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‘Grey’s Anatomy’ Star Dead From ALS (Did He Have Mycoplasma or Lyme Disease?)

https://apnews.com/article/eric-dane-dead

Eric Dane, ‘Grey’s Anatomy’ star and ALS awareness advocate, dies at 53

Eric Dane, the actor known for “Grey’s Anatomy” and “Euphoria,” has died at 53 from ALS. He’d become an advocate for awareness of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, known also as Lou Gehrig’s disease, after announcing his diagnosis in April 2025. (Feb 19)

By  MARIA SHERMAN
Updated 10:12 PM CST, February 19, 2026

Eric Dane, the celebrated actor best known for his roles on “Grey’s Anatomy” and “Euphoria” and who later in life became an advocate for ALS awareness, died Thursday. He was 53.

His representatives said Dane died from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, known also as Lou Gehrig’s disease, less than a year after he announced his diagnosis.

“He spent his final days surrounded by dear friends, his devoted wife, and his two beautiful daughters, Billie and Georgia, who were the center of his world,” said a statement that requested privacy for his family. “Throughout his journey with ALS, Eric became a passionate advocate for awareness and research, determined to make a difference for others facing the same fight. He will be deeply missed, and lovingly remembered always. Eric adored his fans and is forever grateful for the outpouring of love and support he’s received.”

(See link for article)

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**Comment**

Many are unaware of the link between ALS, Lyme disease, and Mycoplasma  For more:

Dr. Miller:  

 

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Activism, Lyme, Mycoplasma

ACTION: Support Real GRAS Reform

https://anh-usa.org/action-center/  Go here to send message to reps

Action Alert: Support Real GRAS Reform

Alliance for Natural Health

Earlier this year, FDA Commissioner Marty Makary touted “GRAS reform” among his first 100 day accomplishments, saying the agency is “exploring rulemaking” to “stop industry’s long-standing practice of introducing ingredients into the food supply without FDA knowledge or oversight.” The practice Commissioner Makary is referring to is known as self-affirmed GRAS (Generally Recognized as Safe) or self-GRAS.

THE TOPLINE

  • Proposed changes to the FDA’s GRAS (Generally Recognized as Safe) rules—backed by RFK Jr.’s push to clean up junk and ultra-processed foods—could create a sweeping pre-approval system that threatens access to thousands of safe, natural supplement ingredients.
  • While reform is needed to curb harmful additives, past FDA decisions show the agency has approved questionable synthetic ingredients—raising concerns that new authority could unfairly target natural products instead.
  • This is a pivotal moment for health freedom: without public pushback, regulatory overreach could restrict supplement access under the guise of food safety reform.

It’s true that the GRAS system is deeply flawed. It’s also true that many, if not all, of the problematic ingredients in the food supply that are often cited by critics as evidence of the need for GRAS reform were explicitly approved by the FDA—not snuck in by industry under self-GRAS. The solution isn’t to eliminate the self-affirmed GRAS pathway. It’s to bring it into the light, as we argued in our white paper released in April of this year that outlined a rational approach to reforming GRAS without erecting unnecessary regulatory hurdles for ingredients that have a well-established safety record.

Help us restore integrity to the entire system that governs what we eat. Write to Congress and the FDA calling for rational reforms to the GRAS process without eliminating the self-GRAS pathway.

 

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Activism, diet and nutrition, Supplements

The Hidden Truth About TBIs: IBS Treatment Center Article

https://www.ibstreatmentcenter.com/blogs/the-hidden-truth-about-tick-borne-illnesses

The Hidden Truth About Tick-Borne Illnesses

Dr Stephen Wangen
September 9, 2025

Today I want to talk with you about something that is often misunderstood and more common than most people realize: tick-borne illnesses.

When most people hear about tick-borne diseases, the first thing that comes to mind is Lyme disease—and usually only in the context of the northeastern United States. Maybe you’ve even heard about the “classic bullseye rash” that’s supposed to make Lyme easy to recognize. But the truth is much more complex—and more concerning.

Tick-Borne Illnesses Are Everywhere

One of the biggest misconceptions is that tick-borne diseases are only a problem in New England or a handful of rural areas. The reality is: ticks are found in every state in the U.S. They thrive in woodlands, grassy fields, parks, and even suburban backyards.

As our climate changes and animal populations shift, ticks are spreading into areas where they weren’t as common before. That means people all across the country—from the Pacific Northwest, to the Midwest, to the Southeast, and yes, the Southwest—are at risk of exposure.

More Than Just Lyme Disease

Yes, Lyme disease is the most well-known tick-borne illness. But ticks can and do carry and transmit many other infections, including:

• Babesiosis

• Anaplasmosis

• Ehrlichiosis

• Rocky Mountain spotted fever

• Bartonella

• And other infections

Each of these can cause significant health problems, and in many cases, people may not even realize that a tick bite was the original cause of their symptoms.

The Bullseye Rash Myth

Let’s talk about the rash. We’ve all heard about the “classic bullseye” rash that’s associated with Lyme disease. But here’s what most people don’t know:

• The majority of patients never develop a bullseye rash.

• Some might get a rash that looks nothing like the pictures online.

• Others may not have any noticeable skin reaction at all.

