What Do I have in Common with Plum Island?

About a year ago in my own research about Lyme disease, prior to my diagnosis I tried to uncover any rock that would shed light on Lyme disease. I did this because I was almost certain that I would be diagnosed with Lyme disease. There were several practitioners whom thought Lyme was likely part of my picture. Needless to say, when the diagnosis was actually made, in some strange way it actually brought a sense of relief. It made so much sense with everything that was going on with me, my symptoms and my history.

Part of doing research is finding both sides of the story and trying to cut through all the BS or crap and making sure that your findings or conclusions are based on sound sources. Research doesn't always reveal the most pleasant findings. I remember something I stumbled across about Lyme and it goes a little something like this... There is a beautiful pristine island located off of Long Island, called Plum Island, but what goes on there is not so beautiful and pristine. Human visitors are generally not welcome on Plum Island with the exception of the few biologists that are employed there. The island serves as the Animal Disease Control Center and is currently owned by the Department of Homeland Security. There is a serious conspiracy theory that this island is where Lyme was produced by our own government in addition to West Nile virus and a whole host of other biological germs. … so you see this is what Plum Island and I have in common. 

Plum Island - Lab 257

I discovered there is a book about this conspiracy called LAB 257 authored by Michael Christopher Carroll. He spent several years researching Plum Island and was able to visit the island and its labs on several occasions until he was no longer welcome once it was discovered what his intentions were. He is an attorney with a personal interest. Several months after discovering that this book exists I saw a documentary about the very subject of Plum Island and the connection to Lyme and several other biological germs that aired on the Discovery Channel. I had avoided ordering LAB 257 because I wasn't quite sure I could deal with the anger and frustration that would likely surface from reading such a book given that I have chronic Lyme disease. Yet, recently something told me that I was finally ready. I ordered the book and have only read a few pages, but from what I can tell in the short amount I have read is that it seems to be a carefully written and well researched book with resources to back the findings. So far it is chilling and disturbing. At the very least it could be a bunch of BS, but at least I'll be more informed on the subject from someone else's point of view. It is an interesting conspiracy and may not be that far fetched. I can only imagine what kind of biological catastrophes could be on the horizon.

I'm glad to live in this country despite knowing that our government doesn't always conduct itself in a manner in which it protects its citizens. This is one of those times I have to ask, “What if?” and What can I do?” Plum island is one of those places that I think our government would rather the majority not know about. Check out this article and the video included:  NewsDay.com

Here is the press release that Discovery Channel sent out prior to airing the show: Press.Discovery.com