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Wednesday, March 11, 2009

Did You Know?

The man in Illinois who went on a rampage and killed the pastor was suffering from Lyme disease. Dr. Eugene Shapiro, one of the IDSA (Infectious Disease Society of America) panel members who wrote the disastrous Nov. 2006 Lyme Guidelines stated, "Lyme disease does not cause people to shoot other people."

The Gang of Fourteen, in these guidelines, deny the existence of chronic Lyme...and yet you see society beginning to pay the price of denying chronic neuro borreliosis. We're talking about bacteria (possibly multiple, with co-infections) eating the brain. Dr. Shapiro has personally spear-headed witch-hunts for doctors who believe, and treat, chronic Lyme.

Why, you wonder...why? Perhaps Dr. Shapiro can tell the Pastor's congregation not to take it personally...it's only business. Here's a small explanation from the Lyme documentary, "Under Our Skin."


4 comments:

Kim Thompson said...

Thought you might want to read this from KIRO News Radio 97.3 from the My Northwest website.

Check it out:

http://www.mynorthwest.com/?sid=142914&nid=19

Stephanie Frieze said...

Thanks for the post, Lorraine and the comment, Kim. I checked out the website, signed up and commented. Keep the faith Lorraine.

Lorraine Hart said...

Yes, I had already read that. Check out what Pam Weintraub had to say in her blog. She's the Science Editor of Discover Magazine and the author of "Cure Unknown: Inside the Lyme Epidemic."

http://blogs.psychologytoday.com/blog/emerging-diseases/200903/pastor-killing-another-act-violence-attributed-lyme-disease

JosephMcG said...

Thank you, Lorraine...