Madison Area Lyme Support Group

Reported Lyme disease cases in the U.S. rose nearly 70% in 2022. The CDC says it’s not because of a large increase of new infections, but rather because of a change in reporting requirements.

According to the CDC, there were more than 62,000 reported cases in 2022. This was up from about 37,000 a year from 2017 through 2019.

Although the CDC estimates that about half a million people get Lyme disease in the US every year, “reported cases” are those which follow a strict case definition and specialized requirements.

In the past, in order for a Lyme case to be officially counted, local health departments needed to go through a complicated verification process for each case. In 2022, reporting requirements were eased in states the CDC considers “high incidence.” In those states, Lyme cases are now counted based solely on a positive Lyme test.

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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

CNN

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**Comment**

Ha, ha, ha….this is a joke.

The chance of getting a positive test is akin to winning the lottery, so numbers in reality are exponentially higher yet.

For more:

It’s important to clearly understand that government sanctioned Lyme testing (like COVID testing) is utterly useless:

• https://madisonarealymesupportgroup.com/2020/03/01/study-cdcs-2-tier-lyme-testing-inaccurate-in-more-than-70-of-cases/
• https://madisonarealymesupportgroup.com/2018/09/12/lyme-testing-problems-solutions/
• https://madisonarealymesupportgroup.com/2018/10/12/direct-diagnostic-tests-for-lyme-the-closest-thing-to-an-apology-you-are-ever-going-to-get/
• https://madisonarealymesupportgroup.com/2023/10/05/yet-another-study-showing-lyme-testing-sucks-how-many-more-do-we-need/
• https://madisonarealymesupportgroup.com/2022/01/31/problematic-lyme-testing-shortchanges-patients-especially-children/
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