songbirds are hosts of B. odocoilei. 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. As avian hosts, passerine birds play a significant role in the enzootic transmission cycle of B. burgdorferi sensu lato, A. phagocytophilum, and Babesia species.

Important excerpts:

In the USA, tick researchers have reported B. odocoilei in Indiana [41-43], Michigan [44] Maine [42,43], Massachusetts [41-43], New York [45], Oklahoma [46,47], Pennsylvania [48,49] Texas [50,51], Virginia [52], and Wisconsin [42,43]. As well, B. odocoilei has been detected in I. pacificus in California [53]. In Canada, B. odocoilei has been detected in Saskatchewan [54], Ontario [7,15,55-59], and Quebec [55,57,58]. And yet, acarologists and ecologists have not reported B. microti in these three provinces [7,15,21,55-59]. Babesia odocoilei, which is a sequestering Babesia sp., can be recalcitrant to treat in human patients [7].

Not only do groundfrequenting songbirds transport ticks, they may also be hosts for tick-borne, zoonotic pathogens. Migratory songbirds widely disperse zoonotic pathogens across North America and, therefore, one does not have to frequent or live in an endemic area to contract human babesiosis caused by B. odocoilei.

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COVID Roundtable Part 2: “All These ‘Vaccines’ Need to be Withdrawn From the Market”

https://childrenshealthdefense.org/defender/ron-johnson-senate-roundtable-part-2-covid-vaccines/?

‘All These Vaccines Need to Be Withdrawn From the Market’: COVID Roundtable Part 2

During a roundtable discussion on COVID-19, led by U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) on Wednesday, Dr. Peter McCullough concluded that in order to prevent future harm, all COVID-19 vaccines need to be immediately withdrawn from the market.

U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) on Wednesday led a roundtable discussion — “COVID-19 Vaccines: What They Are, How They Work and Possible Causes of Injuries” — to shed light on the current state of knowledge surrounding the vaccine and the path forward.

Distinguished doctors and scientists who specialize in COVID-19 vaccine research and treatment participated in the three-hour event.  (See link for the roundtable and a summary of the discussion)

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**Comment**

Excellent read.  The author points out that natural viruses don’t want to hurt you, because they want to spread from host to host. Causing permanent harm, infecting your heart, or causing blood clots and infertility is not in a virus’s best interest.  COVID has all the ear-markings of being a bioweapon, created to maim and kill people – which it’s successfully doing.

The toxic spike protein, the part of the virus different from all other coronaviruses, is the part that was likely engineered.

Officials such as Fauci, Walensky, Bourla, Bancel, Califf, Marks, and Baily were all invited to the roundtable, but declined to appear or even send a representative.  They simply avoid debating important issues with credible scientists.  They appear to be above the law. 

A segment of the hearings included testimonies of the “vaccine” injured where many are now unable to work or do normal household chores.  90% of “vax” injured patients report being gaslighted when they go to their family doctors for help.  Similarly to Lyme/MSIDS patients, they are diagnosed as psychosomatic.

There are currently 200 trials listed on ClinicalTrials.gov for mRNA-based “vaccines”, despite proof they are unsafe. The medical establishment is completely committed to their faulty paradigm due to the resulting pipeline of profitable future products that NIAID gets royalties on.  It’s a sweet deal for everyone all around, except those who are maimed or killed.

Lastly, COVID deaths can be prevented by utilizing cheap, safe, effective drugs and natural remedies that have been tyrannically censored and banned.  But corrupt public health ‘authorities’ don’t want people getting better because they have vested interests in the COVID gene therapy injection and patents on nearly every aspect of the disease, similarly to Lyme/MSIDS.

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Master Herbalist and Friend Stephen Buhner Has Died & 2016 Interview

https://www.lymedisease.org/herbalist-and-healing-lyme-author-stephen-buhner-has-died/

Herbalist and “Healing Lyme” author Stephen Buhner has died

Stephen Harrod Buhner, a skilled herbalist and the author of many books about natural healing, has died, reportedly of pulmonary fibrosis.

