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Marsy’s Law in Light of Lyme Disease

A federal judge did not delay Wisconsin’s presidential primary but he stated those voting absentee be given an extra six days.  Deadline for absentee ballots is now 4 p.m. on April 13. Deadline for voters to request absentee ballots is today at 5 p.m.  Voting in person is Tuesday, April 7.  https://apnews.com/e36c3adc0c7474014f3e7ab566071303

On the ballot is a referendum called Marsy’s Law.  

Please study this for yourself:  https://ballotpedia.org/Wisconsin_Marsy%27s_Law_Crime_Victims_Rights_Amendment_(April_2020)

Marsy’s Law, meant with good intentions, would present grave risks to the constitutional protections for citizens of Wisconsin accused of crimes.

Here’s some information that should be taken into consideration.

  • Voters are asked to make a substantial constitutional change without text of the proposed amendment.
  • The Montana Supreme Court struck it down as unconstitutional as it contains multiple amendments, each of which should require a separate vote.
  • Section 9m, article I of the Wisconsin Constitution already provides victims with many of the same constitutional rights, making Marsy’s Law redundant.
  • South Dakota reportedly spent a half-million dollars in the first year alone responding to the constitutional mandates created by Marsy’s Law.
  • Wisconsin judges, prosecutors, law enforcement agencies and victim rights coordinators would have to interpret unclear mandates, creating additional burdens on justice officials and taxpayers.

Lastly, the one that really trumps all others:

Because Lyme/MSIDS is a systemic infection that can and often affects the brain and cognitive behavior of patients, they can unfortunately have run-ins with the law due to erratic behavior.

A few cases:

  1. https://www.foxnews.com/story/can-lyme-disease-lead-to-insanity-violent-tendencies
  2. https://madisonarealymesupportgroup.com/2019/03/21/bartonella-sudden-onset-adolescent-schizophrenia-a-case-study/
  3. https://madisonarealymesupportgroup.com/2017/08/24/dutch-lyme-patients-accused-of-child-abuse/
  4. https://madisonarealymesupportgroup.com/2018/07/28/stories-of-pandas/  Children with PANS often have an underlying tick-borne illness.
  5. Dr. Bransfield states that YES, Lyme disease CAN cause violent behavior & substance abuse:  https://madisonarealymesupportgroup.com/2019/09/17/ignoring-psychiatric-lyme-disease-at-our-peril/

To this day authorities won’t recognize the connection between tick-borne illness and mental issues:  https://madisonarealymesupportgroup.com/2018/06/04/ld-diagnosis-took-forever-because-of-mental-health-stigma/

So, back to Marsy’s Law….hopefully it’s clear that tick-borne illness can cause violent and erratic behavior which could lead to being accused of crimes. Accusers wouldn’t have to present any evidence.  

Patients would be guilty until proven innocent.
For patients struggling cognitively, accusers would have unfair advantage.

Lastly, please read this:

The U.S. Constitution and all 50 state constitutions guarantee defendants’ rights because they are rights against the state, not because they are valued more by society than victims’ rights. Defendants’ rights only apply when the state is attempting to deprive the accused – not the victim – of life, liberty, or property. They serve as essential checks against government abuse, preventing the government from arresting and imprisoning anyone, for any reason, at any time.

Victims’ rights are not rights against the state. Instead, they are rights against another individual. The Marsy’s Law formula includes the rights to restitution, to reasonable protection, and to refuse depositions and discovery requests, all of which are enforced against the defendant. Such rights do nothing to check the power of the government. In fact, many of the provisions in Marsy’s Law could actually strengthen the state’s hand against a defendant, undermining a bedrock principle of our legal system — the presumption of innocence.  https://www.aclu.org/blog/criminal-law-reform/victims-rights-proposals-marsys-law-undermine-due-process

Category:

Activism, Lyme, Psychological Aspects

CDC: Centers For Damaged Credibility

https://cnsnews.com/commentary/michelle-malkin/michelle-malkin-cdc-centers-damaged-credibility

COMMENTARY

Michelle Malkin: CDC: Centers for Damaged Credibility

By Michelle Malkin | March 11, 2020
Excerpt:

CDC has one primary job — Disease Control — but has managed to botch it without ever learning from past failures.

(See link for article)

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**Comment**

In this astute piece, Malkin outlines CDC past failures:

