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RFK,Jr- Backed Lyme Disease Conspiracy Theory May Be Probed

President Donald Trump is expected to sign a defense bill this week that orders an investigation into whether the U.S. military bioengineered Lyme disease

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During a recent podcast appearance, Dr. Marty Makary promoted lab origin conspiracy theories involving HIV, Lyme disease, and one dead raccoon. www.accountabilityjournalism.org/trump-admini ...

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... U.S. president Donald Trump is expected to sign a defense bill this week that orders a government watchdog to probe a conspiracy theory -- promoted by the country's secretary of health and human services Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.-- that the U.S. military bioengineered Lyme disease.

Bacteria, usually Borrelia burgdorferi, carried by ----------- ticks, also known as deer ticks, causes Lyme disease. The bacteria originate in rodent -- ticks bite the animals and become carriers, and then the arachnids bite humans, sometimes passing the bacteria on. Ticks typically need to be attached to someone for a day or longer to actually spread the bacteria to their host, however.

Despite this established pathway for the disease, Kennedy has promoted the conspiracy theory that Lyme was bioengineered; on a 2024 podcast, he mused that the condition "is highly likely to have been a military weapon."

And at a roundtable on Monday, Kennedy appeared alongside Republican Representative Chris Smith of New Jersey, who authored the defense bill directive to investigate a possible connection between the military and Lyme. ...


#1 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-12-21 12:26 AM

"a conspiracy theory -- promoted by the country's secretary of health and human services Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.-- that the U.S. military bioengineered Lyme disease"

Who bio-enginered RFKJR?

#2 | Posted by Zed at 2025-12-21 08:16 AM

------- Jr. Is A Russian Agent

#3 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2025-12-21 12:10 PM

This is so far beyond ridiculous.

#4 | Posted by jpw at 2025-12-21 01:01 PM

factcheck.afp.com

#5 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2025-12-23 05:35 AM

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