January 25, 2005
VITAL SIGNS
Patterns: The Exit Polls for Lyme Disease
By JOHN O'NEIL

map showing results from the last presidential election is "remarkably similar" to a map of the distribution of cases of Lyme disease, a brief article in the current Lancet medical journal points out.

The 19 "blue states" - those won by Senator John Kerry - account for 95 percent of the cases of Lyme disease reported in 2002, they wrote. The disease, caused by bacteria that are carried by deer ticks, is concentrated in the Northeast and Midwest.

An accompanying letter, from Dr. Robert B. Nadelman and Dr. Gary P. Wormser, epidemiologists at the New York Medical College at Valhalla, also pointed out that many of the cases reported in "red states" were probably something else. The illness there is usually preceded by the bite of the Lone Star tick, which cannot transmit the bacteria that causes Lyme disease, although it produces a rash that is identical. The two doctors suggest naming the disorder Stari, for southern tick-associated rash illness.

Lyme disease is spreading faster than Stari, Dr. Nadelman said. On the other hand, the last three Democrats elected to the White House were from states where Stari is dominant, while three of the four most recent losing candidates came from Lyme disease states.

Dr. Nadelman concluded, "We do not believe, however, that tick-borne diseases are likely to be a major factor in the 2008 presidential election."

If they would spend their time actually helping people.. instead of sucking up to the political stuff..

Maybe they would actually...

Finally..

Be fit to sleep with PIGS!

But THAT would be a BIG leap.

But...if they can publish such tripe in the Lancet of all places, maybe they are fit to sleep with pigs?

It all makes sense now. We are but pawns in a political game of chess!