"I was obsessed with having Lyme, and now I didn’t have it. I was angry that I didn’t have it. I eventually accepted this and spent the next year moving on from and separating myself from that identity." https://lymescience.org/misdiagnosed-quack-lyme-literate-llmd/
"#Lyme literate" quacks often convince their victims that feeling worse on their bizarre drug cocktails is a good thing. They falsely claim feeling worse means the diagnoses/treatments are appropriate. More on the strange "herxing" belief from Quackwatch. https://www.quackwatch.org/01QuackeryRelatedTopics/lyme.html
Jezebel discusses the promotion of chronic #Lyme quackery by Avril Lavigne, Yolanda Hadid, and other celebrities https://jezebel.com/how-celebrities-are-changing-the-way-we-see-chronic-lym-1764109037
Thank you @RealDoctorMike for discussing the vital importance of primary care providers to patient health, a value which was recently emphasized by infectious disease doctors in a recent study. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FudoiSkcTv8
Errors in diagnostic test use and interpretation contribute to the high number of Lyme disease referrals in a low-incidence state
Abstract. Lyme disease accounted for more than two-thirds (56 of 81, 69.1%) of all tick-borne disease referrals to a large, academic infectious disea...
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Great news! New study explains why even though some ticks carry #Lyme bacteria in western US states, they aren't good at transmission to us. Nevertheless, California, Oregon, & Washington have more "Lyme literate" quacks than reported endemic Lyme cases. https://parasitesandvectors.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13071-020-3893-x
Former cult members explain that nobody thinks they are in a cult and members are well-educated. Just like the destructive chronic Lyme movement that drains people financially and emotionally and teaches that feeling worse on a treatment is a good thing. https://www.sevendaysvt.com/vermont/a-cult-awareness-educator-helps-survivors-by-sharing-her-own-cautionary-tale/Content?oid=29413454&media=AMP+HTML&oid=29413454&__twitter_impression=true
There is no Lyme disease in Australia but 10% of those complaining of the unrecognized chronic #Lyme diagnosis admitted they self-diagnosed based on a media report. Irresponsible reporting spreads unnecessary anxiety and can lead to fraudulent diagnoses and treatments.
@TheTodayShow That’s because chronic #Lyme is a scam that originated in America and is bilking desperate Australians. There isn’t even *real* Lyme in Australia. Australia also doesn’t recognize Nigerian princes who say they’re sending you money. https://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/health/health-problems/the-great-australian-lyme-conspiracy/news-story/c5137170015f20db705febcf56223af6
This blog discusses Yolanda Hadid’s descent down the rabbit hole of chronic #Lyme quackery. She reportedly received 20+ diagnoses, spent $5+ milllion on treatment, and had 2 of her kids diagnosed. She also helped indoctrinate Avril Lavigne & Justin Bieber. https://realskepticsoftv.wordpress.com
Dangerous functional, integrative, and “#Lyme literate” quacks often convince their victims that they have fake infections using bogus but sciency-looking test results. Here are some ways they trick people.
Did you know that the CDC documented Medical Child Abuse at the hands of advocates for chronic #Lyme pseudoscience in the early 1990s? Most victims were adolescent girls and a number lost their gallbladders due to harmful antibiotic regimens. https://lymescience.org/medical-child-abuse/
Good News: The American Lyme Disease Foundation explains why lab artifacts called persisters are irrelevant to human #Lyme.
Bad news: Functional, integrative, & Lyme literate quacks are defrauding patients by claiming they are treating persisters. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0002934320300115
It's very disturbing that some parents abuse their children by treating them for fake infections while simultaneously neglecting them by refusing immunizations. It's an alternate universe.
Excerpt from Medical Child Abuse
Stories of two children who received unnecessary diagnoses and prescriptions.
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Besides defrauding their patients, integrative, functional, and “#lyme literate” quacks defraud the insurance pools everyone pays into.
@TrogMD @LymeScience @chris_csernica @dsky @gorskon @WFKARS I was often told by my "Lyme-literate" doc to do things through another doctor so insurance would pay. They are teaming up with integrative and functional medicine docs who will do it. Then my integrative doc would ask my LL doc to do things she could get in trouble doing.
That’s why LymeScience communicates the scientific consensus about #Lyme diagnosis and treatment. The overwhelming consensus is based on decades of research. Experts and medical organizations around the world acknowledge the consensus. 🌎 #GoScience https://lymescience.org/scientific-consensus/
I've published a book chapter on the research into whether we should communicate the scientific consensus on human-caused global warming. Spoiler alert: we should! https://www.climatechangecommunication.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Cook_2019_consensus_messaging.pdf As there wasn't a comprehensive summary of research into consensus messaging, this is it...
Spirochetal bacteria have clearly infested the servers!
CFI websites are currently down. We presume it's due to a conspiracy among the Illuminati, the Deep State, the aliens who live on Niburu, and a problem with getting broadband cables over the edge of the flat Earth.
When does a quackery victim become a perpetrator? We see victims protecting their “Lyme literate” abusers at all costs, trying to recruit more victims, abusing children, creating fake #Lyme orgs, holding fraudulent fundraisers, and spreading many lies about a curable infection.
@dahliabloom @frostykaden @LymeAlliance @Lymenews Real Lyme patients really hate it that there are so many quacks and their victims crying wolf.
Most victims of chronic Lyme health fraud never had #Lyme at all. Most receive multiple fake diagnoses. https://lymescience.org/real-lyme-patient-responds-chronic-lyme-truther/
Quacks who advertise as integrative, functional, and “#Lyme literate” shun anything that contradicts their dangerous dogma
