Kennedy and Quaid do not discuss treatments for Lyme. The title below is misleading. What they do discuss is that HHS is supposedly throwing a lot of money at research which up until now has done ZERO to help sick patients. I don’t expect this latest PR stunt to do much either. I pray I’m wrong. Go here for the reasons why.
Actor Dennis Quaid joins Secretary Kennedy to discuss treatments for Lyme disease
by CHARLOTTE HAZARD | The National News Desk Mon, August 17, 2026
WASHINGTON (TNND) — Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and actor Dennis Quaid teamed up Monday to make an announcement about furthering research about Lyme disease.
“At HHS, we are taking bold new actions against Lyme disease, alpha-gal syndrome, and other tick-borne diseases—accelerating research, improving care, and driving new treatments,” Kennedy wrote on the social media platform, X. “Millions of Americans need faster diagnoses, better care, and real answers.”
In a video attached to the post, Quaid said that his friend, the late Kris Kristofferson spent years living with Alzheimer’s.
“But Alzheimer’s wasn’t the problem,” Quaid said. “He actually had Lyme disease and when the doctors finally diagnosed him correctly in 2016 and started the right treatment, his symptoms did improve.”
Kennedy said that HHS is investing millions of dollars in innovation to develop AI-powered tools to help improve patient care. (See link for article and videos)
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**Comment**
This would be a tad more believable if it didn’t include a Hollywood actor, but here we are.
I don’t trust AI powered tools as far as I can throw them. Throwing millions of dollars into research won’t do a thing either as long as that research continues to skirt truth of persistent/relapsing infection, pleomorphism (shape shifting organism), and polymicrobialism (the involvement of other organisms).
The physician locator on the HHS website takes you directly to the ILADS (International Lyme and Associated Diseases Syndrome) website. Further, when I typed in Wisconsin, a bunch of doctors popped up I do not know at all, which is not a good sign. They might have taken a ‘fundamentals’ course but that does not make them experienced in treating this beast.
Further, this is a pretty tough thing to treat via telemedicine, which many of the doctors on the list offer.
For more:
- https://health.gov/about-oash/io-programs-initiatives/innovationx/lyme-innovation/lymex
- https://madisonarealymesupportgroup.com/2026/03/06/declassified-docs-link-bioweapon-program-to-lyme-disease/ Do we really expect the fox to admit when he created the hen house?
- https://madisonarealymesupportgroup.com/2024/10/22/kris-kristoffersons-shocking-tale-of-lyme-induced-alzheimers/
- https://madisonarealymesupportgroup.com/2023/08/09/kris-kristofferson-as-sharp-as-hes-been-in-the-past-20-years-because-of-his-treatments/
- https://madisonarealymesupportgroup.com/2020/09/25/why-should-we-care-about-lyme-disease-a-colorful-tale-of-government-conflicts-of-interest-probable-bioweaponization-and-pathogen-complexity/
- https://madisonarealymesupportgroup.com/2026/03/17/why-we-should-care-if-lyme-disease-was-bioengineered/
- https://madisonarealymesupportgroup.com/2026/03/25/lyme-disease-tests-treatment-a-review-of-the-controversy-on-the-effectiveness-of-biological-tests-proof-of-the-existence-of-a-chronic-form/
- https://madisonarealymesupportgroup.com/2022/03/25/the-old-political-does-borrelia-persist-debate/
- https://madisonarealymesupportgroup.com/2026/07/21/the-secret-history-of-lyme-disease-the-us-government-doesnt-want-you-to-know/
- https://madisonarealymesupportgroup.com/2019/02/22/why-mainstream-lyme-msids-research-remains-in-the-dark-ages/
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