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Old 05-14-2006, 01:45 PM   #1
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Forget about bird flu...there's another far scarier superbug that is quietly infecting people all over the US now! It's called "Morgellons" disease and is like out of one bad sci-fi movie! In its worst case - it becomes like a giant cobweb that invades your body, house and progressively spreads itself all over!
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Most individuals with this disease report disturbing crawling, stinging, and biting sensations, as well as non-healing skin lesions, which are associated with highly unusual structures. These structures can be described as fiber-like or filamentous, and are the most striking feature of this disease. In addition, patients report the presence of seed-like granules and black speck-like material associated with their skin.
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Initially, I just wanted to find something to kill whatever it was that got into my hair….of course nothing worked. Now 3 1/2 yrs. later, I need to get it out of my eyes, ears, nose, mouth, hands…….my entire human self

I started seeing single strands of web material all over the ground, on railings and even flying from the lines on the clothes line.....today there are even more and when the sunlight is just right it can be terribly frightening.

Now it’s electrified corkscrews going in and out of my scalp and the skin on my face and body has needles burrowing into it and I see frightening microscopic “static fireworks” going off in the dark. It feels as tho these fibers have taken the place of my nerve endings and it’s becoming incredibly painful. I can hardly see my way thru these cobwebs anymore. They have weaved in and out, up and down, side to side, and over and under everything that was once my life.

I've got this feeling that this gel was released via chemtrails and a door was opened for different types of reactions to begin to take place
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Morgellons disease is not yet known to kill, but if you were to get it, you might wish you were dead, as the symptoms are horrible.

"These people will have like beads of sweat but it's black, black and tarry," said Ginger Savely, a nurse practioner in Austin who treats a majority of these patients.

Patients get lesions that never heal.

"Sometimes little black specks that come out of the lesions and sometimes little fibers," said Stephanie Bailey, Morgellons patient.

Patients say that's the worst symptom — strange fibers that pop out of your skin in different colors.

"He'd have attacks and fibers would come out of his hands and fingers, white, black and sometimes red. Very, very painful," said Lisa Wilson, whose son Travis had Morgellon's disease.

While all of this is going on, it feels like bugs are crawling under your skin. So far more than 100 cases of Morgellons disease have been reported in South Texas.
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"Smart" fibers that evade removal!

Current hotspots include the areas shown below - with CA possibly being ground zero - although cases have been reported in all 50 states. Also, quite a few cases have also been reported in London and the UK. In particular, many cases seem to have originated in CA, particularly in hotels there. There is also some speculation if these were spread by chemtrails in CA, which have often left weird fibers, similar to those exuding from infected people.

Not trying to cause any panic here - but I want to give everyone a head's up of what to look for since most doctors are totally ignorant to this and the CDC is in complete denial. Its actual pathology and origin are still unknown - as are any cures. Some speculate whether it's an old natural dormant disease or a new man-made one? So, if you stay at a hotel - particularly in CA, be sure to check your bedsheets carefully for bedbugs (a possible vector) or any fibrous flakings, etc.

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Old 05-14-2006, 01:49 PM   #2
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Ummmm EW.
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Old 05-14-2006, 03:04 PM   #3
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TV segment from May 8 - including clip about Travis Wilson, who committed suicide due to this disease (in Austin, TX?) a few weeks ago...

From Travis's blog:
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If you want to know about the sci-fi horror nightmare that is Morgellons disease, then feel free to go to the main site at www.Morgellons.com . Check out the forums to read all the cool things like morphing hairs, cotton white and black postules popping out of peoples skin, and all sorts of neat physical and mental trauma that i've endured for the past 8 months. I now have insectphobia, agoraphobia, and a lot more if only I knew some more latin abbreviations. Easily caused by the amount of shock my psyche has been put into from this disease that is otherworldly. This is not something natural, this is manmade folks, probably by the good ol' USofA.

