Biological Warfare Throughout Human History
When Disease Becomes a Weapon
Medicine's dark history of experimentation is disturbing enough. But there's another dimension to understand: humanity's long history of deliberately weaponizing disease to harm and kill.
Biological warfare—the intentional use of pathogens and parasites to sicken or eliminate populations—isn't a modern invention. It's ancient. And it's been devastatingly effective.
Before we can understand why parasitic infections might be deliberately spread today, we need to understand that weaponizing biology against human populations has precedent stretching back millennia.
This isn't conspiracy theory. This is documented military history.
The Oldest Weapon
Poisoning Water Supplies (600 BCE - Present)
One of the earliest recorded uses of biological warfare dates to 600 BCE , when the Assyrians poisoned enemy wells with rye ergot, a fungal toxin causing hallucinations, convulsions, and death.
Throughout ancient warfare:
- Greek and Roman armies contaminated water sources with animal carcasses
- Dead bodies were thrown into wells to spread disease
- Armies diverted sewage into enemy water supplies
The tactic was simple: make the water undrinkable, spread disease, weaken the enemy.
Siege of Caffa (1346) - The Black Death as Weapon
During the Mongol siege of the Genoese city of Caffa (modern-day Crimea), Mongol forces began dying from bubonic plague.
Their response: Catapult plague-infected corpses over the city walls.
The disease spread rapidly through Caffa's population. When Genoese traders fled by ship back to Europe, they carried the plague with them.
This single act of biological warfare may have triggered the Black Death pandemic that killed 75-200 million people—nearly half of Europe's population.
Whether the Caffa siege actually caused the European pandemic is debated by historians, but the deliberate use of plague corpses as weapons is documented.
Smallpox Blankets - Colonial America (1763)
During Pontiac's Rebellion, British forces at Fort Pitt deliberately distributed smallpox-infected blankets to Native American tribes.
The documented evidence:
Captain Simeon Ecuyer's journal entries confirm the distribution of contaminated blankets. Colonel Henry Bouquet and General Jeffrey Amherst discussed the tactic in written correspondence:
Bouquet to Amherst:
"Could it not be contrived to send the Small Pox among those disaffected tribes of Indians?"
Amherst's response:
"You will do well to try to inoculate the Indians by means of blankets, as well as to try every other method that can serve to extirpate this execrable race."
The smallpox outbreak that followed devastated indigenous populations who had no immunity to the disease.
This was deliberate biological warfare against civilian populations.
Weaponizing Anthrax and Glanders
German Sabotage Program (1915-1918)
During World War I, Germany conducted the first modern, systematic biological warfare program:
Targets:
- Livestock and horses destined for Allied forces
- Agricultural supplies
- Military animals
Methods:
- Infecting horses with glanders
- Contaminating feed with anthrax
- Sabotaging supply chains
Operations:
- Infecting Romanian sheep
- Contaminating French cavalry horses
- Targeting U.S. transport animals
Why animals? Cavalry and transport depended on horses. Contaminating livestock supply chains weakened military capacity without directly attacking soldiers.
The program was run by German intelligence with cooperation from veterinarians and scientists.
This established the blueprint for state-sponsored biological warfare programs.
From Experiments to Warfare
We've already discussed Unit 731's horrific experiments (Page 3). But the program went beyond experimentation—it actively deployed biological weapons in warfare.
Plague Bombs and Contaminated Food (1940-1945)
Japanese forces deliberately:
- Dropped plague-infected fleas on Chinese cities from aircraft
- Contaminated wells and rivers with cholera and typhoid
- Distributed typhoid-laced food to Chinese prisoners and civilians
- Released plague-carrying rats into population centers
Estimated deaths from Japanese biological warfare: 400,000-580,000 Chinese civilians.
Cities targeted included:
- Ningbo (1940) - plague-infected fleas dropped from aircraft
- Changde (1941) - plague bombs causing major outbreak
- Multiple regions throughout China - deliberate cholera and typhoid contamination
These weren't battlefield tactics. These were intentional attacks on civilian populations.
Unit 731 perfected the mass production of plague-infected fleas and developed delivery mechanisms to spread disease over wide areas.
After the war, the United States granted immunity to Unit 731 researchers in exchange for their biological warfare data.
The knowledge was too valuable to prosecute.
When Both Sides Weaponize Disease
U.S. Biological Warfare Program (1943-1969)
The United States operated an extensive biological warfare program at Fort Detrick, Maryland, and other locations.
The program developed:
- Weaponized anthrax
- Weaponized tularemia (rabbit fever)
- Weaponized brucellosis
- Weaponized Q fever
- Weaponized Venezuelan equine encephalitis
- Anti-crop agents to destroy enemy food supplies
Scale of production: By the 1960s, the U.S. had stockpiled thousands of gallons of weaponized biological agents and delivery systems capable of spreading disease across entire cities.
