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Subject: Being SPECIFIC about allegations of crime
Date: Wednesday, August 02, 2006 10:07:06 [View Source]
That's nice but you have to say: "Yale validated a
test for Lyme that is nearly 95% accurate (detects
that percantage of real Lyme cases) and they had
validated this test in 1991. We're not allowed to use
this test to detect Lyme, because of the RICO entity
which includes Kaiser at NYMC
http://xnet.kp.org/permanentejourna...j/strategy.html
As well as SmithKline.
It does no good to be vague.
Lyme is a borreliosis- a relapsing fever organism, and
once you get Lyme you never get rid of it, regardless
of whether are symptomatic. I am quoting the
well-established literature, including Allen Steere's.
Which is also what I gave the FDA in hard copy on Jan
31, 2001. I think that means since Jan 2001, there
was a claim of FRAUD made to the FDA about the testing
for Lyme:
http://www.fda.gov/ohrms/dockets/ac...s/3680s2_11.pdf
Someone forgot to tell me that I am a woman and
therefore expected to be stupid.
Kathleen
From: b
To: SpinLyme@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [SpinLyme] medical revisionists threaten
medical care
Date: Wednesday, August 02, 2006 08:41:38 [View
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Medical Revisionists Threaten Effective Lyme Treatment
DR. RAPHAEL B. STRICKER
July 31 2006
A small group of scientists is turning the world of
Lyme disease on its
head. They deny the existence of chronic Lyme disease.
They insist there is no "credible scientific evidence"
for persistent
infection after a short course of antibiotic treatment
because the
corkscrew-shaped bacteria that causes Lyme disease,
Borrelia burgdorferi,
cannot survive this treatment.
Fearing "over-diagnosis, Fearing
"over-diagnosis,<wbr>" they publish guide
testing program that misses half the patients with the
tick-borne illness.
Fearing "over-treatment, Fearing
"over-treatment,<wbr>" they recommend anti
for acute infection and wholly inadequate for chronic
Lyme disease.
Soon they will publish the latest version of an
already restrictive set of
guidelines that will further pressure the Centers for
Disease Control and
Prevention and academic institutions to ignore chronic
Lyme disease. The
guidelines will encourage insurance companies to
embrace up-front cost
savings inherent in shorter treatment and deny payment
for longer treatment,
even if the Lyme patient is still sick but showing
signs of improvement.
Although the Lyme denialists claim support from
mainstream medical groups,
the reality is that the handful of them have managed
to dictate policy to
larger health care organizations through a closed
process that rejects
dissenting views. Unaware of this one-sided process,
the rest of the medical
industry blindly follows their lead while patients
suffer.
Lyme disease is the most common tick-borne illness in
the world. Named after
the town where it was discovered in 1975, the disease
is transmitted by the
bite of an infected tick. Research has demonstrated
that the Lyme bacteria
is one of the most invasive and elusive pathogens
known to man. After
causing a telltale "bulls-eye" rash, the bacteria
screws its way into
multiple organs and tissues to produce
often-debilitating muscle, joint,
nerve, brain and heart ailments.
Although New England remains the epicenter of the
disease, with up to 20
percent of new cases reported in Connecticut alone,
Lyme disease and
associated infections are popping up in new locations
around the globe.
Where you live doesn't accurately reflect your risk of
catching Lyme disease
because people travel on planes, trains and
automobiles, while ticks travel
on deer, birds and household pets. As a result, the
risk of acquiring the
disease is increasing unpredictably.
We know treatment is effective when instituted early,
but fewer than half
the people with Lyme disease even remember getting a
tick bite or seeing a
rash. The resulting infection may spread and become
chronic before the
victim has a chance to seek treatment.
Research over the past two decades suggests the key to
eliminating chronic
Lyme disease is prolonged antibiotic therapy.
Lyme-treating physicians
recognize this fact and studies support it.
The Lyme denialists refuse to accept this point of
view.
Imagine if "AIDS denialists" had won out in the early
1990s. Doctors would
have refused to prescribe antiviral medications and
insurance companies
would have refused to pay for them. How many millions
of patients would have
gone undiagnosed and untreated?
Sound scary? Welcome to the world of Lyme disease run
by Lyme denialists.
