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Why Isn’t the CDC Using 2-Tiered Testing for the Coronavirus?

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

In Lyme advocate Carl Tuttle’s petition update, he includes the following letter from Dr. Sin Hang Lee, which asks a crucial question:

Why isn’t the CDC using 2-tiered testing for the Coronavirus?

March 1, 2020

Re: Lyme Disease and COVID-19 infection

Dear Attorney Huntley:

I am the Plaintiff-Appellant in the United States Court of Appeals FOR THE FEDERAL CIRCUIT case No. 19-2060-JL. This case is against the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) about breach of a contract to continue evaluation of polymerase chain reaction (PCR)/DNA sequencing against the two-tier serology test in the diagnosis of Lyme disease infections for better patient care.

You are the CDC lawyer who is blocking a public hearing in court through a series of legal maneuvers.

This letter requests that you on behalf of the CDC answer an extremely relevant question in view of the current COVID-19 outbreak:

Why is the CDC not using a two-tier serology test for the diagnosis of COVID-19 infection, as for Lyme disease infection?

I think both the Lyme disease patients and potential COVID-19 patients would like to know the answers.

Thank you in advance.

Sincerely,

Sin Hang Lee, MD

For the record: the CDC has implemented a Real-time polymerase chain reaction test kit for the coronavirus (DNA direct detection method).

Nearly four decades into the Lyme disease epidemic we are still using antiquated serology because serology cannot be used to gauge treatment failure or success or identify persistent infection keeping the IDSA doctrine intact; “Lyme is hard to catch and easily treated.”

Direct detection methods for Lyme disease must be avoided at all costs.

Today, Tuttle set forth 3 more questions for CDC Attorney Huntley:

Question #1

1.    Why did it take the CDC 35 years to recognize mother-to-fetus transmission of Lyme disease when it was reported back in 1985 per the attached list of twenty six references?  https://www.dropbox.com/s/z10em0szgpm8bll/Congenital%20Transmission%20of%20Lyme%202015.doc?dl=0

U.S. health agency acknowledges Lyme disease mother-to-fetus transmission    Published: Feb 11, 2020
https://www.thechronicleherald.ca/news/provincial/us-health-agency-acknowledges-lyme-disease-mother-to-fetus-transmission-409641/

It should be noted that transmission of Lyme to the new born occurred despite antibiotic treatment.

Borrelia burgdorferi in a newborn despite oral penicillin for Lyme borreliosis during pregnancy.
Published 1988 Paul H. Duray, Infectious Diseases
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/3130607

Question #2 

2.    Why has the CDC suppressed evidence of persistent infection after extensive antibiotic treatment as identified in the attached 2012 letter addressed to past CDC Director Brenda Fitzgerald, MD?

Letter to Fitzgerald:  https://www.dropbox.com/s/xaul84dqmqgbre0/Brenda%20Fitzgerald%20MD%20Director%20CDC.docx?dl=0

The 1991 Positive CSF Culture Report identified in that letter (performed by the CDC’s Fort Collins laboratory) should have set off a red flag but was ignored while the focus remained on discrediting the sick and disabled Lyme patient population. [1]The autopsy report shows the destructive nature of Borrelia evident in the liver (nutmeg liver), kidneys, heart, lungs and brain. The patient died after the insurer refused additional IV antibiotic therapy. (Medical execution)

Patient testimony all across America is describing a disease that is destroying lives, ending careers while leaving its victim in financial ruin and yet the disease is classified as a low-risk and non-urgent health threat.

Six of the seven defendants of the Lisa Torrey vs. IDSA racketeering lawsuit were authors of the Lancet article below. It is no secret that the CDC has aligned themselves with these defendants and supplied the financing of the ‘Enterprise” through taxpayer funds under CDC Grant# RO1 CK 000152

NIH Online Reporting Tools

https://projectreporter.nih.gov/project_info_history.cfm?aid=8707215&icde=48502354

Question #3

3.    Does sovereign immunity protect government health officials involved in acts of atrocity?

Lastly, Regarding testing:

There has been a history of concerted suppression of direct testing for Lyme disease:  https://madisonarealymesupportgroup.com/2017/12/13/suppression-of-microscopy-for-lyme-diagnostics-professor-laane/

This article also reveals how Lida Mattman’s Gold Standard Culture Method has disappeared thanks to this concerted suppression:  https://madisonarealymesupportgroup.com/2019/04/02/transmission-of-lyme-disease-lida-mattman-phd/

Never forget that the very folks at the table making decisions for patients have their hands in pharmaceutical coffers with patents on testing for Lyme: ConflictReport

Dr. Lee is suing the CDC due to this suppression: https://madisonarealymesupportgroup.com/2018/05/15/news-release-on-57-1-million-lyme-disease-lawsuit-filed-against-cdc/

This recent study shows current 2-tiered testing is inaccurate in more than 70% of cases:  https://madisonarealymesupportgroup.com/2020/03/01/study-cdcs-2-tier-lyme-testing-inaccurate-in-more-than-70-of-cases/

I think the public has waited long enough for the answers to these questions.