Hey kids! From the same people who brought you the Gulf Syndrome, now present to you Morgellons, a new biological warfare study that our government has launched on our own people!
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Wow! that is naaaaaasty, bro . Thanks for the heads up !
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Where do you find this stuff?

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Old 05-15-2006, 08:43 AM   #6
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^^ Well, everyone is focused on "bird flu," but I'm starting to suspect that the bigger threat may be this "new" class of superbugs that some have described as myc0pl@sma, pri0ns and - a bizzare critter that seems to embody various characteristics of bacteria, viruses & fungi - with the possible ability to morph between all of them! And these are the same critters that are now thought responsible for a variety of "modern" chronic diseases like Lyme, chronic fatigue syndrome, Gu1f W@r syndrome, Multiple scler0sis, Morge11ons, etc.

I read some more about this disease last night - and this critter is truly insiduous! It will infect bugs and parasites (like bedbugs, springtails, Collembola, possibly mosquitos, etc) similar to Lyme disease infecting deer ticks. Then, when these parasites feed on humans - they will transfer this disease into their blood and infect them. And once their infection becomes severe, they will emit a stinky pheromone attractant odor that will attract more bugs to that person - like a carrion flower! And these bugs will then become infected as well and go on to infect others in a vicious cycle! Not to mention exuding all these weird colored fibers, chitin-like flakes and black specs, etc - which may prove to be contagious vectors as well.

So, imagine you've been bitten by a bedbug and get infected. Your condition gets progressively worse as you start noticing red and blue "fiberballs" coming out of your nose and ears. Your skin is crawling so much you can't sleep. Then, you notice your sores smell like rotting stench - and this is attracting tons of bugs into your house! You seek treatment from various doctors - but they all dismiss this as "De1usions of P@rasitosis!" You become a prisoner of your own home and mind, hoping not to infect anyone else or be seen as a total nut. Talk about one downward spiral!

I don't know if I posted this here before, but there was an interesting card game created back in 1995 that some people now believe has become eerily prophetic.

Card sequence from the"!11uminati Neu W0rld 0rder" game:

You'll notice that the 9II attacks are clearly portrayed by the first few cards! So, according to this plan, the next tragedy to hit us may be a disease, perhaps one originally designed for population control thru aerial dispersion (aerosol chemtr@ils?) - that creates an epidemic and requires lockdown quarantine.

Travellers also beware of this in Mexico - as there is some speculation due to the high prevalence in certain Southern border states that this may have been brought up from there!
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So, now you're using Card Games as your source material, Voydster?


Personally, what I find interesting is that if you wrack up all kills worldwide by these "Diseases of the Moment" (like Bird Flu) that CNN likes to harp on nonstop and continuously, they pale before the number of folks killed on U.S. roads by dipshits not paying attention and yakking on their cell phones...

A sense of scale is required, and we seem to have accepted massive amounts of folks dying on the roads, but recoil in horror from a dozen folks dying of an obscure illness.

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^ Well, I think SARS was overhyped...and bird flu is too at the moment...unless it develops the ability to infect from human-to-human. Then, it may become underhyped.

The scary thing about Morge11ons though is that it appears to be a whole new class of self-mutating microorganism - not simply a bacteria or virus. And it appears to be so methodical, complex, aggressive and "intelligent" in its self-propagation.

Now, I will agree that the threat overall is not "high" right now - but people need to be made aware of this threat regardless. Because if you DO happen to ever get it - it's a life-changing event and you are basically royally-screwed. Our gov is behind the ball on this one - but I'm not and so want to give everyone here ADVANCE WARNING.

Bottom line: People need to boost their immune systems and try to avoid being bit by blood-sucking parasites. Maintain your personal firewall! Especially for a community of travellers - be sure to check your hostel/hotel bedsheets carefully!
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That's crazy man, I was just telling Devon about this shit yesterday because it was posted on Boing Boing. Scary shit. I wouldn't be the least surprised if it was a man-made agent.
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Bring on the superdisease I say. The herd needs thinning.
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^a large part of me agrees....
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That's crazy man, I was just telling Devon about this shit yesterday because it was posted on Boing Boing.* Scary shit.* I wouldn't be the least surprised if it was a man-made agent.
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I think I just found the holy mother of all Morg threads - on a biology forum. 168 pages...and counting!!! So, this is some serious shyt, folks!

