Civil Defence Association lists Lyme as a terrorist risk

TACDA is the acronym for the American Civil Defence Association.
In one of the documents on their web site at www.tacda.org, there are
instructions on how to prepare for both chemical and biological attacks.

For example they recommend which are the most useful antibiotics and medicines
to keep in each home for emergency purposes. They then list the biological
threats to be prepared for, and out of only 9 such diseases/pathogens, Lyme is
number 8.

http://www.tacda.org/academy/academy-basics/TACDA_Academy_CDBasics_4ChemBio.pdf
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Page 9 of the pdf lists, in this order, the organisms which US citizens are
advised to prepare for: plague, anthrax, brucellosis, tularemia, cholera, Q
fever, glanders, Lyme disease and typhoid.

The mission of TACDA is to provide education, products and resources that
empower American citizens with a comprehensive understanding of reasonable
preparedness strategies and techniques; promoting a self-reliant, pro-active
approach to protecting themselves, their families and their communities in the
event of Nuclear, Biological, Chemical or other manmade and natural disasters.

Looking at TACDA’s website it’s easy to see that they are a well-respected group
of people. The board of directors is made up of prestigious doctors, engineers
and advisors to the US government.

Such people as Dr. Gerald L. Looney: a native of Bluefield, West Virginia and a
graduate of the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and the Harvard School of
Public Health. He has recently retired as medical director of the Boeing Company
Military Transport Division (C-17 Program in Long Beach, CA) and Associate
Clinical Professor of Medicine/Occupational Health at the University of
California, Irvine (UCI) College of Medicine.

And Dr Gary Marlin Sandquist, a retired US Naval Reserve Commander who has
served as technical consultant to industry, universities, state and federal
government agencies, and many other technical organisations. He has also
contributed to the scientific and technical communities with more than 600
publications in nuclear science, engineering, energy, health physics, and
environmental sciences.

Also, Bronius Cikotas, who has 38 years experience working for the DOD, on
nuclear weapons effects, threats, systems and infrastructure vulnerabilities,
mitigation techniques and the development of various systems to deal with
various threats.
As an expert witness, he testified before Congressman Saxton’s panel on
terrorism. He has briefed and served in an advisory capacity at all levels of
Government, National Security Council Staff, White House Military Office, White
House Communications Agency, The President’s Office of Science and Technology
Planning, and the Joint Staff.

These are highly qualified men and women and the bottom line is that they advise
that each home has a stock, or access to, doxycycline and other antibiotics in
the event of Lyme being used as a bio weapon by terrorists.