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Posted by RDaywillcome (Member # 21454) on :

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Posted by RDaywillcome (Member # 21454) on :

Expert? What a crock! It was Dr. Willy Burgdorfer a scientist who discovered the spiral shaped organism.

Take a look at all the comments on this article. I'm not the only one who thinks it's a crock!

Posted by Keebler (Member # 12673) on :

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The link above took me to the search page.

Your comment are well appreciated. Dr. Burgdorfer is the doctor who discovered lyme, borrelia burgdorferi -- it's named after him.

For newcomers to lyme: this article is filled with a lot of errors. I think this will open the page, though:

http://www.wnyc.org/story/expert-who-first-spotted-lyme-in-ticks-calls-chronic-lyme-overdiagnosed/

Expert Who First Spotted Lyme In Ticks Calls 'Chronic' Lyme Overdiagnosed

Wrong, though as RDaywill come points out . . . so for newcomers, here's the real discoverer and one who understands it SO much better, he's a researcher:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willy_Burgdorfer

Willy Burgdorfer
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[ 06-25-2014, 09:12 PM: Message edited by: Keebler ]

Posted by Ann-OH (Member # 2020) on :

If you want to hear the NPR "Here&Now" interview with Steere, go to

http://hereandnow.wbur.org/2014/06/24/chronic-lyme-overdiagnosed-steere

It now has close to 100 comments which you can check out. Most are negative for Steere and for the interviewer. Worth reading and adding your comments.

Ann-OH

Posted by lpkayak (Member # 5230) on :

Oh for crying out loud...how can they just lie like that

I am so weary from all this