School Nurse Documents Nineteen Lyme Disease Case Studies: Misdiagnosis is Rampant!

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School nurse documents nineteen case studies; misdiagnosis is rampant!

SEP 5, 2019 — 

 

Sept 5, 2019

Yale School of Public Health
60 College St.  Suite 212
New Haven, CT 06510-3201
Attn: Sten H. Vermund, MD, PhD, Dean and Anna M.R. Lauder Professor of Public Health; Professor of Pediatrics, Yale School of Medicine

Dear Dr. Vermund,

I would like to call attention to the above listed New York Times article where Dr. Eugene Shapiro exploits a case of early Lyme disease that responded to antibiotic treatment giving the reader the impression that Lyme is a simple nuisance disease and patients who are severely disabled are somehow delusional.

Focusing on the acute stage of disease after early treatment has misguided an entire medical community as these results are then assumed to apply to the entire patient population (as depicted in the attached caricature).  https://www.dropbox.com/s/dljlsmjbvk2trur/lyme%20toon.JPG?dl=0

The fact of the matter is Lyme disease can become a life altering infection if not treated immediately.

I am including below nineteen case studies forwarded to me by a school nurse from a Lyme endemic region here in the United States. As you read these accounts it becomes crystal clear that patient experience is nothing like the case Dr. Shapiro presents and it is far more common to be misdiagnosed by a medical community misguided by Dr. Shapiro and his co-defendants named in the Texas lawsuit; Lisa Torrey vs IDSA.

Might I remind you Dr. Vermund that Shapiro represents your institution so how he presents his viewpoint/bias is under your watch. Will you continue to turn a blind eye to this behavior?

Case studies forwarded to me by a school nurse who took the time to document this travesty:

Case #1 Male age 7

Second grader develops a sudden onset of severe ear pain with an audible clicking sound which can be heard by placing your ear up to the child’s ear. Child went on to develop a chronic cough, anxiety and weakness in his legs. After multiple doctor visits, the child was eventually diagnosed with Palatal Myoclonus, Asthma and Anxiety.  His pain in his ears and the clicking in his ears became unbearable, by the time he reached 5th grade he was place on homebound instruction for several years. He went through multiple ear surgeries with no relief.

Supporting evidence

This child tested Positive for Lyme and Babesia  through Igenix.  Looking back in his medical records, child had a tick embedded in his head for approximately two days at the age of five.  He was seen by the pediatrician with no further treatment deemed necessary. He was seen a few weeks later by the same pediatrician for a rash but it was dismissed. He then developed a chronic cough; (Babesia) Mom even suspected Lyme and requested a Lyme test. Mom thought it was ruled out, looking back at his medical records, the physician ordered the Elisa which was negative. This child was robbed of his childhood.

Follow-up

Child is now 14 and pain free after successful treatment for Lyme and Babesia by a LLMD. Mother has since written three books about her son’s journey and how she discovered her entire family is also infected with tick borne infections.  Sadly, this child suffered horribly for most of his childhood before being properly diagnosed and treated. No child should have endured this unnecessary suffering. Book title “Connecting the Dots” by Sherri Jonas shares this child’s tragic journey.

Case #2 Male age 6

First grader, four days after a tick bite in the month of May, complained of leg pain and fatigue. He became emotional and lost interest in playing with his friends. Chose to pass on hockey or soccer which was unlike him. He cried a lot and was clingy. The complaints of muscle pain continued. Then he fell asleep on the bus twice coming home from school. The school nurse called to say he was suddenly distant and withdrawn with low energy and even fell asleep in class.  His spring sports had ended so there was no reason for his sudden onset of fatigue. School nurse called again due to his inability to engage in class and his sudden sullen mood. He began failing unexplainably and had unexplained falls.

Supporting evidence

Tick Bite with symptoms: Clinically symptomatic for Lyme. Mother who is a teacher had recently attended Pat Smith’s Lyme presentation.  She immediately recognized what was happening and made an appt with her pediatrician. Mom provided a list of symptoms since the tick bite and a letter from the school. The pediatrician checked him thoroughly. Parent requested antibiotics based on clinical symptoms. Pediatrician refused and proceeded to order the basic Elisa and other blood work for mono etc. The mother tried to educate the pediatrician on the inaccuracies of testing as well as testing too soon (It had only been a week since the bite). She was ignored. Two days later, the office called to say all tests were negative and offered no follow-up.  Parent contacted a LLMD and was seen the next day. Child was immediately started on a course of antibiotics due to clinical symptoms occurring within days of removing an engorged tick.