Today many Lyme patients are going undiagnosed and
untreated because of the
Lyme denialist agenda. Although Lyme disease is
usually not fatal, the
disability associated with a chronic case is
equivalent to congestive heart
failure.
Health care providers, government agencies and Lyme
patients must confront
the Lyme denialists and fight for better recognition
and treatment of Lyme
disease.
Raphael B. Stricker, MD, of California is president of
the International
Lyme & Associated Diseases Society.
Copyright 2006, Hartford Courant
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Tempo wrote:
> Medical Revisionists Threaten Effective Lyme Treatment
>
> July 31, 2006
> DR. RAPHAEL B. STRICKER
>
> A small group of scientists is turning the world of Lyme disease on its
> head. They deny the existence of chronic Lyme disease.
>
> They insist there is no "credible scientific evidence" for persistent
> infection after a short course of antibiotic treatment because the
> corkscrew-shaped bacteria that causes Lyme disease, Borrelia burgdorferi,
> cannot survive this treatment.
>
> Fearing "over-diagnosis," they publish guidelines endorsing an insensitive
> testing program that misses half the patients with the tick-borne illness.
>
> Fearing "over-treatment," they recommend antibiotic therapy barely adequa=
te
> for acute infection and wholly inadequate for chronic Lyme disease.
>
> Soon they will publish the latest version of an already restrictive set of
> guidelines that will further pressure the Centers for Disease Control and
> Prevention and academic institutions to ignore chronic Lyme disease. The
> guidelines will encourage insurance companies to embrace up-front cost
> savings inherent in shorter treatment and deny payment for longer
> treatment, even if the Lyme patient is still sick but showing signs of
> improvement.
>
> Although the Lyme denialists claim support from mainstream medical groups,
> the reality is that the handful of them have managed to dictate policy to
> larger health care organizations through a closed process that rejects
> dissenting views. Unaware of this one-sided process, the rest of the
> medical industry blindly follows their lead while patients suffer.
>
> Lyme disease is the most common tick-borne illness in the world. Named
> after the town where it was discovered in 1975, the disease is transmitted
> by the bite of an infected tick. Research has demonstrated that the Lyme
> bacteria is one of the most invasive and elusive pathogens known to man.
> After causing a telltale "bulls-eye" rash, the bacteria screws its way in=
to
> multiple organs and tissues to produce often-debilitating muscle, joint,
> nerve, brain and heart ailments.
>
> Although New England remains the epicenter of the disease, with up to 20
> percent of new cases reported in Connecticut alone, Lyme disease and
> associated infections are popping up in new locations around the globe.
> Where you live doesn't accurately reflect your risk of catching Lyme
> disease because people travel on planes, trains and automobiles, while
> ticks travel on deer, birds and household pets. As a result, the risk of
> acquiring the disease is increasing unpredictably.
>
> We know treatment is effective when instituted early, but fewer than half
> the people with Lyme disease even remember getting a tick bite or seeing a
> rash. The resulting infection may spread and become chronic before the
> victim has a chance to seek treatment.
>
> Research over the past two decades suggests the key to eliminating chronic
> Lyme disease is prolonged antibiotic therapy. Lyme-treating physicians
> recognize this fact and studies support it.
>
> The Lyme denialists refuse to accept this point of view.
>
> Imagine if "AIDS denialists" had won out in the early 1990s. Doctors would
> have refused to prescribe antiviral medications and insurance companies
> would have refused to pay for them. How many millions of patients would
> have gone undiagnosed and untreated?
>
> Sound scary? Welcome to the world of Lyme disease run by Lyme denialists.
>
> Today many Lyme patients are going undiagnosed and untreated because of t=
he
> Lyme denialist agenda. Although Lyme disease is usually not fatal, the
> disability associated with a chronic case is equivalent to congestive hea=
rt
> failure.
>
> Health care providers, government agencies and Lyme patients must confront
> the Lyme denialists and fight for better recognition and treatment of Lyme
> disease.
>
>
> Raphael B. Stricker, MD, of California is president of the International
> Lyme & Associated Diseases Society.
>
> Source: Hartford Courant, http://tinyurl.com/klqbv
>
>
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