 

 

 

Category:

Activism, Lyme, Testing

Tipping Point: The Resistance is Gaining in the Lyme Wars

https://www.forbes.com/sites/marybethpfeiffer/2020/02/26/tipping-point-the-resistance-is-gaining-in-the-lyme-wars/

Tipping Point: The Resistance Is Gaining In The Lyme Wars

Mary Beth PfeifferContributor
I am a fire-in-the-belly country journalist who found a scandal in my backyard and wrote a book on it, “Lyme: The First Epidemic of Climate Change.” Government and medicine have systematically failed to diagnose, treat or prevent a spreading plague of ticks. And they know it.
For two decades, Lyme disease has had dueling identities.

A burgeoning epidemic wrought by ticks. A raging controversy over why patients stay sick — and what to do for them.

Now, however, the medical model that spawned the Lyme Wars – enshrined in treatment guidelines that say short-course antibiotics are curative — is yielding to a more nuanced picture.

This new image is of a disease that outwits antibiotics and immune systems; is plagued by diagnostic failures, and is capable of inflicting lasting damage. It is an image that challenges the picture of medical certainty that has long been Lyme…. (See link for article)

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**Comment**

This article will catch you up to speed on the latest research being done.

Best quote:

“Obviously there’s recognition that things are sticking around – whether it’s DNA, proteins or organisms that don’t grow,” referring to the failure to culture residual bacteria. “There’s been some overall change in opinion. It had been dismissed out of hand. Now very good scientists (he named two, from Yale and Tufts) are studying this phenomenon. There’s something going on there.”   Alan Barbour

While Pfieffer and I disagree about climate change causing the proliferation of ticks and the diseases they carry, I respect the fact she has brought attention to the plight of Lyme/MSIDS patients.  But, facts are facts even if they are inconvenient:

For more: https://madisonarealymesupportgroup.com/2018/11/07/ticks-on-the-move-due-to-migrating-birds-and-photoperiod-not-climate-change/

For an excellent interview with John Scott:  https://madisonarealymesupportgroup.com/2017/08/14/canadian-tick-expert-climate-change-is-not-behind-lyme-disease/ (He also explains the bogus Lyme vaccine as well)

https://madisonarealymesupportgroup.com/2016/01/20/polar-vorticks/  Ticks alive in 3 degrees under snow cover.

https://madisonarealymesupportgroup.com/2018/06/07/ticks-on-beaches/  Ticks on blazing hot beaches.

Ticks will be the last species on the planet.  They can survive nearly everything.

Category:

Activism, Lyme

Flu Shot Nearly Kills Man

WCNC Approx. 2 Min

https://thevaccinereaction.org/2020/02/vaccine-compensation-program-repays-those-injured-by-shots/

His story starts in the same place it almost ended, a hospital where doctors treated him for pneumonia in 2014. When I was being discharged, the nurse said, oh, hey, by the way, you need a flu shot. He says that flu shot nearly killed him, causing Guillain-Barré Syndrome. The pain was just massive. A disorder where his immune system attacked its own tissue, paralyzing him, forcing him to sit in a hospital bed for months, start rehab and then pay a pricey bill. Close to $1 million. All because he got a flu shot. There are side effects to vaccines that nobody knows about and I found out the hard way.

 The nurse in this story didn’t want her identity known as she fears she will lose her job for speaking up about the lack of vaccine safety studies. Something is desperately wrong when health professionals no longer have free speech.

Regarding the ACIP the doctor in the story advocating vaccines speaks about:  https://madisonarealymesupportgroup.com/2018/09/08/acip-vote-yes-for-new-vaccine-despite-no-safety-studies-on-cumulative-effect-with-other-vaccines/  They admit they have NO DATA on the cumulative effect of vaccines.