This one dude there, "forum," claims that this is actually a genetic@lly-m0dified "qu0rum sensing" cy@nobacteria ("half-plant, half-@nimal"). It may contain some 1epidoptera butterfly genes - hence its production of colored fibers and sensing "feelers." Other insect genes may be involved as well - hence the creation of chitin-like specks and even clear insect winglike-wrappings. And they may even emit insect pheromones to communicate with and attract other insects!!! The prime breeding ground for this organism in skin is almost exclusively the follicle (stem cell per definition - human hair follicle is used as a stem cell by scientists as alternative for embryos) - which explains why people notice all these fibers coming out their pores and hair shafts. Basically, this is a metamorphic, multistage, "intelligent" chimera-like critter that systematically takes over your body and environment!!! It is THE ULTIMATE DESIGNER P@RAS!TE!

The parasite does not so much "consume" its host as it "replaces" its host.

So, I'm rather skeptical that this is an all-natural beast that's simply awakened from dormancy all these years. Far more likely is that these critters, as well as other similar recent ones like Lyme, may have been created in our own bi0w@rfare or commercial chemical labs!

For example, I just learned this about Lyme:
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P1um Island is a legend, but not a myth. Just off Orient Point, Long Island, and six miles from the Connecticut coast, P1um Island is the site of a United States Agriculture Dep@rtment Anim@l Dise@se Research Center. The USDA acquired the island from the War Department at the end of World War II with a charter from Congress to study animal diseases such as Fo0t and M0uth Disease. In surrounding communities, distrust of P1um Island runs deep. Lyme Disease takes its name from a Connecticut town across from the island: many wonder whether birds or swimming animals could have brought the disease from Plum Island. Some suspect this might be the case with West Nile Virus as well. Plum Island officials, of course, dismiss such hypotheses as fantasy.
Well, P1um Island is a B5L-3 or B5L-4 (bi0research level-4) facility. And veeerryyy interesting how Lyme county has been the historical epicenter for the disease - which was only first reported a few decades ago - just a mere 13 miles northeast of the facility!

Now, Lyme has been progressively spreading more and more during the past few decades...but just imagine how much more Morgs might due to its far more advanced invasiveness and aggressive transmission methods!

But, there may be a reason why the CDC & Feds have been dragging their feet on this one...
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Hm. Well, when its my time to die, its my time to die. Ive already evaded a dipshit trying to run me down in the road, so if its a supervirus so be it. There doesnt seem to be much to do for it at this stage, so I wont get all upset either. Ive been hearing about this disease for a while..
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I just found out that Tr@vis Wi1son lived in Leander, TX - 35 miles NW of Austin on 183.
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Tr@vis A!len Wi1son, born on December 29, 1982, died on Sunday, April 23, 2006, at the age of 23 from complications of Lyme disease and Morgellons disease. Travis was born in Olympia and lived most of his life in Shelton. He lived for a time in Tenino, and for the past three years had resided in Leander, Texas.
Well, just be careful. Live clean and boost your health. Avoid tall, grassy areas and check for bedbugs. If you have pets, that may be a risk factor because they tend to run around outside and bring carrier parasite bugs inside. Oh well. But, from what I've studied so far, the majority of people who get infected had low immunity prior to (for various reasons). However, a minority of victims were fairly healthy - but got infected directly from bugbites. Well, there is only so much we can do, really. Supposedly, the only people who might be "immune" are those who lack a HLA- DR4 genetic marker...but who knows if ya do or not?