In the Lyme disease community, he is probably best known for his book Healing Lyme: Natural Prevention and Treatment of Lyme Borreliosis and Its Co-infections.

A post on his Facebook page announced his passing like this:

There is a saying some places on the continent of Africa that says something like: When an old man dies, a library burns. It was a favorite among many of Stephen’s. An elder has died. Stephen died yesterday morning, December 8th around 9:30 am mountain time. He was in ceremony with friends and family. He was aware, conscious, present, open hearted and humorous. He was himself all the way through. And so very brave. Our hearts are heavy as they have ever been. We miss him terribly. He will be buried this morning in his beloved forest.

Five days earlier, the author made the following post on his Facebook page:

Regrettably, my body has taken a severe turn for the worst; it doesn’t look like it will be able correct. I spend most of the day sleeping; I am having seizures and mini-strokes now. Julie brings me back from them but it is getting harder and harder for her to do so. It’s only a few more days now. Sorry for this last long journey into night. I had hoped to find a different outcome.

Pulmonary fibrosis is not a kind disease and in many ways cancer is far more benevolent oddly enough. I have spent most of my time on the couch in front of the computer or about 20 feet away lying in bed, that is about all I can do and I have to have help to make it that far. I can no longer move on my own. Your very kind donations have allowed us to clear all our credit cards and buy a few expensive care items that we had hoped to have and which have helped immensely. You have helped us so much at the end; this has made more of a difference than you know and I can’t thank you deeply enough.

I am lucky enough to be buried deep in the Gila Forest in a place few people are aware of. luckily, New Mexico is still supportive of home and green burial. So it is just me and my beloved forest, right adjacent to the Aldo Leopold wilderness area which makes a lot of sense to me given my life work. The truth is that as I have grown older and more tired, I feel my connection to the land more deeply. I have been lucky enough to be buried in a handmade woolen shroud. One made with care and love, the deer buttons are quite lovely.

I did manage to finish my last book, Becoming Vegetalista. It will be out in a number of weeks. Only 500 or so; I did not get to see it in print. I left quite a number of signed stickers to be placed in some of the books though I don’t expect them to last long. I wish you all the best, safe travel in your lives.

Green blessings,

Stephen Harrod Buhner

According to its listing on Amazon, Becoming Vegetalista: Veriditas and the Journey to the Self, is the latest in a series that began with Sacred Plant Medicine, continued with the award-winning Lost Language of Plants, followed by The Secret Teachings of Plants, and most recently with Plant Intelligence and the Imaginal Realm.

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**Comment**

It is with a sad heart I post this.  Buhner was a friend to the suffering and to those who couldn’t afford doctors, or chose not to see them.  To this day when helping a fellow patient who can’t afford traditional medicine and doctors, utilizing Buhner’s books which explain how to use whole, bulk herbs is still the cheapest treatment available.  It takes diligence and tenacity but has helped many recover their health.

A patient recently sent me this 2016 interview with Buhner.  Per usual, it’s excellent information:  https://thetrek.co/lyme-disease-misconceptions-interview-stephen-harrod-buhner/

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What It’s Like To Live With Brain Fog

https://www.lymedisease.org/what-its-like-with-brain-fog/

What it’s like to live with brain fog

By Lindsey Bever, Washington Post

Haze. Slow. Drunk. Lost. These are the words some people use to describe “brain fog.”

The condition, a form of cognitive dysfunction, has been plaguing people with certain chronic illnesses for years. But now, a new wave of people with long covid are experiencing it, casting a spotlight on the often debilitating condition.

“It’s a moment where the public and the medical community are realizing that this is real. This is what happens after certain infections,” said Akiko Iwasaki, a professor of immunobiology at Yale University and a co-author of a review article on covid-19-related cognitive impairment.

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**Comment**

Long before COVID even existed, Lyme/MSIDS patients have suffered for decades with brain fog.

Per usual, dealing with the underlying infections will either improve or ameliorate this condition all together.  Detoxing also helps as well as balancing hormones, supplementing for deficiencies, dealing with mold, MCAS, and/or any other issue that is negatively affecting the immune system.  Diet is key and certain foods alone can cause brain fog.

