Topic: ILADS on Superbowl JumboTron - Lyme Disease
Tammy N.
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Pretty cool, huh?
I just received this in my mailbox from ILADS. Below I copy and pasted.... (it doesn't look as nice, but the text copied...) I'm sure you can go to ILADS website to see the full announcement with photos, etc.
Super Bowl just the ticket for Lyme disease education.
The International Lyme and Associated Diseases Society is running a powerful public service campaign to create greater awareness of the misdiagnosis of Lyme disease on a JumboTron outside the XLVI Super Bowl at Lucas Oil Stadium. "Lyme disease is a silent epidemic in America. We want to alert and educate consumers about this disease, which is often misdiagnosed. Left untreated, it will become chronic and debilitating," said Leo J. Shea, III, PhD, President of the non-profit International Lyme and Associated Diseases Society (ILADS). "Tick-borne illnesses compromise your immune system and the diagnosis, which is largely
based on symptoms, can be elusive unless a physician is Lyme-literate."
Open Eye Pictures and Burgess Communications partnered to create and edit a pro bono spot for the Ilads Super Bowl use. The thirty second spot was created by selecting and assembling footage from Open Eye Pictures� Oscar short listed movie UNDER OUR SKIN and sends viewers to the www.ilads.org website for more information.
"After four years of research and production�and over 375 hours of footage, what we uncovered is a chilling tale of microbes, medicine and money," says filmmaker Andy Abrahams Wilson. "I want to show the horror of an illness and ill system that too long has been ignored."
Donna Weidel, President of Burgess Communications, adds, "I suffer from Lyme disease and from years of misdiagnosis. Finally I was tested for Lyme - and found a Lyme-literate doctor. Lyme is estimated to be growing faster than AIDS and has become a global health problem. This pro bono spot will draw more attention to the need for better diagnosis."
ILADS is a nonprofit, international, multi-disciplinary medical society, dedicated to the diagnosis and appropriate treatment of Lyme and its associated diseases. ILADS promotes understanding of Lyme and its associated diseases through research and education and strongly supports physicians and other health care professionals dedicated to advancing the standard of care for Lyme and its associated diseases. For more information about Lyme and related diseases please visit www.ilads.org or call 301-263-1080.
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Wonderful! Now if only they could get a a PSA running during the Game during breaks. But It's a step!
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Wonderful! Do you know if there is a link to go and see the Add?
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Abxnomore
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This is fantastic. I sent it to every one on my email list who I asked to sign the petition and used it as an excuse to ask if they signed it and passed the request on to others.
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Dekrator48
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Great news!
I encourge you to share the link on facebook!
(The link is 2 messages above mine, in Abxnomore's post).
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I hope the local ID doc near me see this. She gives me the evil eye whenever I see her (most recently last night at a restaurant!) because I direct people to llmd's and let them know they are at risk for coinfections etc, etc...
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