Follow-up

Child was successfully treated by a Lyme Literate physician. After 8 weeks of antibiotics, the child’s health returned to baseline.

Case #3 Female age 8

Third grader develops sudden onset of migrating joint pain and bluish discoloration of her hands. School nurse contacts the family and educates on the possibility of Lyme disease. Child was seen by their pediatrician. A note came to school the next day stating the child is not contagious and should not be sent home with her cold, swollen blue hands, only needed to have hands warmed. No blood work was ordered. The school nurse calls the pediatrician expressing concern; pediatrician contacts the family and refers the child to a rheumatologist.  Weeks later, the child sees the Rheumatologist who ordered the Elisa which of course was negative.

Supporting evidence

Clinically symptomatic for Lyme disease/Poor clinical evaluation. Lives in a Lyme endemic area, was seen several times at urgent care and at the pediatricians for ankle pain, leg pain, wrist pain, back pain and headaches over the past year. Palliative care was offered each time.  Low vitamin d levels, past hx of epstein barr. Rheumatologist actually wrote a note for school stating that this child did not have Lyme (based on an Elisa) but has “Raynaud-like  phenomena”. Rheumatologist continued to say, the migrating joint pain was related to the child’s flat feet and ordered Physical Therapy.

Follow-up

This young girl has been set up for possible chronic Lyme disease. Referred for physical therapy for flat feet causing her joint pains.  And the family was told to follow-up in the winter or if develops ulcers on the fingers.

Case #4 Male age 5

Colleague’s five year old son was suffering with chronic knee pain and developed a limp for over a year. He was seen by several physicians and was diagnosed with “growing pains”

Supporting evidence

Seen by a LLMD, tested positive for Lyme and Bartonella                          Lives in a Lyme endemic area, plays soccer, developed chronic knee joint pain with swelling and fatigue.  Walked with a limp at times.

Follow-up

Child was seen and treated successfully by a LLMD and his health returned to baseline.

Case #5 Male age 5

In obtaining a medical history from his mom, I nearly cried as I knew immediately this little guy was a victim. At the age of 2, child developed: a sudden onset of high intermittent fevers, (parents told they were benign fevers) ; racing heart;  severe night sweats; severe cyclic headaches; sensitivity to lights; recurrent vomiting, constipation, feet pain, muscle weakness, sudden loss of speech at age 2,  difficulty concentrating, irritability, aggression, insomnia, allergies, swollen lymph nodes, cries easily.  He had two abnormal Mri of his brain and spine (both showed t2 flairs in the white matter) yet this poor child was diagnosed  with bipolar, OCD and AUTISM!. Tick-borne infections were never even suspected even with given the above symptoms that do not correlate with typical autism.  His treatment consisted of monitoring abnormal lab values and supportive care for autism.

Supporting evidence

Lives in a endemic area, history of spider and tick bites. Seen by a LLMD. Tested positive for Lyme disease, Bartonella Henselae, Bartonella Quintana and Babesia and AUTOIMMUNE ENCEPHALITIS. Mother was clinically symptomatic for Lyme and bartonella throughout pregnancy, recently tested positive for Lyme and bartonella. He has had several abnormal MRI of the brain/spine with evidence of t2 flair in the white matter which can be caused by infection yet it was never considered. His MRI’s are now normal post antibiotic therapy. He had several abnormal blood values including low vitamin d, low thyroid, low iron.

Follow-up

Child was seen by a llmd and began treatment. It was very hard to watch this little guy respond to the antibiotics, immediately herxed, severe fatigue, vomited, multiple bartonella rashes, child was crawling out of his skin. Medications had to be titrated very slowly. Within a month, this nonverbal child said the word “mama”. It’s on video.  After 6 months, the child began communicating using a computerized talker, he told us when he had headaches.  He became potty trained. His fatigue and vomiting resolved. His fevers resolved. His night sweats disappeared. His MRI’s were now normal after antibiotics.  (This is no coincidence). A mainstream Neurologist recognized that this child most likely had post infectious autoimmune encephalitis and she was able to get IVIG covered by Insurance.  At this point the child was making amazing gains, the IVIG literally turned this family’s life around only for Insurance to deny further infusions and cause a setback in his progression.  Was this child ever Autistic or was this medically induced Autism?

Case #6 Female age 6

Child was in first grade, I was the school nurse. She developed sudden severe foot pain, severe stomach aches, severe headaches, eye sensitivity. Sinus congestion, frequent sore throats. Suffered for years. Parents were told, it had to be stress related and questioned the family for possible contributing factors. This was one of the most loving, supportive families I knew. Met with mom 10 years later to find out her baby girl now had insulin dependent diabetes and debilitating headaches.