  • 1976 swine flu scandal whipped up by CDC junk scientists to develop another vaccine that resulted in an increased risk of GBS
  • 1999 CDC misspent $22.7 Million for CFS
  • 2000 CDC lied to congress on how it spent $7.5 Million on hantavirus
  • 2001 CDC squandered $13 Millin for Hepatitis C research
  • 2009 CDC recalled 800,000 doses of swine flu vaccine – failed potency tests
  • 2012 CDC leaked anthrax, SARS, monkeypox – faulty airflow system
  • 2014 CDC’s lack of response to Ebola exposed travelers.  $15 Million worth of isolation chambers sat in a warehouse
  • CDC continues fear campaign pushing people to get flu shot using flawed data (read:  https://madisonarealymesupportgroup.com/2020/04/02/coronavirus-if-they-lied-then-why-wouldnt-they-lie-now/)
  • 2020 CDC lies about vaccines causing autism – continues to smear critics
I would like to add to this list (although this is hardly a conclusive list):
  • 2009 CDC finds hardly any cases of Swine Flu was Swine Flu or any sort of flu – but hides it from public
  • 2009 CDC stops counting Swine Flu cases yet miraculously estimates there are 22 MILLION cases fear-mongering the public into getting vaccinated
  • 2012 CDC states Morgellons is not infectious – just cotton fibers. To this day they will not accept independent researching showing borrelia involvement.
  • 2015 CDC scientist admits vaccine authors destroyed evidence of harm caused by MMR vaccine
  • 2016 CDC states there is insufficient evidence that Zika causes microcephaly, but weeks later, after plopping it into “Shepherd’s’ criteria” they magically announce it does (despite it meeting only 3 of 7 criteria)
  • 2016 CDC scientists create group SPIDER (Scientists Preserving Integrity, Diligence and Ethics in Research) and cite numerous scandals involving scientific corruption within CDC
  • 2017 CDC spends $222 million on Zika based on one autopsy – but runs out of money and begs for more
  • 2017 CDC completely ignores research showing 5 out of 5 brains of children with autism have high levels of aluminum
  • CDC uses front groups (NACCHO, ECBT, AAP, IAC) to combat health freedom
  • 2020 CDC refuses accurate COVID-19 tests, insists on using its own. To this day does not have an accurate test, thereby making all U.S. numbers meaningless due to faulty testing
  • 2020 CDC Dr. Fauci secures $2 billion for COVID-19 vaccine, despite research on the SARS vaccine showing poor outcomes – even deaths, fast tracks COVID-19 vaccine (bypassing animal testing, and using limited human testing). Even vaccine proponents are worried.
  • 2020 CDC breaks basic principle of medicine. Whenever there is a death and COVID-19 is detected, the virus is automatically assigned as the cause of death giving a false high death rate. 
  • 2020 CDC continues to downplay Lyme/MSIDS pandemic
  • CDC refuses to acknowledge research showing persistent infection
  • CDC continues to push their outdated and flawed testing
  • CDC vilifies any lab doing testing other than the ones they approve of
  • CDC continues to push their unscientific, flawed guidelines
  • CDC continues to publish flawed data on their website
  • CDC only admits correct facts when a vaccine is being prepared to illicit public demand
  • CDC uses editorials written by industry doctors to fast track a Lyme vaccine which would have little success without assistance
  • CDC’s Paul Mead used his position to push a Lyme vaccine
  • CDC used taxpayer dollars to finance the racketeering scheme identified in the Lisa Torey vs IDSA lawsuit registered in Texas District Court
This information should cause everyone to question the CDC’s stance everything – including COVID-19. They have a long, long history of fraud, deception, and conflicts of interest.  True to form – they are manufacturing and pushing a COVID-19 vaccine.

For more:  https://madisonarealymesupportgroup.com/2020/03/29/dr-fauci-pushes-for-covid-19-vaccine-despite-research-showing-vaccinated-may-get-sicker-and-even-die-lab-animals-got-sicker-too/

https://madisonarealymesupportgroup.com/2020/04/02/us-govt-johnson-johnson-prep-for-1-billion-coronavirus-vaccine-doses-implantable-tattoos-google-app-to-monitor-people/

https://madisonarealymesupportgroup.com/2020/03/27/cdcs-deadly-testing-fiasco-centralization-of-public-health-authority-a-threat-to-national-security/

Category:

Activism, Lyme, Treatment, vaccines, Viruses

How To Stay Sane in Uncertain Times

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/how-stay-sane-uncertain-times-lori-dennis-ma-rp/?

How to stay sane in uncertain times

Lori Dennis, MA,RP

Lori Dennis, MA,RP

Registered Psychotherapist, Speaker, Author of Lyme Madness

These are times of great uncertainty. Uncharted, unprecedented times that require a sense of calm, creativity and connection.

I wish it weren’t so but the truth is that my family, along with tens of millions worldwide, have been living a similar medical nightmare for years. While chronic Lyme disease and the Coronavirus have many distinctions, the experience is parallel in many ways.

For both, there is an inability to get properly tested, a lack of access to proper care for far too many, frustration with the CDC for their lack of transparency, not enough support or resources to manage this pandemic, no viable treatment or cure, the fear of how this will impact all of us financially.

The Coronavirus, like chronic Lyme, is an experience unlike the world has ever seen and, for the most part, we are being asked to navigate this in the dark.

Here are a few simple suggestions to help you find some light in the dark:

Turn anxiety into action – High anxiety can be paralyzing. While we are certainly entitled to feel a sense of angst, unease, and even gloom and doom, it’s not productive to stay stuck in these feelings. The best way to combat these strong, often destructive emotions is to turn your angst into action.

When I was feeling paralyzed about our chronic Lyme crisis, I resolved my ‘stuckness’ by researching daily, writing a book on the subject, giving talks, blogging and creating an online platform where I could connect with and help others.

