#48: Kris Newby – The Real (and Terrifying) Truth Behind Lyme Disease

by | May 5, 2021

On the latest episode of the High Vibe Tribe…

I can’t wait for you to hear my latest guest, Kris Newby.  

Kris joins us to uncover the mystery surrounding one of the most controversial and misdiagnosed conditions of our time—Lyme disease, revealing the man behind a secret role in developing bug-borne biological weapons, and raising terrifying questions about the genesis of the epidemic of tick-borne diseases affecting millions of Americans today.

This is truly eye-opening material and if you know someone who battles this disease, or if you’re battling it yourself, please tune in to today’s episode.

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Read More About Kris Newby

Kris Newby is an author and award-winning science writer at Stanford University and the senior producer of the Lyme disease documentary UNDER OUR SKIN, which premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival and was a 2010 Oscar semifinalist.
Kris has two degrees in engineering, a bachelor’s degree from the University of Utah and a master’s degree from Stanford University.
Previously, Kris was a technology writer for Apple and other Silicon Valley companies.

ABOUT THE BOOK

While vacationing on Martha’s Vineyard, Kris Newby was bitten by an unseen tick. That one bite changed her life forever, pulling her into the abyss of a devastating illness that took ten doctors to diagnose and years to recover from: Newby had joined the ranks of the 400,000 Americans who are afflicted with Lyme disease each year.

As a science writer, she was driven to understand why this disease is so misunderstood and its patients so mistreated. This quest led her to Willy Burgdorfer, the Lyme microbe’s discoverer, who revealed that he had developed bug-borne bioweapons during the Cold War and believed that the Lyme epidemic was started by a military experiment gone wrong.

In a superb, meticulous work of narrative journalism, Bitten takes readers on a journey to investigate these claims, from tours of biological weapons facilities to interviews with biosecurity experts and microbiologists doing cutting-edge research, all the while uncovering darker truths about Burgdorfer. It also leads her to uncomfortable questions about why Lyme can be so difficult to both diagnose and treat, and why the government is so reluctant to classify chronic Lyme as a disease.

A gripping, infectious page-turner, Bitten will shed a terrifying new light on an epidemic that is exacting an incalculable toll on us, upending much of what we believe we know about it.

Stay Connected With Kris

Website:

krisnewby.com

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