Hopefully, the good news is is that there looks like there will be a 'Lyme Disease Task Force' created in Ct.
It is being announced on the morning TV news (now).
BUT, they keep stating that Lyme Disease is down from being number one in the country to number FIVE.
My question: Isn't this because they stopped making it a reportable disease ????
Posted by sizzled (Member # 1357) on :
Sooo, if LD is going down so fast.....why create a Task Force?
Posted by ldfighter (Member # 9405) on :
You're right, the rate didn't really drop in CT, it just looks that way because they stopped mandatory lab reporting in 2003. So when they say it went from #1 to #5, it's a way of emphasizing that they're not getting the true numbers (but something tells me the news media didn't report it that way).
There are two bills being proposed - the first is to reinstate mandatory lab reporting, and the second is to establish a task force. It's the same people behind both bills - the people that want the task force understand that it's really not #5. (hope that makes sense?)
Posted by sizzled (Member # 1357) on :
Ah, thank-you, ldfighter!
This is good news!
Posted by ldfighter (Member # 9405) on :
I share the concern about who's in control of the task force, although my understanding of what Blumenthal said at the press conference during Q&A (watch video here)...
...is that the second bill does not render the first bill powerless - mandatory reporting, if it becomes law, would be something the department of health would HAVE to comply with regardless of what they recommend as part of a task force.
But I'm not sure, hope that's the case.
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