Open-air testing:
The U.S. military conducted at least 239 open-air biological warfare tests, including:
- Operation Sea-Spray (1950): Spraying bacteria over San Francisco to test dispersal patterns
- Operation LAC (1957-58): Releasing zinc cadmium sulfide particles over multiple U.S. cities
- Dugway Proving Ground: Various tests using simulants and actual pathogens
The public was not informed these tests were occurring.
President Nixon officially ended the U.S. offensive biological warfare program in 1969, ordering destruction of existing stockpiles.
But the knowledge, research, and capability remained.
Soviet Biological Warfare Program (1920s-1992)
The Soviet Union operated the world's largest biological warfare program, employing over 60,000 people at its peak.
Program Biopreparat developed:
- Weaponized smallpox
- Weaponized plague
- Weaponized anthrax
- Weaponized tularemia
- Antibiotic-resistant strains
- Genetic modifications to increase lethality
The Sverdlovsk Anthrax Leak (1979)
An accidental release of weaponized anthrax from a Soviet military facility in Sverdlovsk killed at least 66 people. The Soviet government initially claimed the deaths were from contaminated meat, but later investigation revealed the truth: an accidental release from biological weapons production.
This proved the Soviets were actively producing weaponized anthrax in massive quantities—despite signing the Biological Weapons Convention in 1972 banning such programs.
The Soviet program continued until 1992, well after the official treaty ban.
Biological Weapons Convention (1972)
In 1972, the Biological Weapons Convention (BWC) was signed, prohibiting development, production, and stockpiling of biological weapons.
The problem: The BWC has no enforcement mechanism.
- No inspections allowed
- No verification protocol
- Countries self-report compliance
- No penalties for violations
Known violations after 1972:
- Soviet Union continued massive bioweapons program until 1992
- Iraq developed bioweapons in the 1980s-90s (admitted after Gulf War)
- South Africa's Project Coast (1981-1995) - apartheid-era bioweapons
- Multiple countries suspected of covert programs
The treaty created a gentlemen's agreement among nations already possessing the knowledge and infrastructure to weaponize disease.
The knowledge didn't disappear. The capability didn't vanish. The programs just went covert.
Biological Terrorism Today
2001 Anthrax Attacks
Shortly after 9/11, letters containing weaponized anthrax were mailed to U.S. senators and media figures.
Results:
- 22 people infected
- 5 deaths
- Widespread panic
- Massive decontamination efforts
- Billions in security costs
The anthrax was high-grade, weaponized powder—requiring sophisticated production capability.
The FBI eventually blamed Bruce Ivins, a U.S. biodefense researcher at Fort Detrick. He died by suicide before prosecution.
The critical revelation: The anthrax came from U.S. biodefense research facilities, demonstrating that "defensive" bioweapons research maintains the knowledge and capability for offensive use.
Ricin Attacks (Multiple Incidents)
Ricin, a toxin derived from castor beans, has been used in multiple assassination attempts and terrorist plots:
- Georgi Markov assassination (1978) - Bulgarian dissident killed by ricin-tipped umbrella in London
- Multiple ricin letters sent to politicians (2003, 2013, 2020)
- Various terrorist plots involving ricin production
Ricin is relatively easy to produce, requiring only castor beans and basic equipment.
Knowledge You Can't Un-Know
Here's the disturbing reality about biological warfare:
The knowledge is published:
- Pathogen genetics documented
- Genetic synthesis commercially available
- University labs work with pathogens
- Dual-use research ongoing
The materials are accessible:
- Dangerous organisms exist in nature
- Some can be ordered from suppliers
- Others can be isolated from environment
The capability is widespread:
- Genetic engineering is cheaper than ever
- CRISPR enables precise modification
- Synthetic biology creates novel organisms
- Small labs can do what required state resources
The Dual-Use Research Problem:
Research intended to defend against biological threats can simultaneously provide knowledge for creating them. Examples:
- Reconstructing extinct pathogens (1918 flu virus recreated in 2005)
- Making bird flu transmissible between mammals (2012 research controversy)
- Identifying vulnerabilities in immune systems
- Developing antibiotic-resistant strains for study
Every advance in biological defense simultaneously advances offensive capability.
Why Parasites Are the Perfect Bioweapon
Most biological warfare discussion focuses on bacteria and viruses. But parasites offer unique advantages as weapons:
1. Difficult to Diagnose
- Most doctors don't test for parasites
- Symptoms mimic other conditions
- Conventional diagnostics miss many species
- Patients dismissed as psychiatric cases
2. Slow, Debilitating Effects
- Don't kill immediately (avoiding obvious attack signature)
- Cause chronic illness, reducing productivity
- Create long-term medical system burden
- Weaken populations gradually
3. Environmental Persistence
- Can survive in water supplies
- Thrive in indoor environments
- Reproduce and spread naturally
- Difficult to eradicate once established
4. Psychological Impact
- Victims labeled delusional when reporting symptoms
- Medical system dismisses evidence
- Creates isolation and despair
- No clear attack to retaliate against
5. Plausible Deniability
- Can be introduced subtly through contamination
- Spread patterns look natural
- Hard to prove intentional deployment
- Dismissed as coincidence or poor sanitation
Historical Precedent:
While large-scale parasitic biowarfare isn't well-documented in military history (unlike anthrax or plague), parasites have been used in sabotage:
- Contaminating water supplies with parasitic cysts
- Introducing parasites into livestock populations
- Infesting food supplies during wartime
The absence of documentation doesn't mean absence of use—it may mean successful concealment.