Supporting evidence

Seen by LLMD. Tested positive for Lyme disease. Lives in a lyme endemic area. Sudden onset of symptoms with no underlying cause. Seen by multiple doctors throughout her childhood and Lyme disease was never suspected.

Follow-up

Successfully treated by a LLMD and is pain-free.  What’s sad is if her infection had been recognized and treated early, she may not have developed Autoimmune Juvenile Diabetes.  Today she is attending college and is on the Cheerleading team.  Remains symptom free.

Case #7 Female age 20

College student with a 4.0 has was taken by ambulance to the ER for sudden onset of panic and cutting in the month of May.  Diagnosed with sudden onset of bipolar disorder!  Later develops racing heart, balance issues, migrating joint pain and incontinence.  She tells doctors “the woods are my beach” yet was never tested for tick borne infections.

Supporting evidence

Multiple Tick bites, lives in an endemic area. Tested positive for Lyme and Bartonella. Past history of asthma like symptoms and migrating joint pain.

Follow-up

Failed by medicine, parents took her to an INFECTIOUS Disease physician who told them “Lyme can not cause her symptoms”. All antibiotics were stopped. She has since been admitted in and out of at least 10 psychiatric hospitals over the last two years loaded up on psychiatric drugs and discharged. Today, she now suffers from seizures!

Case #8 Female age 9

Third grader develops asthma-like symptoms. Later develops a racing heart with heart beats as high as 230 beats per minute. Parent educated on Lyme disease and possible effects on the heart.

Supporting evidence

Lives in a Lyme endemic area, sudden onset.  Pediatrician ignores Lyme testing, removes the child from recess and gym until seen by cardiology. Child was cleared to resume full activity with no cause to her sudden episodes of tachycardia and air hunger.

Follow-up

Another child possibly set up for chronic Lyme. She continues to have episodes of racing heart rate and shortness of breath.

Case #9 Male age 15

Parent reports a tick bite and developed a sandpapery rash a few days later.  Seen by pediatrician and requested a clinical diagnosis of Lyme disease. Pediatrician ignored the history of the reported tick bite and instead stated the rash resemble strep. Parent expressed concern that he never  had strep nor does his throat hurt.  The pediatrician continued to culture for strep and gave prescribed ten days of amoxicillin and advised stopping the antibiotic if the culture is negative.   Child was seen the next day by a llmd and suddenly realized his years of intermittent ankle and knee pain were not growing pains. His years of feeling dizziness upon rising was not benign cardiogenic syncope. His diagnosis of Asthma was air hunger.  Parent listened as her son told the LLMD he suffered from drenching night sweats and so much more. Things teenagers think are normal.

Supporting evidence

Symptoms began after moving to a lyme endemic area on 5.5 acres. History of tick bites. Tested positive for lyme, bartonella and babesia.

Follow-up

Successfully treated with multiple antibiotics and currently in remission and attending Virginia Tech.

Case #10 Female age 20

Several years of chronic pain, insomnia, asthma like symptoms, shooting pains up her arms and chest heaviness. Night sweats, stomach issues and Severe sudden nosebleeds, racing heart rate and difficulty focusing.

Supporting evidence

Lyme endemic area. Tested positive for Lyme and Babesia.

Follow-up

Treated successfully by a LLMD

Case #11 Male age 14

Colleague’s nephew developed a sudden onset of cutting, mood swings, outbursts was diagnosed with Bipolar disorder and admitted to a psych ward for 30 days and place on multiple antipsychotics.

Supporting evidence

Sudden onset, soccer player, lives in an endemic area.  History of tick bites. Tested positive for Lyme and Bartonella.

Follow-up

Treated by LLMD Psychiatrist and LLMD. Patient is back to baseline and off antipsychotics.

Case #12 Male age 8

Third grader diagnosed with Autism has a long history of migrating joint pain, hears voices, night terrors, severe headaches, ringing in the ears and night sweats.

Supporting evidence

Lyme endemic area. Autism is a clinical diagnosis, he was never tested for tick borne infections until recently. He was positive for band 23 IGM.

Follow-up

Seen by a Neurologist who advised the family he was negative for Lyme disease. Again, was this child ever Autistic or is this medically induced Autism?

Case #13 Male age 8

Second grader diagnosed with Autism. Unable to communicate. Suffers from severe stomach pains, constipation. Hx of low vitamin d, inflamed lymph nodes, crying spells.

Supporting evidence

Parent educated on Lyme symptoms, he was positive for IGG band 31, 41 58, and IGM 31 on Igenix.

