Re: IDSA GUIDELINES ATTEMPT TO NARROW THE DEFINITION OF LYME DISEASE AND PROMOTE A LEGAL STANDARD OF CARE THAT CAN BE USED BY INSURANCE COMPANIES AND STATE MEDICAL BOARDS


Jesus, 3rdMan, doctors do not and will never do what lawyers do--read
the law on a case by case basis. They don't have time. They memorize
the basics on a lot of things, diagnosis, treatment, medication side
effects, and then they get out there and guess. That's their job; they
are never going to demand of each other that they know the details.
There is far too much to know--how many Lyme journal articles-
3,000??..and 8 million articles in Pub Med
about various aspects of medicine.
The operating reference is the "Standard of Care", not the details of
journal articles.
And the Lyme Standard of Care is exactly what the IDSA guidelines are
designed to impact.

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