The Government's Tick Problem

Join the Gump Club! https://gump.club/ Exclusive content, Discord, and more. Try our candy! https://sour.gg/ Made in the USA with unique flavors every month. Play Legend Of Zalk! https://apps.apple.com/us/app/legend-of-zalk/id6745826740 In Today's Episode: In 1982, a scientist named Willy Burgdorfer discovered the bacterium that causes Lyme disease. They named it after him. What they didn't tell you is that he spent the previous 30 years weaponizing ticks for the United States military... and before he died, he sat in front of a camera and told someone the truth. Fort Detrick, Operation Paperclip, Nazi bioweapons scientists, 282,000 ticks released in Virginia, a secret island lab 10 miles from where Lyme disease first exploded, and a government that lied about all of it for 40 years. Congress just ordered an investigation. The Team: Producer ► Caleb & Jon (https://instagram.com/jonfrie) Writer ► Caleb Assembly Editor ► Squeaky (https://youtube.com/@ThatSqueaky) Editor ► Phillip (https://instagram.com/phillipbootsma) Thumbnailer ► Trey (https://instagram.com/treytrimble) Subscribe to these! • Side Channel ► https://youtube.com/@oompayt • Candy Channel ► https://youtube.com/@sourboysgg • TLS Channel ► https://youtube.com/@toolateshowlive Follow these! • Insta ► https://instagram.com/oompavilleig/ • Twitter ► http://twitter.com/oompaville Video Chapters: 00:00 They Named It After Him 01:02 The Tick Man 05:28 Operation Paperclip 07:24 What They Did With The Weapons 10:11 They Released 282,000 Ticks In Virginia 13:33 The Secret Island Lab 15:13 10 Miles Away 17:13 The Government's Position 19:34 The Spread Pattern 21:05 He Recognized What He Built 23:41 The Second Pathogen They Buried 25:29 Nobody Tests For It 27:02 He Said It On Camera 30:35 He Died 11 Months Later 31:22 Congress Finally Ordered An Investigation 32:21 The Counter Evidence 35:37 What We Actually Know 37:00 Final Thoughts References: Kris Newby (Bitten) - https://www.lymedisease.org/lyme-disease-bitten-bioweapons / GAO Plum Island Security Report - https://www.gao.gov/assets/a239785.html / DHS (Plum Island) - https://www.dhs.gov/science-and-technology/plum-island-animal-disease-center / NBC News (Plum Island Accidents) - https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/govt-acknowledges-accidents-virus-lab-flna1c9460425 / Newsday (1993 Investigation) - https://www.counterpunch.org/2013/10/25/the-deadly-secrets-of-plum-island / Yale (Lyme Disease Discovery) - https://medicine.yale.edu/news-article/bullseye-how-yale-researchers-identified-lyme-disease / CT Dept of Public Health (Lyme History) - https://portal.ct.gov/DPH/Epidemiology-and-Emerging-Infections/A-Brief-History-of-Lyme-Disease-in-Connecticut / PMC (Geographic Spread of Lyme) - https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6336907 / Erich Traub - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erich_Traub / CDC (Lyme Disease Case Maps) - https://www.cdc.gov/lyme/data-research/facts-stats/lyme-disease-case-map.html / Global Lyme Alliance (Polly Murray) - https://www.globallymealliance.org/blog/the-mothers-who-spoke-up-how-two-women-helped-uncover-lyme-disease For any business inquiries reach out here [email protected] #oompaville