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Topic: What does Elizabeth May's (canada) Lyme bill mean for us?

colonelforbin1992
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http://elizabethmaymp.ca/wp-content/uploads/bill-c-442-lyme-disease-petition.pdf

"Whereas recent research further demonstrates the persistence of Borrelia spirochetes after
antibiotic treatment that follows the guidelines used in Canada (Embers et al., 2012) and
indicates that current serology does not adequately describe the diversity of Borrelia
bacteria existing in Canada and that the general understanding of, and practices for
dealing with, Lyme disease are no longer sufficient or in line with emerging evidence of
how the disease operates (Ogden et al., 2011);
"

It seems Canada has followed in our wake in the past, adopting the IDSA's guidelines for lyme in the past, but now are seeking their own independent protocol/approach.

Could this be huge or is it nothing to get excited about? I'm imagining Canada treating and recognizing chronic lyme a few years from now with the passage of this bill...am I crazy?

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faithful777
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**moving to general support**

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Just sharing my experience, I am not a doctor.

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