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Post by alyeska on Jun 20, 2019 12:41:41 GMT
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Post by Admin/ Traveler on Jun 21, 2019 16:18:23 GMT
While I agree that it's important to look at the different possibilities, it's articles like this one that harm us - the patients that have long-term, on-going infections. Why do most of us have these long lasting symptoms - just like in syphilis (another spirochetal infection like Lyme), it can often be that the treatment simply didn't work. We have an active infection still going on, which is why we have these symptoms still. 28 days (if you're lucky enough to get that much) as been more than proven as not enough treatment for those not in the first few weeks of the infection - and most people are NOT in the first few weeks of infection. As far as the inflammation - another assumption that has been made is that the anti-inflammatory action in the antibiotics takes care of that as stated in other articles. "though none of them had any evidence of active infection in the blood or in the joint. " - but the thing is, are they using tests that look for the DNA of the bacteria, or are we still relying on the same, old, outdated tests that all patients are still subjected to? I'd be willing to bet it's the latter. It's just sowing more confusion - and I believe it's because they are afraid of us if we gather together and get pushy about having an actual infection - not some left over issues from having said infection. I mean, there are 300,000 new people getting Lyme each year, so in just the last 10 years, there have been 3 million people that have had the Lyme infection or are still fighting it. That's a LOT of people to try to silence, so they sow confusion instead. That will do just as it has been doing in the Lyme community - people choosing sides, and a ton of infighting. Which is why we, as patients, can't seem to get the help we need, everyone's fighting about what to do to help us, instead of understanding that they are "playing us against each other". Just imagine what we could do if we all came together. As I said, I really DO believe that all kinds of studies need to be done on why some heal well and others don't - but they seriously need to stop all the "Post Lyme infection" BS. Those that are truly suffering are not suffering from post Lyme anything, as they have an active infection still. Make no mistake about it, this is a show of power, and the people are loosing because we can't agree even on who to blame, much less being able to agree on what needs to be done because so many have their own theory on what's going on. All we have to do is look to the science that was done BEFORE the case definition was changed and before the early vaccines were a concept. Sorry for the rant - I don't get too involved on the national stage with Lyme advocacy because of this reason. I've tried a handful of times and each time I've ended up being part of something that I felt turned down a wrong road quickly and I was embarrassed my name was even associated with it. (Boy, I'm getting tired of that!).
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Post by Admin/ Traveler on Jun 21, 2019 16:32:19 GMT
I posted the above, went back to my email and saw this article from Carl Tuttle -on exactly what I was talking about on how things have changed before the vaccines and then after the vaccines: Steere publications the past and today "Subject: Antibiotics are generally effective at all stages of the disease June 20, 2019 Office of the Director, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID),National Institutes of Health Bethesda, MD 20892 Attn: Anthony S. Fauci, M.D., Director Dr. Fauci, As a follow-up to my previous email dated June 17, 2019 I would like to call attention to the following Steere publications. The first dated 1977 and the latest published just this week. 1. Lyme arthritis: an epidemic of oligoarticular arthritis in children and adults in three connecticut communities. (1977) Steere AC, Malawista SE, Snydman DR, Shope RE, Andiman WA, Ross MR, Steele FM. www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/836338Excerpt: "The best treatment for this illness is not clear. Some physicians have reported that penicillin or tetracycline results in disappearance of the skin lesion (41,42), but others find antibiotics ineffective. Four of the patients with expanding skin lesions received penicillin but still developed arthritis." ______________________ Carl Tuttle’s comment: Forty two years ago Allen Steere knew that antibiotics used to treat Lyme disease were not working. 2. Borrelia burgdorferi peptidoglycan is a persistent antigen in patients with Lyme arthritis (2019) www.pnas.org/content/early/2019/06/11/1904170116Excerpt: “Although antibiotics are generally effective at all stages of the disease, arthritis may persist in some patients for months to several years despite oral and intravenous antibiotic treatment.” ___________________________ What happened over the past decades that suddenly made 30-year-old antibiotic therapy effective for treating Lyme disease in all stages especially when there are more scientific references highlighting treatment failure than success?
Might I remind you Dr. Fauci that Allen Steere has been named in a racketeering lawsuit [ii] that alleges he and six other co-defendants colluded to deny persistent infection through an elaborate racketeering scheme. This scheme has been financed through tax payer dollars in the form of NIH grants. Steere’s latest study was funded through NIH Grant # AI101175 and AI144365.
Patient testimony is describing a disease that is ruining lives, ending careers while leaving its victim in financial ruin. Patients who fail 30-year-old antibiotic therapy for Lyme disease are left to fend for themselves. Hundreds of thousands (if not millions worldwide) have been harmed by these actions bought and paid for by US taxpayer dollars. Public health officials globally are blindly following what has been deceitfully established here in America. We lost forty years to this racketeering scheme when we should have been developing more effective antimicrobials.
The mishandling of Lyme disease can be traced back to vaccine development when at that time, the infection was classified as “easily diagnosed and treated.” Publications prior to Dearborn (1994) painted an entirely different picture. The 1977 Steere publication listed above is just one of those publications.
So why do we need a Lyme disease vaccine (now on fast track with the FDA) if “antibiotics are generally effective at all stages of the disease?”
The National Institutes of Health continues to finance this racketeering scheme under your watch Dr. Fauci.
Carl Tuttle
References
References for persistence of Lyme disease (Lyme borreliosis) are listed alphabetically and chronologically
Compiled by: John D. Scott, Research Division Lyme Disease Association of Ontario
April 2013 (My personal Dropbox storage area)
www.dropbox.com/s/reiown7v732av00/Persistence%20of%20Lyme%20Disease.doc?dl=0[/font] [ii] Racketeering lawsuit court document www.dropbox.com/s/18uyrli878ug51m/LymeDisease%20RICO%20Lawsuit.pdf?dl=0
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