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LYME DISEASE
STARTS WITH A
MOUSE, NOT THE TICK
Debilitating Lyme disease is caused by
a tick bite, as everyone knows—but
now researchers have discovered how
Lloyd’s the tick gets to be a carrier in the first
place, opening the door to new ways of
refuses to insure against preventing the disease from spreading.
It all starts with the white-footed mouse
5G health claims (Peromyscus leucopus), not the tick. The
mouse, which lives in forests and wetlands,
harbors the bacteria that cause Lyme
Lloyd’s of London,theworld’s holdtheschoolresponsiblefor thelevelsofelectromagnetic disease, and it’s the ticks that feed off the
largest insurerandreinsurer,is healthproblemsstudentsmight radiationthatwillbegenerated mouse which pass it on to people.
refusing to handleanyhealth sufferifitislaterconfirmed bythenewhigh-powered5G Scientists from the University of
claims relatingtothenewhigh- thatwirelesstechnologyislater networkandthedamagethis California at Irvine have sequenced the
powered 5G mobilenetwork. foundtoberesponsible. couldcausetohumanhealth. genome of the white-footed mouse,
Although there’snever Lloyd'sdecisionmayhave The5GAppeal,endorsed and this gives them the roadmap to start
been definitiveproofthat beeninfluencedbyitsin-house byover240scientists,fears developing preventative programs, such as
mobile networkscausehealth riskassessmentteam,which, 5Gcouldincreasetheriskof an environmentally safe vaccination.
problems, industrywatchers in2010,likenedwireless cancers,affectfertilityandcause Most approaches have concentrated on
believe Lloyd’sistakinga networkstoasbestos,abuilding neurologicaldisorders. somehow controlling the movement of the
p
precautionaryapproachand materialthatcauseslung TheUSNationalToxicology tick, “but they have been difficult to put in
staying out ofthemarketincase diseaseandcancer.Although Programhasdiscovered practice,” said Alaan Barbour, one of the
a link is discovered. thelinkwasestablishedas statisticallysignificantincreases researchers.
In a waiver toitsinsurance earlyasthe1920s,theasbestos inratesofbrainandheart The researchers also
policies, Lloyd’sispassingthe industrywasslowtoreactand cancersinanimalsexposedto want to understannd
onus on to schoolsthatinstall spentyearsdenyingacausal lowlevelsofEMF,farbelow why the mouse
Wi-Fi or have cellphonemasts connection. thosethatwillbegeneratedby doesn’t get sick
placed in schoolbuildings.It Similarly,thefirstwarning the5Gnetwork. from the bacteria it
recommendspolicyholders shotshavebeenfiredabout scientists4wiredtech.com carries, which couuld
provide clues about
d
It’sfats, key processes of diabetes, the glucose levels are nonetheless how people could
combat the infection.
still seeing the disease progress.
new hypothesis holds that cells
In addition to Lyyme
not glucose, are driving an inflammatory University of Kentucky set out to bacteria, the mice
Researchers from the
e
response to some fats, and not to
claimsnew glucose (also called blood sugar). demonstrate that the immune also carry a form of viral
o
encephalitis and illnesses like
If true, it would explain
cells of diabetics would produce
diabetes why some diabetics who are energy by burning glucose—but malaria and Rocky Mountain
spotted fever.
discovered instead that defects
successfully controlling their
theory in the mitochondria, the ‘power The research te eam is making the white-
houses’ of our cells, were causing footed mouse genome sequence publicly
We’ve got it wrong about type 2 available so other researchers can work
a reaction to raised levels of fats.
diabetes, the lifestyle disease. with it, too.
Research is still ongoing,
According to a new theory, The incidence of Lyme disease increased
but if further investigations
it’s got nothing to do with 17 percent in the US from 2016 to 2017,
support the initial
blood sugar and insulin with 42,743 cases being reported. The US
discoveries, the way
resistance—as the current Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
diabetes is treated will
view maintains—but (CDC) says that cases have tripled since the
fundamentally change.
instead it’s a disease of our late 1990s, partly due to the urbanization
Instead of controlling
cells and the way they react of rural areas and forests, and fears the
sugars in our diet, we will
to some fats, a new theory actual increase is far greater, as most cases
instead be watching out for
suggests. are never diagnosed or reported.
certain fats.
Although both camps agree SciAdv,2019;5:eaaw6441
CellMetab,2019;30:447–61
that inflammation is one of the
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