"Problem" with this disease is that it's not immediately fatal - but slowly takes over your body and life and replaces it with itself - although some have treated it far better than others.
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Woooaa...speaking of the bacteria-insect connection (particularly butterflies) - Bt (Baci11us thuringiensis) bacteria was originally found in soil but is now sprayed on crops and has been genetically-spliced into some plants as a pesticide! It destroys insect larvae in the following manner:
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Like many other bacteria, B.t. forms spores – highly resistant, resting forms that protect the bacteria in tough environmental conditions. However, B.t. is unique in that it forms protein crystals along with its spores. This protein is the source of B.t.’s toxicity.[3] When the target insect larva eats a B.t. spore and its protein crystal, the protein dissolves in its gut and produces a toxin. The toxin interferes with food digestion, and the insect starves to death. The insect can also die from infection when the bacteria multiply and escape the digestive tract, travelling into the rest of the body.
Now, it is supposedly fairly harmless to humans - but what if chemical companies started tinkering with it or it moved up the food chain? Or, perhaps it could have mutated by absorbing some buttefly DNA? I mean, if it can kill butterflies, why couldn't it or some mutated form cause lesser problems in larger mammals too?
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Bacillus expert Lars Andrup of the National Institute of Occupational Health in Copenhagen has identified a novel gene-swapping system that enables Bt to exchange an unusually wide variety of DNA with other Baci11us cells. The potential for spawning very dangerous strains and unleashing them into the environment is clearly there, he says
Now, cotton is one alleged vector for the Morg - so might we connect 3 dots here - GM-cotton with BT genes to resist caterpillars/butteflies? Monsanto has worked on bt-cotton. I'm sure many have, to find a highly-lucrative holy grail of pest-resistant strains. But, what all might be getting mixed up here in their labs? Bacterial, viral, insect, plant DNA? How many Frankenstein germs are they creating here - in their labs and out in the field?

I wonder if there might be a higher incidence of Morgs near bt-cotton fields?
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most believe in a government conspiracy, either involving genitically modified parasites like the silkworm parasite (it is believed that 85% of our cotton today is infestested with Morge11ons. Anyone can do a simple test by buying a few boxes of Q-tips, getting a microscope, pulling apart a few, and observing the fibers... which will most likely start to move by themselves.) or chemtr@ils.
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I believe that the government produced a pesticide for the illegal crops grown in South America. This pesticide mutated the crops and the bugs that carry this mutation. This mutation was then blown in the wind and carried by insects and humans caught it. It then mutated our systems and we create some type of something that makes this contagious. I have no proof but this makes the most sense to me.
This might make some sense - seeing as how the border states seeing the most immigration from Latin America have the most infections - CA, TX & FL. I wonder if there have been any cases reported in Latin America itself?

Of course, this is just one guess...there are many. I do think this was very likely genetically-engineered though, regardless of all the exact details of by who and where.
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this all just dounds like some weird sci-fi movie...

its in situataions like this that i believe that ignorance is bliss...
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A sense of scale is required, and we seem to have accepted massive amounts of folks dying on the roads, but recoil in horror from a dozen folks dying of an obscure illness.

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For me, I don't worry about diseases like BSE. Scientifically, there seems to be a likely explanation (involving healthy cattle eating material from downer cattle that were then turned into feed), and it's not such a stretch of the mind for this to migrate into the human population when humans eat beef from infected cattle.

Same thing with bird flu - it seems to be that it's going to be a more natural progression.

However, this disease is just too fuckin' weird and SCARY to seem natural. It really makes me wonder about the source.
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Um, I'm scared.

I think I shall be checking my bedsheets very carefully come September time! Maybe something good will happen between now and then, and it will be eradicated somehow!
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Lauren, the chances of you catching this "disease" are infintessimally small - don't worry about bedbugs - bring your own sleep sheet, and you'll be fine.

I'm not sceptical about many things, but this is a bit out there for me. Check out wikipedia's article for a perhaps more balanced assessment.

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You dont catch this disease - it catches you. Muahahaha.
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