Follow-up

Seen by Infectious disease and told he did not have Lyme and that Igenix is not a reliable lab. Case closed.  Again, was this child Autistic or was this medically induced Autism?

Case #14 Male age 24

Seen by several physicians for brain fog, severe fatigue, night sweats and severe headaches.

Supporting evidence

Tested Positive for Lyme and Bartonella. Lives in a highly Lyme endemic area. Constantly in the woods, multiple exposure to tick bites.

Follow-up

Began treatment with a LLMD but cannot financially afford. Has since tried an INFECTIOUS disease doctor and was told he was a very difficult case but he guaranteed him he did not have Lyme disease. He was referred to neurology and his health continues to spiral out of control.  Today, he is unable to work and suffers daily.

Case #15 Male age 6

Sudden onset of Grand Mal Seizures. Sixteen within 2 weeks. Seen by a top children’s hospital. Parent inquired about Lyme testing and neurologist told them Lyme does not cause seizures.

Supporting evidence

Lives in a endemic area. PMH of nocturnal seizures at age 3, speech delays, developmental delays. Age 6, c/o painful legs sensations

Follow-up

Child was never tested for Tick Borne infections. On three seizure meds and still having seizures.

Case #16 Male age 5

Sudden onset of migrating joint pain, ankles, hips, knees and fingers. Sudden onset of anxiety, began to pull his hair out. Developed hives and wheezing episodes. Mom reports he had a bite and rash several weeks prior but thought nothing of it. Seen in the ER. Diagnosed with Asthma and virus. Started on steroids :(. Followed up with Pediatrician, parent requested a western blot, the Elisa was ordered and was negative. Child’s symptoms increased, developed knee swelling.

Supporting evidence

Lives in an endemic area. History of a bite. Sudden onset of s/s. Positive Igenex IGM Lyme specific Bands

Follow-up

Child was treated with 21 days of antibiotics. He no longer has wheezing episodes, joint pain has resolved. Hives and anxiety resolved. Hoping this child remains asymptomatic as he had symptoms for over a month and was initially placed on immunosuppressants.

Case #17 Female age 6

Child was Diagnosed as Autistic at age 2. After obtaining her PMH which includes a sudden neurological decline around the age of two.  Child pulls out her hair, has episodes of reflux, she is nonverbal. Can be a danger to herself, very impulsive. Teachers agree, child does not present as typical autism.  Parents educated on Lyme disease.

Supporting evidence

Lives in an endemic area. Was meeting developmental milestones up to age 2 with a sudden decline noted. Child tested CDC positive IGM AND IGG through CDC approved labs. Is this child really Autistic? Should the diagnosis be Infectious Encephalopathy?

Follow-up

Child saw a LLMD and was started on antibiotics. Child became very ill with antibiotic treatment. She became aggressive, ate her own feces, was eating bugs, very irritable. After one month, parents could not handle the neuropsychiatric symptoms, they went for a second opinion to a pediatric INFECTIOUS disease doctor who advised parents to stop the antibiotics and stated 3 weeks of antibiotics was enough to cure Lyme. Child is now left to basically be tortured by her own infectious brain.

Case #18 Male age 20

UPENN student with sudden onset of severe anxiety. Seen by Primary who ordered Zoloft and blamed on college stress. Parent is a nurse, requested a western blot. Physician stated ” I will order the test but highly doubt he has Lyme”.

Supporting evidence

Lives in an endemic area. CDC Positive for Lyme through approved CDC lab and positive for  Bartonella through Galaxy Diagnostics. .  PMH of fatigue, air hunger, mild anxiety, chest pains. Symptoms began in HS, he stated he just thought he was overthinking things.

Follow-up

Improving under treatment with a LLMD

Case #19 Female age 14

Ninth grader with onset of mood swings, Diagnosed bipolar

Supporting evidence

Endemic area with sudden onset. Positive for Lyme and Bartonella

Follow-up

Improving under treatment with a LLMD

__________________________

Respectfully submitted,

Carl Tuttle

Lyme Endemic Hudson, NH

“When “evidence based medicine” has been spun to fit bias agendas and the patient voice has been intentionally ignored who investigates the dishonest science?”

Cc: New York Times Editorial Office

Cynthia L. Sears, MD, FIDSA, President, IDSA

Tick-Borne Disease Working Group

Daniel Dutko, lead attorney Lisa Torrey vs IDSA lawsuit

Court document: 
https://www.dropbox.com/s/18uyrli878ug51m/LymeDisease%20RICO%20Lawsuit.pdf?dl=0

________________

For more on Dr. Shapiro:   https://madisonarealymesupportgroup.com/2019/06/11/dr-eugene-shapiro-medically-unexplained-symptoms/

https://madisonarealymesupportgroup.com/2019/05/20/petition-remove-eugene-shapiro-from-federal-tbd-working-group/Here are a few statements the Shapiro has made on the record:

·       “There is no such thing as chronic Lyme disease.”

