"Anti-competitve" behavior? Is there a Blumenthal in the house?

This latest round of "defend OUR doctors" to the last breath is really
getting hard to take.

Let's talk REALITY here, for a moment...

ANYONE who has been around this CRAP for the past few years...or has
even on occasion, looked at the patient pages at LymeNUT, has seen
countless referrals to ILADS doctors and Igenex labs.

The LDA, so I believe I recall, accepts sizeable monetary donations
from ILADS and Igenex.

The Board of directors of ILADS includes Pat Smith and Nick Harris.

The Board of CALDA includes Raphael Stricker and Nick Harris.

NOW...how on EARTH...do ILADS, CALDA, board members have the NERVE to
suggest others are somehow engaged in "anti-competitve" behavior?

It's laughable.

There they are...with the classic symptom of the interlocking
directorates of the Gilded Age Robber Barons...funneling money and
patient referrals...and they are calling others "anti-competitive"?

Does anyone have any doubts whatever that new patients are constantly
steered (excuse the expression) to Igenex and ILADS...

....and that Igenex and ILADS profits from this?

Can anyone realistically distinguish between ILADS, LDA and Igenex any
longer? For all appearances, don't they seem to be the same entity,
serving a common purpose?

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Relevant Pages

  • Re: I smell a rat
    ... I've never been a member of Lymenet, and I've only rarely visited the site due to my annoyance at Lymenet's censorship policies, so I can't comment on your assertion that newbies are only funneled to IGeneX and to ILADS doctors. ... the LDA listed both IGeneX and MDL as testing labs on the "Resources" page of lymediseaseassociation.org. ...
    (sci.med.diseases.lyme)
  • LymeNUT topic: ILADS in Danger - Now were in Danger
    ... This information pertains to a current problem with ILADS that can severely affect your right as a patient to get treatment in the future. ... She could have instead spent 2 minutes editing out the doctors name, and left it posted for everyone to read, along with her rightful disagreement as a reply. ... patients and doctors are not all that some in the Lyme community have an interest in protecting. ... Wow- what a nasty smear page against my beloved Doc S from SF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ...
    (sci.med.diseases.lyme)
  • Re: Honorary Board of Lyme Disease Association - Conflicts of interest?
    ... On lymenet.org your posts can be censored/deleted and you can be banned, when you criticize "LLMDs", the ILADS, LDA, IgeneX and CALDA. ...
    (sci.med.diseases.lyme)
  • Re: Possible conflicts of interest amongst CALDA Board Of Directors
    ... IGeneX, people involved with the ILADS, people who are so-called LLMDs. ... How can the CALDA stay objective and impartial this way, ... Lyme disease information, test laboratories, doctors, guidelines, etc? ...
    (sci.med.diseases.lyme)
  • Re: Possible conflicts of interest amongst CALDA Board Of Directors
    ... IGeneX, people involved with the ILADS, people who are so-called LLMDs. ... Lyme disease information, test laboratories, doctors, guidelines, etc? ... CALDA a legitimate patient advocacy group, ...
    (sci.med.diseases.lyme)