That means you can still have a tick-borne illness even if you’ve never seen a rash.  (See link for article)

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**Comment**

Good article except for the climate change bit.  I won’t pontificate but if you are unfamiliar with this, please read:

 

 

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Activism, Anaplasmosis, Babesia, Bartonella, Ehrlichiosis, Lyme, Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever, Ticks, Uncategorized

Gates Founded CEPI Seeks Billions For Next ‘Pandemic’ as WHO and World Bank Deploy $7 Billion Across 75 Nations

Remember Problem, Reaction, Solution?  Well, here it is in action.

https://jonfleetwood.substack.com/p/bill-gatesfounded-cepi-seeks-25-billion?

Bill Gates–Founded CEPI Seeks $2.5 Billion for Next Pandemic as WHO and World Bank Deploy $7 Billion Across 75 Nations

Powerful international institutions funding pandemic-capable influenza research are now simultaneously building the global response system designed to confront those threats.
Jon Fleetwood
Feb 17, 2026

An unprecedented level of international funding and coordination is now underway to expand the global pandemic response system, with at least $9.5 billion committed by the World Health Organization (WHO), the World Bank, and a Bill Gates-founded vaccine coalition to finance the worldwide surveillance networks, laboratories, and vaccines tied to future pandemic declarations.

The Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI)—founded in 2017 by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the World Economic Forum, and national governments—announced last week that it is now seeking an additional $2.5 billion to expand its pandemic vaccine financing programs. (See link for article)

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**Comment**

Journalist Jon Fleetwood asks a poignant question:

When Does Pandemic Conflict of Interest Become a National Security Threat?

Both Gates and the WHO financially benefit from ‘pandemics,’ with Gates being a top contributor to the WHO in a ‘you wash my back, I’ll wash yours,’ arrangement, as well as to biolabs performing ‘gain of function’ experiments. It’s a nice, cozy arrangement and financially lucrative to all involved, well, except for all the people who get sick and/or die.

A recent study was not able to produce one case of the flu despite prolonged close contact; however, a federally run experiment funded by NIAID, DARPA, Gates, and your tax dollars deliberately infected 80 Americans with an engineered flu virus and of the 74 analyzed, 53 became contagious. Oh, and ‘vaxxed’ shedders displayed a hyper-inflammatory immune response, ‘vaccination’ did not prevent infection, and no details were given whatsoever about biosafety controls, containment, or post infection release criteria.  

Have we learned anything yet?  Feeling safe?

Further, NIAID-funded researchers are engineering a mutant Bird flu virus to ‘expand its host range.’  Current Director of NIAID, Dr. Jeffery Taubenberger just happens to hold a patient on the Bird Flu pandemic ‘vaccine,’ which just happens to be at the center of Trump’s $500 Million ‘Generation Gold Standard‘ Project.  Taubenberger lead the team that sequenced and reconstructed the 1918 ‘Spanish flu’ genome – the deadliest pandemic in modern history.

Well, isn’t this all just nice and cozy?

I’m sure all of this is completely unrelated and kosher.

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Activism, vaccines, Viruses

ACTION: Block & Repeal Food Libel & Ag-Gag Laws

https://advocacy.organicconsumers.org/page/94199/action/1?  Go here to take action

Protect Food and Environmental Activists’ Right to Free Speech! Block & Repeal Food Libel & Ag-Gag Laws!

“Food Libel” and “Ag-Gag” laws are the corporations’ attempt to keep us from knowing where our food comes from and how it’s produced.

Food Libel laws let corporations take their critics to court, while Ag-Gag laws criminalize investigations into animal abuse at factory farms.

TAKE ACTION: Tell Your State Legislators to Protect Food and Environmental Activists’ Right to Free Speech! Block and Repeal Food Libel and Ag-Gag Laws!

In an alarming move, Florida is considering expanding its food libel law with a provision to broaden “food disparagement” restrictions. A victory for free speech was won last week when the Senate dropped the issue, but a House bill still includes it.

While Florida’s current law is limited to perishable food products like fruits and vegetables, the proposed changes seek to broaden the scope in two major ways:

  • The removal of “Perishable”—This expansion would include all agricultural products.
  • And addition of “Farm Practices”—The provision explicitly adds agricultural practices, such as fertilizer use and pesticide application.

This would allow powerful agricultural corporations like Bayer and Corteva to use a new legal weapon to target those who speak out publicly about farming practices, including pesticides, water pollution, and harmful health effects.

This expansion would heavily prioritize industry interests, making it perilous for individuals, organizations, and farmers to speak up about harmful practices and undermine efforts to create a safer, more transparent food system nationwide.

In a frightening example of how food libel laws like Florida’s can be misused, Apeel is currently using it to sue Robyn Openshaw, the Green Smoothie Girl, for her campaign to educate consumers about how to avoid its “edible” fruit and vegetable coating.

We need to act now!

If passed, Florida’s expanded food libel law would set a dangerous precedent, stifling free speech and silencing environmental and health advocates, while creating a food system that prioritizes industry interests over public health and safety.

TAKE ACTION: Tell Your State Legislators to Protect Food and Environmental Activists’ Right to Free Speech! Block and Repeal Food Libel and Ag-Gag Laws!

(Go to top link to take action)

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Activism, diet and nutrition