Experts: How Lyme disease became a scapegoat
We want an explanation for our problems
Experts review “Chronic Lyme Disease”
31 doctors and scientists deconstruct the social phenomenon
Chronic Lyme drugs cause life-threatening skin detachment
A toxic reaction to a cocktail of 6 drugs & homeopathy
False Lyme diagnoses documented by military doctors
The true diagnoses were lupus, cancer, and heart infection.
On Lyme, 20+ German Medical Groups Agree
More affirmation of the scientific consensus
Maladie de Lyme chronique: un scandal médical à condamner!
Nous avons le devoir de contribuer à rétablir la vérité
Chronic Lyme disease: A scam that should be condemned!
Reprinted from Médecine et Maladies Infectieuses, 2019 Authors Dr. Marc Gentilini, Infectious and Tropical Diseases, parasitology, public health, National Academy of Medicine, Paris, France Dr. François Bricaire, Infectious and Tropical Diseases, internal medicine, National Academy of Medicine, Paris, France Français: … Continued
Neurologist explains chronic Lyme false assumptions
The psychology of chronic Lyme beliefs
Appalling “Chronic Lyme” treatment causes serious infection in a patient
She still wouldn’t leave her “Lyme literate” doctor.
Infectious disease doctor in Australia worries about patients with false Lyme diagnoses
This doctor’s patients had a 100% false positive rate for Lyme disease
24 French Scientific Societies Mobilize to Protect Patients
Background In 2018, French scientific societies and the French National Academy of Medicine refused to endorse flawed recommendations about Lyme disease released by The National Authority for Health, a French government agency that was influenced by promoters of chronic Lyme … Continued
Why Long-term Antibiotics for Lyme Disease is Quackery
6 trials show it doesn’t help but can cause harm.
CDC Division Director: Long-term antibiotics not warranted for Lyme treatment
Correcting a conspiracy theorist
Scientists blast unscientific & dangerous EU Lyme resolution, call for addressing misinformation
Background “Chronic Lyme disease” is a pseudoscientific health scam that evolved into a destructive yet influential cult. CLD started in the United States in the late 1980s and grew to ~120 Lyme “support” groups throughout North America by 1992. Propelled … Continued
CDC corrects Lyme lies
“The term chronic Lyme disease is controversial and often misleading.”
An example of pseudoscience: Chronic Lyme disease
Scientific data do not support claims regarding the existence of a chronic form of Lyme disease.
Un exemple de pseudoscience: La maladie de Lyme chronique
Les données scientifiques ne soutiennent pas prétentions quant à l’existence d’une forme chronique de la maladie de Lyme.
How March for Science was tricked by chronic Lyme advocates
But the group changed its mind!
Doctors and scientists discuss “Chronic Lyme” beliefs
Educational articles, written for a lay audience.
The Realities of Alternative Medicine for Serious Illness
Why are incompetent “Lyme literate” practitioners so appealing?