Melanie Reber
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Wonderful!
More information may be found by contacting:
* State Dept. of Health * State Dept. of Epidemiology * State LDA groups * State support groups * State university depts. of microbiology, epidemiology, etc.
* Ixodes pacificus, particularly the nymphal life stage- Lyme disease agent Borrelia burgdorferi * Dermacentor andersoni, Family Ixodidae- Colorado Tick fever virus, Family Reoviridae, genus Orbivirus * Soft ticks of the Family Argasidae, genus Ornithodoros- Tickborne Relapsing Fever * Ticks of the family Ixodidae; Dermacentor andersoni (the Rocky Mountain wood tick), D. variabilis (the American dog tick), Amblyomma cajennense (the Cayenne tick)- Rickettsia rickettsii- Rocky mountain Spotted Fever
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Here in ny they dont even want you to report TBD's. At least in my county. I called the health dept to let them know about my son & was told it wasnt reportable as he was diagnosed out of state!
I highly doubt ny's numbers are anywhere near what they should be.
~Ma
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TerryK
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MRB wrote: My understanding is that although the "official" CDC numbers probably grossly underestimate, they should jive with any official STATE numbers, as the states report to the CDC.
Not so for Oregon at least. Oregon's reporting criteria is stricter than the CDC's so Oregon State's figures will show fewer numbers than even CDC survelliance. Terry
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trueblue
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quote:Originally posted by ma: Here in ny they dont even want you to report TBD's. At least in my county. I called the health dept to let them know about my son & was told it wasnt reportable as he was diagnosed out of state!
I highly doubt ny's numbers are anywhere near what they should be.
~Ma
Heh, well...
Nothing's changed since 1994 then.
I tried to report myself in NY and was told they couldn't take a report from me and wouldn't accept one from an out of state doctor. I lived on the Jersey border and was diagnosed in NJ.
I know I'm still not counted.
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Melanie Reber
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I was diagnosed in 2003 in Colorado.
In the CCD chart there is a big fat 0 for the year 2003.
Guess I wasn't counted either.
We wouldn't want tourism or real estate values to suffer.
Are you looking for certain types of articles or do you want as many as we can find? I can find hundreds of newspaper articles during the last year in New York, but am not sure what you are looking for.
Thanks
-------------------- Lynne
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Tincup
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LML..
Thanks for the kind offer to do the search. I just emailed to see what exactly is needed. Will let you know ASAP.
Yes.. I guess NY would have a lot of them.. so that is a good question!
Tincup
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Keep in mind... The person I am dealing with is NOT the brightest bulb on the tree.. but I did manage to get an answer.. sort of. Gotta love her but GEEZE.. some days.. YIKES!
HA!
The reply was...
"..looking for 2-3 recent articles from each state. The criteria should be that the articles contain ACCURATE information..."
See what I said about the "brightest bulb"? That is ALMOST as cleaver as those who say.. "The best way to prevent Lyme is to not get bitten by a tick."
They felt the article should be something that tells the facts that HELP folks.. not garbage that will hurt them. And good strong articles that will show folks that Lyme should be taken seriously.
I am sure you will be able to spot the better ones. And for doing that work... THANK YOU!!!!
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I just heard back that the stats for all states have been completed by our "not the brightest bulb"!
Could I have made a mistake? After all that IS a ton of work!!! HOLY COW!
Good job bright bulb!
But.. articles are still needed... so don't hesitate if you are up to it.
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trueblue
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^up^ Anyone got any more articles? I think it's gonna be tricky to find ones in FL but I'll look.
Wow, Ima, when I grow up I wanna be just like you! You're amazing!
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Tincup
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Wonderful work!!! Good cause to support too. Thanks!
LMNOP- Thanks for the articles.. and Ima too!
True...
There is one about the firefighter that may be used.. which is so sad but he needs to be remembered.
And then an old one by your's truely.. but I am hoping there are MUCH better ones to use as that was simply a Q & A thing. But if scraping rock bottom.. it is out there.
Keep up the good work.
And if anyone has time.. could you please make the weather a bit warmer here? I'd like the temps to stay warm enough so I can go barefoot day and night. Thanks!
trueblue
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quote:Originally posted by Tincup: True...
There is one about the firefighter that may be used.. which is so sad but he needs to be remembered.
And then an old one by your's truely.. but I am hoping there are MUCH better ones to use as that was simply a Q & A thing. But if scraping rock bottom.. it is out there.
Keep up the good work.
And if anyone has time.. could you please make the weather a bit warmer here? I'd like the temps to stay warm enough so I can go barefoot day and night. Thanks!
Ummm... I'll send up all the warm weather you want if you'd point me where to look for these things.
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Nevermind I found those and this:
The former mayor of West Palm Beach died from Lyme misdiagnosed for many, many years.
There is an audio segment at http://www.lymediseaseaudio.com/ "Former Mayor Reveals Nightmare" Pat Pepper tells her own story on there.
I don't know if there's much else out there.
Gonna look some more. Thanks for the leads TC, sending warm weather your way. (Please send down some cool.)
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