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- Sep 6, 2019
The Why Files is just super cozy, it reminds me of old shows like Fact or Fiction and Sightings that I used to love back in the day.
Just watched the one on Plum Island and re: the thread topic, I've always believed the "Lyme disease came from Plum Island" theory to be plausible. I think it was purposely released to see how well a tick borne illness would spread.
I've seen people doubt this theory because Lyme disease is relatively weak sauce and wouldn't be that effective as a bioweapon, but I don't think the experiment was so much about Lyme being a viable bioweapon, but more of an experiment to see how easily a tick vector could spread a disease. Using a more deadly disease for the experiment probably would have drawn too much attention.
Just watched the one on Plum Island and re: the thread topic, I've always believed the "Lyme disease came from Plum Island" theory to be plausible. I think it was purposely released to see how well a tick borne illness would spread.
I've seen people doubt this theory because Lyme disease is relatively weak sauce and wouldn't be that effective as a bioweapon, but I don't think the experiment was so much about Lyme being a viable bioweapon, but more of an experiment to see how easily a tick vector could spread a disease. Using a more deadly disease for the experiment probably would have drawn too much attention.