Review: Two Very Different
Takes on Biowarfare And Ticks
These two books write about the spread of Lyme Disease, named after Old Lyme Connecticut near plum island. In “Bitten”, by Kris Newby (Newby herself has Lyme Disease) bases almost all her written work on a German called Willy Burgdorfer who worked at a Montana institute, The Rocky Mountain Lab. In fact, the U.S. Military dropped infected ticks in Korea. Newby, to her credit, does “visit” Ft. Detrick, the site of horrific tests, and meets other scientists.
The U.S. Military dropped infected ticks in Korea during the war. Some soldiers quit and “went native”. The American government couldn’t believe it, and said the Chinese must have “programmed” them, which gave rise to a host of U.S. mind experiments.
Lyme disease is now worse than a flu like syndrome people can die from, with the introduction of Alpha-Gal, which causes people to become allergic to meat. Many people blame Bill Gates, who is conducting experiments with ticks.
Newby’s father was involved in secret projects during The Vietnam War, something she does not find out until much later, but may have influenced her.
Chapters include: The Cold War, The Hunt, Outbreak, and Postmortem, each with dozens of sub-chapters. There is also a large appendix. Up to the appendix, the page count (Hard cover) is 252.
The book is pretty good as an entry-level tick book, with tons of other information available.
I have only read the Lyme section of “Lab 257”, by Michel Christopher Carroll. It is much more complete. The chapter includes information on various Nazi’s involved in the experiments. I intend to read the whole book, when the time is right.
On an aside; I was in my doctor’s office and he saw I was reading “Bitten”.
He said he and other doctors had no idea Lyme Disease was man-made. My doctor.