·       “90% of Lyme cases are cured with doxycycline for a few weeks.”

·       “Neurologic Lyme in children doesn’t exist.”

·       “This isn’t AIDS that we’re talking about or preventing, folks. It’s not a big deal if you get Lyme disease. It’s easy to treat and cure.”

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Breaking News: Dr. Tim Ball Defeats Michael Mann’s Climate Lawsuit

https://principia-scientific.org/breaking-news-dr-tim-ball-defeats-michael-manns-climate-lawsuit/

Breaking News: Dr Tim Ball Defeats Michael Mann’s Climate Lawsuit!

Published on August 23, 2019

Written by John O’Sullivan

Supreme Court of British Columbia dismisses Dr Michael Mann’s defamation lawsuit versus Canadian skeptic climatologist, Dr Tim Ball. Full legal costs are awarded to Dr Ball, the defendant in the case.

The Canadian court issued it’s final ruling in favor of the Dismissal motion that was filed in May 2019 by Dr Tim Ball’s libel lawyers.

The plaintiff Mann’s “hockey stick” graph, first published in 1998, was featured prominently in the U.N. 2001 climate report. The graph showed an “unprecedented” spike in global average temperature in the 20th Century after about 500 years of stability.

Skeptics have long claimed Mann’s graph was fraudulent.

On Friday morning (August 23, 2019) Dr Ball sent an email to WUWT revealing:

“Michael Mann’s Case Against Me Was Dismissed This Morning By The BC Supreme Court And They Awarded Me [Court] Costs.”

A more detailed public statement from the world-renowned skeptical climatologist is expected in due course.

Professor Mann is a climate professor at Penn State University. Mann filed his action on March 25, 2011 for Ball’s allegedly libelous statement that Mann “belongs in the state pen, not Penn State.”  The final court ruling, in effect, vindicates Ball’s criticisms.

Previously, on Feb, 03, 2010, a self-serving and superficial academic ‘investigation‘  by Pennsylvania State University had cleared Mann of misconduct. Mann also falsely claimed the NAS found nothing untoward with his work.

But the burden of proof in a court of law is objectively higher.

Not only did the B.C. Supreme Court grant Ball’s application for dismissal of the 8-year, multi-million dollar lawsuit, it also took the additional step of awarding full legal costs to Ball.

This extraordinary outcome will likely trigger severe legal repercussions for Dr Mann in the U.S. and may prove fatal to alarmist climate science claims that modern temperatures are “unprecedented.”

According to the leftist The Guardian newspaper (Feb, 09, 2010), the wider importance of Mann’s graph over the last 20 years is massive:

“Although it was intended as an icon of global warming, the hockey stick has become something else – a symbol of the conflict between mainstream climate scientists and their critics.”

Under court rules, Mann’s legal team have up to 30 days to file an appeal. For readers interested in accessing the court website directly, use this link.

‘Hockey Stick’ Discredited by Statisticians in 2003

In 2003 a Canadian study showed the “hockey stick” curve “is primarily an artefact of poor data handling, obsolete data and incorrect calculation of principal components.” When the data was corrected it showed a warm period in the 15th Century that exceeded the warmth of the 20th Century.

So, the graph was junk science. You could put baseball scores into Mann’s Climate Model and it would create the Hockey Stick.

But the big question then became: did Mann intentionally falsify his graph from motivation to make profit and/or cause harm (i.e. commit the five elements of criminal fraud)?

No one could answer that question unless Mann surrendered his numbers. He was never going to do that voluntarily – or face severe consequences for not doing so – that is, until Dr Ball came into the picture!

Evidence in Legal Discovery and the Truth Defense

Dr Ball’s legal team adroitly pursued the ‘truth defense’ such that the case boiled down to whether Ball’s words (“belongs in the state pen, not Penn State”) after examining the key evidence (Mann’s R2 regression numbers) fairly and accurately portrayed Mann.

The aim was to compel the plaintiff (Dr. Mann) to show his math ‘working out’ to check if he knowingly and criminally misrepresented his claims by resorting to statistical fakery (see: ‘Mike’s trick‘ below).

In the pre-trial Discovery Process the parties are required to surrender the cited key evidence in reasonable fashion, that they believe proves or disproves the Claim.