Also:  ttps://madisonarealymesupportgroup.com/2019/03/02/mic-drop-at-the-acip-cdc-meeting-vaccine-science-not-settled/

Category:

Activism, vaccines

WKOW Updates Lyme Story: Lyme Disease Spread Sexually?

https://wkow.com/2020/02/14/researchers-move-forward-with-shot-to-prevent-lyme-disease/ Interview here

I was pleased to see WKOW updated their story on Lyme disease. The initial interview focused upon the new Lyme vaccine, but they recently updated the website to include new details including the possibility of sexual transmission, the high costs of treatment, and other cognitive and psychological aspects of the disease mainstream medicine does not currently acknowledge.

Kudos to WKOW for spreading the word.

For more on sexual and congenital transmission:  https://madisonarealymesupportgroup.com/2019/05/11/lyme-found-in-genital-lesion-sexual-transmission-studies-screaming-to-be-done/

https://madisonarealymesupportgroup.com/2020/02/01/cdc-website-updated-today-possibility-of-mother-to-fetus-transmission-of-lyme-disease/

https://madisonarealymesupportgroup.com/2017/02/24/pcos-lyme-my-story/

https://madisonarealymesupportgroup.com/2018/06/19/33-years-of-documentation-of-maternal-child-transmission-of-lyme-disease-and-congenital-lyme-borreliosis-a-review/

https://madisonarealymesupportgroup.com/2018/11/11/gestational-lyme-other-tick-borne-diseases-dr-jones/

https://madisonarealymesupportgroup.com/2019/12/26/borrelia-crocidurae-in-vaginal-swab-after-miscarriage/

https://madisonarealymesupportgroup.com/2019/04/02/transmission-of-lyme-disease-lida-mattman-phd/

Category:

Activism, Lyme, Psychological Aspects, Transmission

Coronavirus: How Bad Can It Get? (Includes Treatments – Disulfiram is One)

https://jameslyonsweiler.com/2020/02/26/things-you-dont-yet-know-but-need-to-know-about-the-novel-coronavirus-including-treatment-information-and-how-to-prepare-your-home/

Cov2

James Lyons-Weiler, PhD – 2/25/2020

Here is a list of a few important things you may not yet know about the novel Coronavirus. There are some technical points up front; details on issues related to government action on quarantine and treatments follow.

I thank Dr. Theron Hutton, MD for leads on treatment.

