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Anthony Fauci: 40 Years of Lies From AZT to Remdesivir

**UPDATE**

Adding insult to injury, Open the Books via a FOIA request exposed that for the past two years Dr. Fauci has received $15 MILLION in taxpayer-funded security detail despite having returned to private citizenship.  This contract could be extended, and it is unknown if it has already been extended.

https://off-guardian.org/2020/10/27/anthony-fauci-40-years-of-lies-from-azt-to-remdesivir/

Anthony Fauci: 40 Years of Lies From AZT to Remdesivir

October 27, 2020

As the planet’s “Virus Tsar” since 1984, he has spread misinformation and ignored critical questions. The consequences could hardly be more fatal.

By Torsten Engelbrecht & Konstantin Demeter

Last week, US president Donald Trump committed a kind of blasphemy by attacking Anthony Fauci, his pandemic consultant and practically the spokesperson for the White House regarding COVID-19, saying that:

People are tired of hearing Fauci and all these idiots. He’s been here for 500 years.  Fauci is a disaster. If I listened to him, we’d have 500,000 deaths.“

A remarkable statement of historical dimension, since Trump is the first American head of state to cast doubt on Fauci, who has acted as the virus tsar for no less than six presidencies: Reagan, Bush, Clinton, Bush Jr., Obama and Trump. (See link for article)

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**Comment**

You probably recognize the name of Torsten Engelbrecht as I’ve posted numerous times on how his “must read” book, “Virus Mania:  How the Medical Industry Continually Invents Epidemics,  Making Billion-Dollar Profits at Our Expense,” prepared me for what we are going through today.  Engelbrecht has been onto the virus scam for a long, long time.  Explanation of book here:  https://www.torstenengelbrecht.com/en/virus-mania/  Highly recommended reading.  

The article might seem unduly rough, but you must understand COVID-19 is not Anthony Fauci’s first rodeo.  The singular big cahoona at NIAID for 7 presidencies, Fauci is the gatekeeper to research funding and has more power than one man should ever be given.  

Recently, the public has been shown the antics of Dr. Fauci, aka, Dr. Evil:

  • Fauci’s funding of AIDS drug trials in orphans which included forced feedings through nasal and gastric tubes which caused organ failure, deformities, brain damage, and killed 200 children.  Fauci demanded adherence at all costs, even the children’s’ well being.  No testing was used to even confirm if the children had HIV.  When parents withdrew consent, the child was removed and placed in a foster home that would comply. 
  • Fauci’s funding of beagle puppy experimentation which severed their vocal cords so they couldn’t bark, covered their heads in mesh boxes, and allowed flies to eat their faces off.
  • Fauci’s funding of experiments implanting aborted fetal scalps onto lab rats and hamsters.
  • Fauci’s funding of $2 Million to force feed puppies with experimental allergy drugs.
  • Fauci’s funding of $205,000 to create transgender monkeys.
  • Fauci’s funding of $2.5 Million injecting puppies with cocaine.
  • Fauci and his wife were worth $11M at the end of 2022, up from $7.9M in 2019.  
  • $350 Million in secret payments were given to Fauci, Collins, and NIH scientists.
  • Besides 
  • Go here for Dr. Evil’s historical playbook.

Here’s a bullet point summary of the article, although I highly recommend reading the entire article:

