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The petition is going to be handed over to Number 10 Downing Street in May.
It is only for UK residents but may legitimately be signed by those who expect to stay in the UK for work or holidays.
That might include a few people here. After all, you don't want to catch Lyme in such a backward country as the UK where they proclaim they have only 2% of the number of cases as the rest of Europe.
With an attitude such as that, wouldn't anyone feel a tiny bit apprehensive visiting the UK? If they can manage to miss 98% of the cases, then the odds are you might become one of them!
The UK scientists say the Lyme strain in the UK is the valaisiana type mostly, and that doesn't hurt anyone. How do they know that? The blood tests don't look for it anyway.
Best wishes A.
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Keebler
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- I signed it and then was directed to a donation page.
I might want to help but simply cannot. Did my signature still go through? I bailed out on the PayPal payment page.
--------- I really should learn to read. I just saw above that this is just for UK residents. Oh, well.
I love what we get here in the states from British TV but I don't think I watch enough to qualify for UK residence. -
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Hi Keebler - the donation request at the end is nothing to do with the petition, it's just the hosting internet company trying to get money from people.
Everyone says that it asked for the donation after they signed, so thankfully your signature must have gone through
I'll try and get the petiton writer to insert something into the first page to warn people.
BTW, half of our TV is from the US anyway, I've watched Frasier all the way through twice, it still seems funny - and Friends the same, but I do ignore CIS crimewatch type of programmes and a whole batch of second-rate films on every day, even old westerns are being recycled again. No wonder everyone is going onto their facebook and youtube instead of watching TV now. A.
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Thanks Poppy. I'd heard there was a paper, never saw the full one before. One of our UK top tick scientists (who sadly passed away about 18 months ago,) was a chap called Klaus Kurtenbach. He kept finding valaisiana in ticks, and he said it was very often associated with garinii at the same time. If it has a different range of surface proteins, then maybe the antibody tests don't stand a chance of picking it up. Which is so bad you'd think a situation like that would never be allowed, but it all seems par for the course in this government cover-up. A.
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- I just noticed the term "lymies" in the heading.
A word about "lymies" -- I just feel the need to say that not all of us who are faced with lyme want to be called "lymies" - I really hate that term, nearly violently.
I also think it undermines the integrity of a person with lyme in the eyes of others who do not take those with lyme seriously.
I literally recoil when I see that term as a nickname for myself. I want nothing to do with any nickname for this dreadful situation.
Others see it as a term of endearment and I know that's how you use it. I know you have FOUGHT for those with lyme at great sacrifice to yourself.
I'm not wanting to clobber you over the use of that term but though maybe you just have never heard that some (not just myself) do recoil from it as it carries great sadness.
Now I'll just skip away from the computer . . . la. . . la . . . la . . . la. -
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