Re: In Praise of Lyme Activists

From: Greatcod (Greatcod_at_Yahoo.com)
Date: 12/27/04 

Date: 26 Dec 2004 17:06:19 -0800

Where did my original post go? I didn't remove it.
Anyway, I live on Cape Cod in Massachusetts, where there is a great
deal of Lyme, both diagnosed and not. Things are better, thanks to
local and regional activists. Far from perfect, but given that the
tests are worthless, and that Steere/Yale is a massive and very
prestigious disinformation machine, the
improvement is significant. You say "lyme" here, and many people know
that it can be serious..because they know someone with it.
The opposition is the Harvard/Yale Medical School elite, and the New
England
Journal of Medicine. These are regional institutions of Godlike
Authority and reputation...If you want to argue that they have really
fucked up, be prepared to be disbelieved, to be scorned and humiliated.
Under those circumstances, the activists have done an admirable job.
And the doctors who diagnosed and treated us have practiced with
courage and conviction.
In a way, they are comparable to the brave souls in our intelligence
community who tried to warn the Cold Warriors about the dangers of
Islamic Terrorism....Dissmissed and ridiculed....but the only ones who
had the guts to do their job.