53 Flaws Exposed in ‘Fabricated’ Climate Alarmist Paper

Written by John O'Sullivan on June 20, 2019. Posted in Current News

The International Journal of Environmental Research thankfully offers a scathing debunk of a recent paper on ticks in Northwestern Ontario which shamelessly promotes climate alarm.

Once again, an independent scientist demonstrates how shoddy peer review (which suits the global warming agenda) undermines the science publishing industry.Research Scientist, John D. Scott, M.Sc. noted for his work at the  International Lyme and Associated Diseases Society, is the author of the devastating ‘Comment on Schillberg, E., et al; Distribution of Ixodes scapularis in Northwestern Ontario‘ [1] which we summarize below.

Erratum 1: Schillberg et al. report an “Amblyomma cajennense” tick in central Canada [1]. This foreign tick species lacks specific background information, including (a) history of travel, (b) date tick collected, (c) developmental life stage, (d) tick identifier, (e) identification method (molecular, morphologic), and (f) the depository. With the exception of knowing this tick was collected from a human, no other background information is available on this Amblyomma tick. The person who identified this specimen has neither been recognized in the Material and Methods section, nor named in the Author Contributions……/

Erratum 2: Schillberg et al. show that Kenora is a Lyme disease hotspot, but ignored related tick−host−pathogen information documented by Scott et al…../

Erratum 3: Schillberg et al. cited several tick and climate change references that misrepresent when I. scapularis populations were studied and when they were established…/

“ill-founded statistical analyses culminated in fabricated erroneous data” and “there was a miscalculation in the computer model that resulted in a geographical, north-south inversion.”

“By programming the computer models on when the sites were studied rather than when they were established, the tick and climate change authors produced incorrect maps. The absence of I. scapularis on the climate change maps prior to 2000 in the NWHU catchment area are not only deceptive [6–11], they are free range guesstimates and obfuscations” 

Conclusions
In all, 53 troubling points were noted throughout the article, including invalid entry of tick data, omission of key ecological and epidemiological information, and misrepresentation of facts about ticks and climate change. The authors state that they want to mitigate the Lyme disease problem in the NWHU catchment area, but they offer no viable solution for this pernicious, zoonotic disease.
Because the vast majority of health care practitioners are not recognizing Lyme disease and associated tick-borne zoonoses, the existing health care situation is not only untenable, it is outside the code of professional and medical ethics. There is a practical medical solution: Lyme-literate health care professionals are needed throughout the province of Ontario who have at least 30 ILADS-based CME credits in Lyme disease and associated tick-borne diseases, and can diagnose and treat suspect human cases efficaciously, as clinically required.

“My research shows that when it comes to ticks, climate change is a non-issue. In the cool, moist leaf litter, they have a climate-controlled microenvironment. They are eco-adaptive because they have antifreeze-like compounds in their bodies, and overwinter successfully under an insulating blanket of snow.”

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