Tincup
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No brain and no heart- that's the CDC.
How many ways will they think up to try to discount Lyme disease being chronic? And the music goes on and on....
CDC quote... "A research tool called PCR can detect bacterial DNA in some patients. Unfortunately, this is also not helpful as a test of whether the antibiotics have killed all the bacteria. Studies have shown that DNA fragments from dead bacteria can be detected for many months after treatment.
Studies have also shown that the remaining DNA fragments are not infectious.
Positive PCR test results are analogous to a crime scene – – just because a robbery occurred and the robber left his DNA, it doesn' t mean that the robber is still in the house.
Similarly, just because DNA fragments from an infection remain, it doesn' t mean the bacteria are alive or viable."
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