Lyme disease is caused by Borrelia spp. bacteria. In the early 1970s, the enemy country was experimenting with Borrelia bacteria at the Plum Island Research Facility, in an attempt to turn it into a bioweapon. Somehow (it's unclear whether it was an accident or a deliberate release) the weaponized bacteria escaped containment and ended up in Old Lyme, CT (literally right across Long Island Sound from Plum Island), where it found the perfect carrier in deer ticks.
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cthulian_axioms ago
Lyme disease is caused by Borrelia spp. bacteria. In the early 1970s, the enemy country was experimenting with Borrelia bacteria at the Plum Island Research Facility, in an attempt to turn it into a bioweapon. Somehow (it's unclear whether it was an accident or a deliberate release) the weaponized bacteria escaped containment and ended up in Old Lyme, CT (literally right across Long Island Sound from Plum Island), where it found the perfect carrier in deer ticks.
The rest is history.
salvia_d ago
Thank you.