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Posted by Tincup (Member # 5829) on :

Tennessee- May I please ask for two minutes of your time for Lyme?

Please call your Congressional Representative and ask them to sign-on to co-sponsor the Lyme disease bill, HR-741.

It is as easy as that!

Find out who your House representative is:

http://www.visi.com/juan/congress/

To see if your legislator has signed on to the bill and contact information:

http://www.lymediseaseassociation.org/HR741/Tennessee.doc

More information about the bill:

http://www.lymediseaseassociation.org/HR741/HR741.html

Thank you for helping us help you!

ONE more favor! Can you please forward this to everyone you know in Tennessee and ask them to make a quick call too? Thanks!

PS. You might mention even your Governor had Lyme disease and had to go out of state for help!

[Big Grin]

Posted by viva (Member # 8183) on :

Will do, Tincup. Neither senator, nor my rep has not signed on yet. Not surprising, given the individuals in question. Maybe I can make the argument that we have to prevent borrelia from illegally crossing the state border. That argument would probably appeal to them :-)

Up for other Tennesseans....

Aviva

Posted by jmain3 (Member # 14110) on :

I will be excited to look more into this as well. I will get my group of friends together on this. I have already made some tick cupcakes--red velvet cake and choc icing with red m&m eyes and twizzler legs- for my county and state health dept. They might not report me according to CDC standards (I only came up IGM 23, 31, and 44 for b. burgdorferi.) .. but they won't forget this face of lyme!

Posted by Boomerang (Member # 7979) on :

Will do. Looks like Corker and Alexander both need phone calls.........

Posted by Tincup (Member # 5829) on :

Excellent!

We need the Task Force it will create to get everyone working together on getting something accomplished.

And the $100 million over the next 5 years to help develop a test that WORKS would be nice too!

Not to mention a possible cure!

So it is VERY important for Tennessee folks to call them because they won't listen too well to others until they do!

Thanks!!!!

[Big Grin]

And don't forget.. you don't have to have Lyme to call! Please get everyone you know to do it.

Posted by Bugg (Member # 8095) on :

I did it and forwarded your message on to other Tennesseans....thanks!!!!