Like everything with Lyme/MSIDS, it’s complex.

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How Spike Protein Causes Syncytia/Blood Clotting & Membranous Nephrophathy. “Vaxxed” Make up Majority of COVID Deaths

December 14, 2022
Popular Rationalism cross-posted a post from Courageous Discourse™ with Dr. Peter McCullough & John Leake
James Lyons-Weiler Dec 13 · Popular Rationalism
It absolutely makes sense that the spike protein would cause the fibrous clots in both veins and arteries. There are a host of ACE2-expressing cells free-floating in our blood; endothelial cells slough off, for example, and some immune cells express ACE2.If O is a cell
and = is a spike protein
O=O would be a syncytium.A chain of syncytia
O=O=O=O=O
Since the spike protein causes syncytia (cells stuck together) that chains of cells could form, with fibrinogen activation, around which RBC would get caught. This would be a slow process, could happen anywhere in the body.
The reports of from Germany from pathologists studying cadavers point to these types of clots. Dr. Peter McCullough and John Leake have an article on the science of pathologic syncytia that I am cross-posting.

Pathological Syncytia Formation with mRNA Vaccines

Unintended Consequences Potentially Explain Vaccine Failure from the Outset

By Peter A. McCullough, MD, MPH

One of the curious findings from the original randomized trials of mRNA vaccines was an explosive rate of early infection after the first injection as compared with placebo. In a recent paper from Sfera et al, the description of pathological syncytia or fusion between immune cells is described: “The LNP technology, to put it simply, mimics viral envelopes with externalized phosphatidylserine (ePS), a universal “eat me” signal, that directs immune cells to engulf the particle.  (See this link for article)

An unfortunate example of this is the recent death of a baby who died of blood clots after the hospital gave him a blood transfusion using “vaccinated” blood against the parents’ wishes.  The hospital managed to “lose” the specially donated unvaccinated blood by a family friend.

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https://www.theepochtimes.com/health/membranous-nephropathy-after-covid-19-vaccination

Membranous Nephropathy After COVID-19 Vaccination

Spike protein induces autoimmunity against PLA2 receptor
Dr. Peter A. McCullough
John Leake
Dec 10 2022
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(Magic mine/Shutterstock)

On my last flight I was searching for a seat and a kind woman who appeared to recognize me, smiled at an open seat next to her. I sat down and learned she is married to a prominent government official with whom she was traveling. As we talked she told me her story of taking one of the mRNA COVID-19 vaccines and then developing membranous nephropathy.

This is a disorder caused by auto-antibodies directed against the phospholipase A2 receptor on podocytes, which are critical cells in the kidney’s filtration apparatus. Membranous nephropathy like so many side effects is due to the Spike protein and can occur with SARS-CoV-2 infection and with vaccination.

Ma and coworkers recently described five cases with the infection and 37 more after COVID-19 vaccination—all with the genetic vaccines except for one with a killed virus vaccine.  (See link for article and research study)

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Important excerpt:

The woman developed significant edema and renal failure requiring escalating treatment including rituximab. More than a year later, she is not out of the woods and may face the need for dialysis in the future. She told me her doctor was honest with her and agreed her condition was caused by the vaccine.

Unfortunately for these patients, prognosis remains uncertain, but will continue to be downplayed and denied by corrupt public health ‘authorities,’ and therefore mainstream medicine and media who continue to claim COVID ‘vaccines’ are “safe and effective,” despite being neither.

They don’t:

But they actually:

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https://www.theepochtimes.com/cdc-data-vaccinated-now-make-up-majority-of-covid-19-deaths  Video Here (Approx. 6 Min)

CDC Data: Vaccinated Now Make Up Majority of COVID-19 Deaths

DAN SKORBACH

Recent data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) shows that people who are vaccinated and boosted are now more likely to die from COVID-19 than the unvaccinated.

One year ago, about a third of vaccinated people were dying from COVID. But at the beginning of 2022, that number rose to 42 percent. By summer, it went over 60 percent for the adult population.  (See link for article and video)

But, the band plays on…..

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