  1. The virus is called SARS-COV-2. It is a close relative of SARS. It has a very different Spike protein from SARS, and is a different virus with a distinct disease progression. The disease caused by SARS-CoV-2 is called COVID-19 (IPAK hypothesis of original antigenic sin).
  2. Because SARS-CoV-2 has a distinct spike protein it is thought to engage a slightly different mechanism for cellular entry (for those up to speed, it binds less strongly to the protein ACE2 on the surface of human cells than SARS). I have found a motif pattern in the Spike protein that might be useful in determining which data from studies from various studies of SARS might be most relevant for SARS-CoV-2.
  3. Our best available data at this time indicates that this virus was not made in a laboratory. It most likely is an older virus related to SARS and is rare in nature and was transferred to humans either in a laboratory studying the virus or from a spillover event from someone handling an infected animal or its meat. The most likely candidate for the reservoir species is a bat.
  4. Infected people without symptoms can spread the virus. Infected people without symptoms can spread the virus before they start showing symptoms. The period of asymptomatic transmission is anywhere from one to two weeks – or longer.
  5. This virus has a basic reproduction number of about 2.6. That means typically people spread the virus to between 2 and 3 people. Superspreaders do exist. However, the lengthy asymptomatic period and multiple modes of transmission means those 2.6 people are easy for the virus to find.
  6. The virus is thought to spread via body fluids – and, unfortunately aerosolization – and can be found in body fluids and in feces. Masks are best saved for the infected to prevent spread, but knowing who is infected is difficult due to the prolonged asymptomatic prodromal period. It is important to know that greetings in public should no longer involve shaking hands or high-fives, hugging or kissing – even in areas of the world where SARS-CoV-2 has not yet been found. Elbow bumps are ok.
  7. There is no vaccine for SARS-CoV-2 , and it is extremely unlikely that a vaccine will be will play a role in ending this pandemic. This makes isolation and even mildly effective treatments incredibly important. It is best not to rush to a vaccine with the spiked protein either, because animal studies have shown that animals vaccinated and SARS with a spike protein vaccine have had a high mortality rate. Individuals who have had a past SARS or MERS infection may reasonably be expected to be at increased risk of a serious severe case of COVID-19.
  8. Treatments under study include nutriceuticals and supplements; Supplements that might have a positive effect, noted by colleague Dr. Theron Hutton, MD, include N- acetyl cystein, selenium, spirulina and high dose glucosamine (See “Nutraceuticals have potential for boosting the type 1 interferon response to RNA viruses including influenza and coronavirus” and antiviral drugs such as Disulfiram and Chloroquine Phosphate (See: “Disulfiram can inhibit MERS and SARS coronavirus papain-like proteases via different modes“. See “Remdesivir and chloroquine effectively inhibit the recently emerged novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) in vitro“.
  9. The disease from SARS-CoV-2 infection has reasonably high case-fatality rate to take this outbreak seriously. If you contracted coronavirus you currently have about a 2 to 3% chance of dying. However those who die usually have some cardiovascular disease or other problems leading to lung issues. Children seem to not be at as high risk of death from SARS-CoV-2 infection.
  10. The best way to protect yourself and everyone else to stay away from people. While that is not feasible especially for people in the medical community it is imperative that everyone understand that they can pick up and spread the virus without having any symptoms for a long time. Don’t share food or utensils for cell phones.
  11. If you have coronavirus in your city or town, you may expect widespread quarantine even for those who do not have symptoms. That means sheltering-in-place in place at home. That means a bit of prepping this and next week.
  12. Quarantine and even partially effective treatments are really the only tools we have to shut down the spread of this Coronavirus. There are at least two potential treatment that the medical community is aware of that are at least partially effective.
  13. If you are quarantined you can be expected to be quarantine for 3 to 4 weeks. This means that before the coronavirus is widespread you may want to stock up on non-perishable food items and some extra water. Be sure to buy some energy drinks that can replenish your electrolytes in case you get diarrhea which can be a symptom of coronavirus infection. Food distribution systems will very likely be in place but do not count on that alone.
  14. While the virus has a 3% case fatality rate most people have a mild illness. However some people with a mild illness can rapidly deteriorate. The best medical support for the coronavirus infection at that time is oxygen support.
  15. It is possible that this virus can infect domesticated animals and pets. They are for the usual routine quotes affection with your Animal Companions and puss is probably going to be discouraged. For their own protection you may want to designate a room in your house for your pet for animal companion to minimize exposure and to prevent your pet from infecting other family members. When you stock up on food for your household don’t forget to stock up on pet food.
  16. There is still time to reduce the rate of spread of this virus substantially by adhering to proactive social isolation practices and self-quarantine whenever possible. Employers should encourage employees to work from home if possible.
  17. If you are caught in a situation where you’re in a hotel or other buildings that is quarantined because someone in the building has come down with a diagnosis of coronavirus do not break the quarantine. Each person quarantined in any building should be isolated – and remain isolated – as much as possible. If feasible, each person in the building should have their own toilet.
  18. All public spaces should be sanitized by staff members once or twice an hour with lease space disinfectant or with disinfectant that are known to kill coronavirus. Check the label of your cleaning products for wife to see if it lists Coronavirus.
  19. In end-stage COVID-19, oxygen support is essential. Pairing non-medical sources of oxygen (industrial, e.g, welding) with medical oxygen masks in the homes of those at highest risk of death may help prolong the life of those at risk. Hyperbarid oxygen therapy will certainly aid those with low oxygen levels. Individuals around the world should stop smoking cigarettes and using inhaled products known to cause lung damage such as vaping.

Where Do We Go From Here?

The governments and people of the world have a stark choice to make – short-term (3-4 week) harsh quarantine and experimental treatments now with antivirals to whatever percentage of the population we can get them to, or prolonged outbreak and cycles of disruption that will last ito an interdeterminantly long future throughout the world.

If it’s not apparent why this is so, watch this video in which I model the outbreak, the effects of what I call Social Isolation, and even moderately effective treatment. Below the video are three files with some information on preparing your home for extended self-quarantine.

Preparedness checklist:  https://jameslyonsweiler.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/individuals_and_families_checklist.pdf

For more:  https://madisonarealymesupportgroup.com/2020/02/13/washington-doctors-successfully-treat-coronavirus/

https://madisonarealymesupportgroup.com/2020/02/04/novel-coronavirus-the-latest-pandemic-scare-which-professor-states-is-a-biowarfare-weapon/

https://madisonarealymesupportgroup.com/2020/02/05/first-coronavirus-case-in-wisconsin/

 

Category:

Activism, Viruses