Lyme disease is not a military bioweapon, but a natural infection found in ticks long before bioweapons research. The bacteria that cause Lyme disease have existed in the wild for decades and were discovered by scientists studying ticks, not created in a lab. Conspiracy theories ignore scientific evidence and distract from real efforts to prevent and treat the disease.
ORIGINAL LINK: https://theconversation.com/no-lyme-disease-is-not-an-escaped-military-bioweapon-despite-what-conspiracy-theorists-say-120879