Despite Ball’s best efforts over 8 years, Mann would not agree to surrender to an open court his math ‘working out’ –  those arcane R2 regression numbers for his graph (see Mann’s latest obfuscating Tweet in the ‘update’ at foot of this article).

But throughout 2017 and 2018 any reasonable observer could see through such endless delays from the plaintiff  – all just attritional tactics.

The Penn State professor had persistently refused to honor the binding “concessions” agreement he made to Ball which ultimately gave his legal team the coup de grace to win the case  for the defendant due to Mann’s ‘Bad Faith’ (see: legal definition here).

Dr. Ball always argued that those numbers, if examined in open court, would have conclusively proved Mann was motivated to commit a criminal fraud. It was at this point legal minds could discern Ball was closing in on victory – a triumph for ‘David over Goliath.’

And Mann certainly is a science ‘Goliath.’ Ever since featuring so famously in the UN IPCC 2001 Third Assessment Report (TAR) Mann’s graph has been an iconic image cited relentlessly by environmentalists clamoring for urgent action on man-made global warming.

For the past two decades the biased mainstream media has acclaimed Mann as “a world-leading climate scientist” and last year he was heralded as their champion to help dethrone “climate denier” President Trump.

Indeed, not just a fawning MSM, but many hundreds of subsequent climate studies have relied on Mann’s findings. Mann’s reputation was such, that most climate researchers merely accepted his graph, a typical example of groupthink.

Dr Ball has long warned that if the world was permitted to see behind the secrecy they would be shocked at just how corrupt and self-serving are those ‘scientists’ at the forefront of man-made global warming propaganda.

As anyone can tell by contrasting and comparing the graphs below (Mann’s version top, Ball’s below) it is obvious there exists a massive discrepancy in the respective findings.

Above: contrast and compare Dr Mann’s dodgy graph with Dr Ball’s more reliable version (based on that of the renowned H. H. Lamb) and see how Mann fraudulently altered the proxy climate date with a ‘hockey stick’ shape to falsely show the dramatic uptick with modern temperatures rising ‘catastrophically’ to fit the fake UN IPCC doomsaying narrative.

Have Skeptics Ever Proven that Mann’s Graph was Deliberately Faked?

Answer: No. This is because Mann has always  refused to release his R2 regression numbers for independent examination.

He claimed his secrecy was justified because he held “proprietary rights” over them (i.e. personally valuable intellectual work product, you see).  So “valuable” to Mann was the secrecy of his metadata that losing a multi-million dollar lawsuit and his reputation was the ultimate price he was prepared to pay.

While steep, I guess, that’s preferable to serving a long federal prison stretch, right?

Before Ball’s glorious court victory, little more could be conclusively proven other than the hockey stick graph uptick stupidly (and unscientifically) relies on the proxy evidence from the tree rings of a single Yamal larch!

Mann could thus sleep safe in the knowledge that as long as statistical experts remain deprived of any conclusive proof of his intent to defraud, they could only find him guilty of incompetence.

Putting Mann’s Fraudulent Graph Under the Microscope

For an easy-viewing summary by Tim Ball please watch the video:

Mann’s goal was to make the Little Ice Age (LIA) disappear, as we explained in our previous article on this issue. The LIA was an especially cold era that ended around 1840 and since then global temperatures have gradually risen. But government ‘experts’ like Mann have sought to use statistical trickery to make such natural variation appear as ‘man-made’ warming.

Apart from playing with statistics Mann made his proxy fit the thermometer data by adding thermometer values to the proxy values known as “Mike’s trick” in the climate gate email scandal.

From the emails released during the Climategate scandal Professor Phil Jones, Britain’s top climate scientist at the University of East Anglia was shown to have written the following to his alarmist colleagues (some analysis here).

The email, sent by Prof Phil Jones of the CRU in 1999, states:

Dear Ray, Mike and Malcolm,
Once Tim’s got a diagram here we’ll send that either later today or
first thing tomorrow.
I’ve just completed Mike’s Nature trick of adding in the real temps
to each series for the last 20 years (ie from 1981 onwards) amd from
1961 for Keith’s to hide the decline. Mike’s series got the annual
land and marine values while the other two got April-Sept for NH land
N of 20N. The latter two are real for 1999, while the estimate for 1999
for NH combined is +0.44C wrt 61-90. The Global estimate for 1999 with
data through Oct is +0.35C cf. 0.57 for 1998.
Thanks for the comments, Ray.

