ACTION: Retract Deplorable Lyme Disease CME

October 27, 2025

https://www.change.org/p/the-us-senate-calling-for-a-congressional-investigation-of-the-cdc-idsa-and-aldf/u/34006713?

Medscape Now! Interprofessional Care of Post-Treatment Lyme Disease Syndrome

Carl Tuttle
Hudson, NH, United States
Oct 25, 2025

What was deceitfully established here in the US has been propagated worldwide as signatures for this petition are coming in from 21 countries!

Let’s put our numbers to work. Consider writing an email to Adrian Duncan of Medscape/WebMD referencing this Update and demand a retraction of this deplorable and misleading CME directed to the medical community. 

Change.org Petition Update (106,796 Signatures)
https://www.change.org/p/the-us-senate-calling-for-a-congressional-investigation-of-the-cdc-idsa-and-aldf/u/34006713

Medscape Now! Interprofessional Care of Post-Treatment Lyme Disease Syndrome

Adrian Duncan, Group Vice President
Global Head of Education & Medical Affairs

aduncan@webmd.net

———- Original Message ———-
From: CARL TUTTLE <runagain@comcast.net>
To: “aduncan@webmd.net” <aduncan@webmd.net>
Cc: “cme@medscape.net” <cme@medscape.net>, “caitlin@medlitera.com” <caitlin@medlitera.com>, “naseem@medlitera.com” <naseem@medlitera.com>, “michelle@medlitera.com” <michelle@medlitera.com>

Date: 10/24/2025 12:42 PM EDT
Subject: Medscape Now! Understanding the Latest Evidence and Best Practices for Interprofessional Care of Post-Treatment Lyme Disease Syndrome

Medscape Now! Understanding the Latest Evidence and Best Practices for Interprofessional Care of Post-Treatment Lyme Disease Syndrome
https://www.medscape.org/viewarticle/medscape-now-understanding-latest-evidence-and-best-2025a1000rrr
CME Author: Naseem Bazargan, MPH     Developed with AI assistance.

Excerpt:

State of the Evidence

“To date, our understanding of the pathophysiology of Lyme IACI remains limited,[4] with little to no evidence supporting chronic Borrelia infection as the underlying cause.”

Adrian Duncan, Group Vice President
Global Head of Education & Medical Affairs

Dear Mr. Duncan,

In reference to the Medscape article written by Naseem Bazargan, I asked Google’s Gemini AI the following questions:

The latest Medscape CME education claiming to be developed with AI assistance, appears to have omitted the following references:

  • 2018 Middelveen study; “Persistent Borrelia Infection in Patients with Ongoing Symptoms of Lyme Disease” identifying twelve patients who were culture positive after antibiotic treatment. Some of these patients had taken as many as eleven different types of antibiotics. Also missing is the NIH funded Embers studies of persistent Bb infection in monkeys and mice. And the Sapi study: “The Long-Term Persistence of Borrelia burgdorferi Antigens and DNA in the Tissues of a Patient with Lyme Disease”  Here is the positive culture report from the CDC at Fort Collins Colorado and the chronic Lyme autopsy results from the patient in the Sapi study: Page 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7. The destructive nature of Borrelia is evident in the patient’s liver (nutmeg liver), kidneys, heart, lungs and brain. The patient died after the insurer refused additional IV antibiotic therapy.
  • Additional reference from 1990: “Chronic neurologic manifestations of Lyme disease” Dr. Allen Steere
  • In fact, there appears to be 700 references identifying persistent infection. 

Question: So, is AI participating in the collusion to suppress evidence of antibiotic resistance or chronic Lyme disease? And what about the other 700 references identifying persistent infection?

Mr. Duncan…  I will spare you the lengthy discourse and get right to the point.

Questions to AI:

1. Does a chronic relapsing seronegative disease fit the vaccine model?

AI Response:

A chronic, relapsing, seronegative disease does not fit the traditional vaccine model, which is primarily designed to prevent initial infections. The characteristics you describe present significant scientific and commercial challenges for vaccine developers.

2. Since you agreed that a chronic, relapsing, seronegative disease does not fit the traditional vaccine model this in and of itself would be the motivation to conceal any and all evidence of persistent infection wouldn’t you agree? This so-called debate is not a debate at all and deserves a criminal investigation. Who would be a suitable candidate to approach for a legal case?

AI Response: Allegations of medical fraud are typically handled as civil matters, but they can become criminal if there is evidence of gross negligence, recklessness, or intent to deceive, especially for financial gain.

Mr. Duncan,

Thirty-four years ago Dr. Allen Steere identified chronic Lyme disease which should have set off a red flag prompting an immediate search for better antimicrobials but then did a 180° as he became principal investigator (PI) of the Phase 3 clinical trial for the first Lyme disease vaccine. So all the eggs were put into the vaccine basket while a campaign was orchestrated to discredit the sick and disabled patient population along with the courageous clinicians attempting to help these patients. Apparently, a chronic relapsing seronegative disease did not fit the business model of patent royalties, vaccine development and pharmaceutical profits. This set the stage for long-term treatment denial and unimaginable pain and suffering around the world. It has been ongoing for over three decades now and the latest CME from Medscape is propagating this travesty.

Lyme disease has been grossly mishandled by our public health officials for the sake of a vaccine. A false public health narrative was enforced and any clinician who did not follow that narrative risked losing their license to practice medicine as seen in the documentary: Under our Skin. (please watch the 5min trailer)

I want to make this crystal clear; suppressing evidence of antibiotic resistance is not collaboration, it is collusion. Will you turn a blind eye to the facts/evidence I have presented?

A response to this inquiry is requested.

Respectfully submitted,

Carl Tuttle
Independent Researcher
Hudson, NH USA

Additional references:

Evidence Of Persistence Of Lyme Disease In Humans
https://www.lymedisease.org/lyme-basics/resources/evidence-of-persistence-lyme-disease-in-humans/

Go here to sign Tuttle’s petition:  https://c.org/sffxsgXrdJ

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