What’s really behind the spread of Lyme disease? Clue: it’s not the Pentagon | Peter Beaumont

After my tick bite I realised that the climate crisis was a more likely culprit than any conspiracy theory about weaponisation

The first indication I'd picked up a tick-borne disease three years ago was the excruciating arthritic pain in my feet as I hobbled to a dinner party at a neighbour's house in Jerusalem.

Later that night I experienced flu-like symptoms, including a raging fever that, even with antibiotics, would last for more than a week.

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