More than 40 years into the tragedy of Lyme disease, those of us whose lives have been destroyed by it ask ourselves, “Is this another Tuskegee?” By all accounts, yes. It is an institutional form of murder. An accepted thing…not subject to review.
Tag Archives: CDC
NIH: Mouse Population Threatened by Lyme
“Ticks that feed on asymptomatic humans or those whose only symptom is an arthritic knee, ingest spirochetes that have been “primed” to become suddenly super-virulent when transferred to a new host–usually an innocent little mouse.”
Help Wanted: Lyme – AIDS 2.0
…nobody seems to understand that yes, it is possible to be impossibly sick, and no, we would not choose to be sick if the option existed.
Borrelia: The Unkillable Curse
Shall we go back to basics and address the unkillable-ness of relapsing fever spirochetes? This is an issue that inevitably is raised in the long-term antibiotics debate. IDSA say the spirochetes are 100% killed (except in about 20% of curious cases) after a short course of antibiotics. ILADS say you may need to be onContinue reading “Borrelia: The Unkillable Curse”
beauxreliosis 