Cheers
Phil

This has the Hockey Stick Graph showing the same cooling from 1942 to 1975 as the HadCRUT3 data as posted in the IPCC 2001 AR3

In 1942 there was just 4.0Gt of emissions increasing to 17.1Gt by 1975 but since this 425% increase in CO₂ emissions didn’t cause any global warming during this 33 year period; the conjecture of CO₂ emissions induced (catastrophic) global warming was proven false.

Readers interested in gaining a deeper understanding of what is likely to eventually be exposed as a criminal conspiracy between Mann and other ‘elite’ researchers should see “The Hockey Stick Illusion” by Andrew Montford.

The Guardian newspaper (above) expressing doubts over ‘(Michael) Mann-made’ global warming.

Victory that Comes at Great Personal Cost

Behind the scenes, gathering the resources, mental, scientific and financial, there is an untold burden of defending these cynical SLAPP suits.

Lest readers forget, it is mostly in the service of misguided public policy, with massive funding and connivance from political operators in play, that fake scientists like Michael Mann and Andrew Weaver acquired such esteemed public positions.

They are not only despicable human beings they are a disgrace to all decent scientists.

Readers will be aware that this author has been a staunch friend and ally to Tim throughout the hardships of this protracted 8-year legal battle.

Our reputations were routinely trashed by our enemies, so it is sweet justice that the court has now given legal credence to Tim’s famous words that Michael Mann “belongs in the state pen, not Penn State,” a comical reference to the fraudulent ‘hockey stick’ graph that knowledgeable scientists knew to be fakery.

[Author Note: Being very much a party to these legal proceedings (having provided Dr Ball with the financial security of a legally-binding indemnity in the event Tim lost) it is a monumental vindication of my faith in Tim’s cause. In effect, I ‘bet the farm’ on Tim winning, as graciously reported by Jo Nova (below)]

Knowingly Fraudulent and Corrupt

During 2018, while Tim Ball’s hard work was winning “concessions” from Mann’s legal team in Canada, south of the border, (on April 20) a shameless Mann wrote in Scientific American this utter nonsense:

“Yet, in the 20 years since the original hockey stick publication, independent studies, again and again, have overwhelmingly reaffirmed our findings, including the key conclusion: recent warming is unprecedented over at least the past millennium.”

Gullible and brainwashed greens and the many self-serving politicians swallowed up this garbage.

Dr Ball Expresses Gratitude to Principia Scientific International

Speaking in this 2018 video on the gravity of what some scientists have called “The science trial of the Century,” Dr Ball revealed his gratitude to his colleagues at Principia Scientific:

Dr Tim Ball:

 I know John O’Sullivan who set up the Principia site and I know I wrote a foreword and a chapter in one of the books they produced called Slaying the Sky Dragon.

John O’Sullivan comes from his anti-government [stance], very legitimately and unfortunately, it’s not until you’ve actually directly personally experienced that; challenging the government – that you realize how nasty they can get. So John knows very well how nasty these things can get – that anyone that dares to challenge the authorities.

And so, Principia was set up for that reason, and John was the one that helped me set up the PayPal so people could help me financially so, that’s my disclaimer with that.”

As Jo Nova reported on the joannenova.com.au blog:

“John O’Sullivan is putting in above and beyond what any single skeptical soul ought to.

He’s already been a key figure helping Tim Ball in the legal fight with the UVA establishment, which has spent over a million dollars helping Michael Mann to hide emails. The case was launched by Michael Mann, but could turn out to do a huge favor to skeptics — the discovery process is a powerful tool, and we all know who has been hiding their methods, their data, and their work-related correspondence.

Tim Ball and John O’Sullivan are helping all the free citizens of the West. The burden should not be theirs alone. There are many claims for help at the moment, but that is a sign that the grand scam is coming to a head.  Jo”

Two out of Two Major Court Wins By Ball Versus Junk IPCC Scientists

Dr Ball, now affirmed as a courageous champion of honest science, has assured his place in the annals of real climate science. His gift to the world was sacrificing eight of his senior years, when he could have been enjoying his retirement, to exposing key players in the biggest science fraud of all time.

People too easily forget Dr Ball has defeated in expensive legal battles not just one top UN IPCC climate scientists, but two!

This latest victory is the second this champion of climate skepticism has enjoyed in the last 18 months in this same jurisdiction – both for “defamation,” both multi-million dollar climate science claims.

We reported (February 15, 2018) on Dr Ball’s first crucial courtroom win against Dr Andrew Weaver (photo, above), another elite junk scientist (a UN IPCC Lead Author in climate modeling) and British Columbia Green Party Leader.

Pointedly, at the time, Dr Ball wanted to emphasize an extremely salient fact:

“While I savor the victory, people need to know that it was the second of three lawsuits all from the same lawyer,Roger McConchie, (photo, left) in Vancouver on behalf of members of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).”