If Nations Weaponized Anthrax, Why Not Parasites?
Let's review what we know:
Biological warfare has been used throughout human history:
- Ancient armies poisoned wells
- Medieval forces catapulted plague corpses
- Colonial powers distributed smallpox blankets
- WWI Germany contaminated livestock
- Japan's Unit 731 killed hundreds of thousands with bioweapons
- U.S. and Soviet Union developed massive bioweapon arsenals
- Modern terrorists have deployed anthrax and ricin
Nations signed a treaty banning bioweapons in 1972:
- The Soviet Union ignored it and continued developing bioweapons until 1992
- Multiple countries violated the treaty
- No enforcement mechanism exists
- Defensive research continues (with offensive capability)
We know medicine has:
- Deliberately infected populations (Guatemala syphilis experiments)
- Weaponized psychiatry (Soviet abuse, current "delusional parasitosis" labels)
- Suppressed cures for profit (Marshall's ulcer cure for 23 years)
- Experimented on vulnerable populations without consent
We know parasites would make effective bioweapons:
- Difficult to diagnose
- Cause chronic, debilitating illness
- Create plausible deniability
- Victims dismissed as delusional
- Hard to prove intentional deployment
So the question isn't "would nations use parasites as bioweapons?"
The question is: "Why would we assume they haven't?"
Why Black Americans Smoke Menthols?
I'm not advocating smoking — I'm trying to understand human behavior. There's a long-standing stereotype that Black Americans smoke menthols like Newports and Kools. But what if there's a biological reason behind it?
Nicotine isn't just a stimulant — it's also mildly anti-parasitic. And menthol, known for its cooling effect, can irritate and disrupt parasitic worms that often migrate through the lungs. Could it be that for some people, the body recognizes menthol and nicotine as temporary relief — a form of unconscious self-medication against infections medicine refuses to diagnose?
Our healthcare system routinely denies parasitic infections, especially in industrialized countries. What if this denial leaves millions unknowingly fighting fatigue, inflammation, and infection — and some turn to stimulants or menthol cigarettes as coping mechanisms?
I'm not saying menthols are healthy. I'm saying we need to ask why they feel good to certain people — and what that says about our hidden health crises. This isn't strictly about race; it's about socioeconomic abuse that has deep racial and ethnic dimensions. Poor and working-class Americans of every background — including white Americans living in poverty — face the same core issue: a medical system that deliberately overlooks, misdiagnoses, and denies chronic infections and parasitic diseases.
Every person deserves accurate, comprehensive medical diagnostics and effective treatment — not selective neglect disguised as care. The suffering isn't accidental; it's systemic, intentional, and profit-driven. Until we expose it, millions will continue to self-medicate out of desperation, trying to survive in a system designed to keep them sick.
Watch, think critically, and share.
From Historical Precedent to Current Denial
You've now seen:
Documented parasitic organisms that medicine claims don't exist
Historical precedent of medicine denying infectious causes for profit (Marshall)
Medicine's documented history of malicious experimentation and abuse
Humanity's extensive history of deliberately weaponizing disease against populations
Pattern recognition suggests:
If nations weaponized anthrax, plague, smallpox, and cholera...
If medicine deliberately infected populations with syphilis...
If parasites make ideal bioweapons (subtle, debilitating, deniable)...
If victims presenting parasitic evidence are systematically labeled delusional...
Then parasitic denial isn't just about profit. It might be about concealment.
Whether parasitic infections are:
- Bioweapons deployment
- Covert population control
- Medical experimentation
- Or simply profitable ignorance
The pattern of denial fits all of these explanations better than it fits "medicine made an innocent mistake."
The history of biological warfare proves that nations, militaries, and institutions will deliberately sicken and kill populations when it serves their interests. They've done it with plague. They've done it with anthrax. They've done it with smallpox.
Medicine has proven it will experiment on people without consent, suppress cures for profit, and weaponize psychiatric diagnoses against those who present evidence.
Given this history, parasitic denial isn't surprising. It's predictable.
Next, discover how the modern medical system manufactures psychiatric diagnoses to dismiss parasitic evidence—a tactic with clear precedent in both medical experimentation and biological warfare concealment.
Ready to See How Medicine Weaponizes Psychiatry?
You've seen the documented parasitic evidence (Page 1), understood why medicine denies infection for profit (Page 2), witnessed medicine's history of malicious experimentation (Page 3), and learned humanity's extensive biological warfare history (this page).
The pattern is clear: nations weaponize disease, medicine experiments on populations, and both conceal their actions through institutional denial.
Next, discover how psychiatric labels like "delusional parasitosis" function as weapons to dismiss evidence and discredit patients—a tactic with precedent in Soviet psychiatric abuse and biological warfare concealment programs.
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