How you take action is entirely up to you and your own strengths, needs and preferences. But taking action, without a doubt, is the best way I know to take back your power in a very powerless situation.

Practice self care – When we’re experiencing tough times, we tend to forget about our own personal needs, often putting them on the back burner. This is the time to take walks, go for a run, meditate, journal, eat well, sleep well, create daily rituals that feed your body, mind and soul.

Stay connected – Whether introverted or extraverted, we are all social beings. This time of social distancing requires us to discover more creative ways to stay connected. Staying in touch with family, friends, and colleagues is critical to our health and well-being. Make more time to nurture relationships — even from a distance. Help others when possible. We are all in this collective experience together.

Reframe crisis into opportunity – The Chinese character for crisis is opportunity. Get creative. Think of ways to reframe your struggles – emotional, physical, spiritual, financial — by creating healthy new habits, developing new family rituals, designing new business practices that can benefit you and others.

I’ll be writing more about how to navigate these dark waters in the weeks to come.

Until then, stay well and stay safe. ❤️

LORI DENNIS, MA, Registered Psychotherapist. Author LYME MADNESS, Speaker, Activist, For more information, feel free to message me on LinkedIn, or email me at loridennis@talktherapy.ca

 

 

 

 

Category:

Lyme, Psychological Aspects, Uncategorized, Viruses

Watch Skin Deep – Live Q & A After (April 3, 2020 5 PM PT)

https://www.crowdcast.io/e/skin-deep-qa—friday/register

Watch SKIN DEEP at home, then join us online for a live Question & Answer session! SKIN DEEP director Pi Ware and documentary participants will be there to answer your questions and have lively discussion.

Our Cleveland premiere was cancelled so we’re moving our Q&As online where we can engage the Morgellons community and documentary lovers alike.

Ask questions or “up-vote” the ones you’d like answered, and we’ll take them on. Whether it’s about making the documentary SKIN DEEP or about surviving Morgellons disease, let’s talk and celebrate the launch of the first feature length documentary about Morgellons disease, SKIN DEEP: THE BATTLE OVER MORGELLONS. See Less

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For more:  https://madisonarealymesupportgroup.com/2019/05/19/skin-deep-the-battle-over-morgellons/

https://madisonarealymesupportgroup.com/2020/02/15/morgellons-disease-foundation-goes-skin-deep-with-groundbreaking-documentary/

https://madisonarealymesupportgroup.com/2020/03/11/skin-deep-movie-review-interview-with-director-pi-ware/

https://madisonarealymesupportgroup.com/2019/11/20/interview-with-morgellons-expert-dr-ginger-savely/

https://madisonarealymesupportgroup.com/2020/02/24/classification-staging-of-morgellons-disease-lessons-from-syphilis/

Category:

Activism, Lyme, Morgellons

Second-Degree AV Block Caused By Lyme

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32186826

2020 Jan 24;164. pii: D4214.

Second-degree atrioventricular block caused by Lyme disease

[Article in Dutch]
van der Zande JMJ1, Baarsma ME2, Grundeken MJ1, Verhaar N3, Kok WEM1, Hovius JW2,4.

Abstract

BACKGROUND:

Tick-borne diseases, including Lyme disease, are becoming increasingly common in Europe. Lyme disease has a wide variety of clinical manifestations, as a result of which physicians of diverse disciplines are coming into contact with such patients.

CASE DESCRIPTION:

A 58-year-old man was seen at the emergency room with a symptomatic Wenckebach-type second-degree atrioventricular (AV) block and periods of 2:1 AV block. Four weeks previously the patient had noticed a red skin lesion on his left lower leg. Under the working diagnosis of early disseminated Lyme disease with cardiac involvement, treatment with ceftriaxone was started. This diagnosis was supported by a positive Borrelia PCR and culture of a skin biopsy and positive Borreliaserology. The AV conduction disorders resolved completely after 2 weeks of treatment with antibiotics and it was not necessary to implant a pacemaker.

CONCLUSION:

A Borrelia infection is a reversible but rare cause of AV conduction disorders. In the event of sudden onset of symptoms or a severe or progressive AV conduction disorder, Lyme carditis should be considered, especially if the medical history or physical examination provides clues for Lyme disease.

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**Comment**

Due to the fact Lyme testing is so abysmal, stating that AV conduction disorders caused by Lyme is “rare,” is premature.  It may be true that reports in the literature are rare but nobody has a clue on prevalence due to underreporting & misdiagnosis. 

This patient needs extensive follow-up.  Two weeks of antibiotics is rarely sufficient.

For more:  https://madisonarealymesupportgroup.com/2019/03/10/when-lyme-hurts-your-heart-warning-signs-solutions/

https://madisonarealymesupportgroup.com/2018/06/03/heart-problems-tick-borne-disease/

https://madisonarealymesupportgroup.com/2018/02/22/new-lyme-cme-course-available-lyme-carditis-more-than-blocked-beats/  Course for doctors to become educated.

Category:

Heart Issues, Lyme, research, Uncategorized