In effect, there is more than mere coincidence that Dr Ball, a world-leading skeptical climatologist, was systematically targeted for legal retribution time and again by political groups such as the unscrupulous Climate Science Legal Defense Fund .

As a retired scientist in his 80’s, Tim was a ‘soft target’ and the stress of these lawsuits put an enormous toll on his health.

Not to be outdone, Tim has used his time wisely to write a damning book of the 30-year back story of the great climate fraud titled ‘The Deliberate Corruption of Climate Science’ and I heartily recommend that interested readers buy it.

It is also not often reported that the funding in Canada for these extravagant SLAPP lawsuits is believed to be from the David Suzuki Foundation, a hot house for extreme environmental advocacy and Big Green policy promotion.

What is a ‘Strategic lawsuit against public participation’ (SLAPP Suit)?

Wikipedia offers a fair definition:

“A strategic lawsuit against public participation (SLAPP) is a lawsuit that is intended to censor, intimidate, and silence critics by burdening them with the cost of a legal defense until they abandon their criticism or opposition.^[1] Such lawsuits have been made illegal in many jurisdictions on the grounds that they impede freedom of speech.

In the typical SLAPP, the plaintiff does not normally expect to win the lawsuit. The plaintiff’s goals are accomplished if the defendant succumbs to fear, intimidation, mounting legal costs, or simple exhaustion and abandons the criticism. In some cases, repeated frivolous litigation against a defendant may raise the cost of directors and officers liability insurance for that party, interfering with an organization’s ability to operate.^[2] A SLAPP may also intimidate others from participating in the debate.”

Update (August 24, 2019):

Dr Mann Has Posted On Twitter In Reply To This Article:

Mann’s statement is here: https://twitter.com/MichaelEMann/status/1164910044414189568

In short, Mann’s ugly responsive legal statement is (a) stark admission he lost fair and square, and (b) a disingenuous argument that the Dismissal was granted merely on the basis of Mann’s “delay” in not submitting his R2 numbers in timely fashion.

Well, Mikey, You Are The Plaintiff And Tim Gave You Over 8 YEARS To Get Your Case Together!

On that point, this is where readers may wish to refer to the article ‘Fatal Courtroom Act Ruins Michael ‘Hockey Stick’ Mann‘ (July 4, 2017). In it we offered analysis as to Mann’s fatal legal error. As Dr Ball explained at that time:

“Michael Mann moved for an adjournment of the trial scheduled for February 20, 2017. We had little choice because Canadian courts always grant adjournments before a trial in their belief that an out of court settlement is preferable. We agreed to an adjournment with conditions. The major one was that he [Mann] produce all documents including computer codes by February 20th, 2017. He failed to meet the deadline.”

As I explained in the article, Mann (and his crooked lawyer) had shown bad faith, thereby rendering his case liable for dismissal. I urged Tim to pursue that winning tactic and thankfully he did.

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**Comment**

You may ask why in the world such an article appears on a website for Lyme/MSIDS patients. Please let me answer that by stating that on a near daily basis, research is crossing my desk in which the terms “Climate Change” and ticks or Lyme are in the titles despite research showing ticks are marvelously ecoadaptive and have survived for eons by seeking out leaf litter, snow, or anything that will offer protection.

Recently an independent tick researcher pointed out blatantly faulty research:  https://madisonarealymesupportgroup.com/2019/06/17/ontario-public-health-officials-called-out-on-shoddy-biased-research-utilizing-an-erroneous-climate-change-model-to-program-a-futuristic-tick-problem/

Despite the continued verbiage that warmer temperatures are moving ticks northward, it’s been proven that warmer winters are lethal to ticks: https://madisonarealymesupportgroup.com/2018/08/13/study-shows-lyme-not-propelled-by-climate-change/

There are numerous holes in researchers’ theories and Scott points out ticks are in places devoid of the white-footed mouse as well as the fact what researchers predict to happen in the future has already happened in Canada:  https://madisonarealymesupportgroup.com/2018/11/07/ticks-on-the-move-due-to-migrating-birds-and-photoperiod-not-climate-change/

Lastly, Dr. Patrick Michaels, director of the Center for the Study of Science at the Cato Institute, who also happens to be a PhD in ecological climatology from the University of Wisconsin at Madison, in this informative interview provides insight into the debate over climate change and the political games played to create policy:  https://madisonarealymesupportgroup.com/2018/11/17/uw-madison-phd-in-ecological-climatology-climate-change-computer-models-fudged-except-russian-model/