Re: Two Standards of Care? Anyone understand this?

On Jun 21, 7:19 pm, the 3rd Man <derdrittemann2...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Despite frequent assertions that there are, in fact, two "standards of
care" in regard to Lyme disease...

...the ILADS Guidelines state on their face, that:

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"These guidelines represent an evidence-based review of Lyme and
associated tickborne diseases by the International Lyme and
Associated Diseases Society (ILADS).

Although the guidelines present evidence-based approaches to the
diagnosis and treatment
of Lyme and associated tickborne diseases, THEY WERE NOT INTENDED TO
BE A STANDARD OF MEDICAL CARE. (My emphasis).

Physicians must use their own
judgment based on a thorough review of all available clinical
information and the Lyme disease literature to decide on the best
course of treatment for an individual patient".
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Well, why, then, do people continue to insist that there are TWO
standards of care...when ILADS says that their Guidelines are not
supposed to be used this way?

Am I missing something?

Yes,
Allen Steere treats with long-term and repeated antibiotics.
So, there are two standards of care:
When ILADS does what Allen Steere does, that's bad.
http://www.actionlyme.org/CRYMEDISEASE_CHP3_B.htm
When Allen Steere and Arthur Weinstein do what Allen Steere
and Arthur Weinstein do, that's NOT bad.

So, yes, there are two standards of care.

Or one double-standard.

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