  1. Not wearing a face mask has not lead to a single, extra death:  https://madisonarealymesupportgroup.com/2020/11/12/fauci-states-covid-test-has-a-fatal-flaw-back-in-july-just-like-he-said-face-masks-were-useless-back-in-may/
  2. The COVID-19 death rate shows the viral cause for excess mortality is virtually impossible.
  3. Fauci has been telling one lie after another for decades with a complicit mass media regurgitating his lies:  https://madisonarealymesupportgroup.com/2020/08/29/every-breath-you-take-every-move-you-make-the-who-is-watching-you-the-media-is-bought-out-by-gates/
  4. Fauci has a long habit of silencing and ignoring critical questions.
  5. In order to understand the abundance of lies one has to understand that PCR tests are scientifically meaningless in detecting so-called SARS-CoV-2 infections, that according to orthodox researchers COVID-19 is not excessively dangerous, and those referred to as COVID-19 victims probably did not die of it, but of non-viral factors and serious underlying diseases.
  6. The viral narrative has become a fairy-tale:  https://madisonarealymesupportgroup.com/2020/12/07/ten-fatal-errors-scientists-attack-paper-that-establish-global-pcr-driven-lockdown/
  7. The beginning of the fairy-tale; however, started with AIDS when “virus hunters” enjoyed god-like status accomplished by lies and deceit:  https://madisonarealymesupportgroup.com/2020/03/16/does-the-coronavirus-exist/
  8. 50 million were persuaded to get vaccinated during the 1976 swine flu SCAM, which resulted in severe side-effects including paralysis and death in 20-40%:  https://madisonarealymesupportgroup.com/2020/08/22/the-2009-swine-flu-scam-murderous-anthony-fauci-betrays-public-trust-again/
  9. Due to “unsettled political waters” at the end of the 70’s, the NIH and CDC, “increasingly needed a major epidemic to justify its existence,” according to Red Cross office Paul Cumming.  The HIV/AIDS theory was just the ticket.
  10. According to Kary Mullis, the inventor of the PCR, “All the old virus hunters from the National Cancer Institute put new signs on their doors and become AIDS researchers.”  All of a sudden everyone was fully employed, including Robert Gallo who just happened to need a new career at the time.
  11. AIDS research started with big lies, specifically Gallo’s announcement that “the probable cause of AIDS has been found.”
  12. After he filed a patent application for an antibody test, Gallo’s papers were printed, so nobody was able to review his work for a time, which is a severe breach of professional scientific etiquette.
  13. Review later showed Gallo’s studies did NOT prove the virus thesis.
  14. Kary Mullis is quoted as stating Montagnier, Gallo, nor anyone else has published papers describing experiments which leads to the conclusion that HIV probably causes AIDS.  Mullis personally asked Montagnier for a reference proving HIV causes AIDS but he couldn’t name one.
  15. When Engelbrecht asked Fauci and NIAID several times for such a study, he was told, “Dr. Fauci respectfully declines to respond to the questions that you emailed.”
  16. This failure to respond to scientific questions is typical of misconduct cases and “runs like a golden thread through Fauci’s 36-year history as director of the NIAID.”  Please see original article for specific examples – and there are many.
  17. The approval of AZT, the 1st authorized AIDS medication, is a perfect example, as many labeled the study it was all based upon a “fraud,” “a gigantic botch-up,” and “seriously flawed.”  Even a FDA toxicologist analyst stated there was insufficient data to support approval of AZT.  Please refer to the original article for the study’s many flaws.  Stopped after four months, the study was financed by AZT manufacturer Wellcome, which is now GlaxoSmith Kline. (All of this is quite reminiscent of what is currently happening with Remdesivir which recently obtained EUA approval for COVID-19 despite lack of results)
  18. Fauci only appears in the media when critical questions are not asked. On the rare occasion when he was asked why AZT was the only drug available he stated numerous lies: “that it was safe”, “that there have been scientifically controlled trials”, and that “it’s effective”.  AZT is a highly toxic drug, the FDA trials were not scientifically controlled, and about the only thing AZT is effective for is destroying bone marrow.  Even the creator of AZT “dumped it on the junk pile, didn’t keep the notebooks, and didn’t even think it was worth patenting.”
  19. Despite Fauci’s promise of an AIDS vaccine 35 years ago – which has been given over a trillion US dollars so far, and an annual budget of around 35 billion dollars, it hasn’t happened yet.  
  20. Fauci predicted the so called “bird flu” would cause 2-7 million deaths. WHO estimated by May 2006 it had killed only 100 people.  He stated serious adverse events for the fast-tracked swine flu vaccine was “very, very, very rare,” yet cases of narcolepsy came pouring in.
  21. Fauci has pushed for preexposure prophylaxis of ART for HIV prevention in those that are HIV negative, i.e. giving highly toxic drugs to completely healthy people.  Engelbrecht sent Fauci a list of important question about this but was told again, “Dr. Fauci respectfully declines to respond to the questions that you emailed.”
  22. Regarding the anti-viral Remdesivir which recently obtained EUA status for COVID-19, the Alliance for Human Research and Protection (AHRF) brings up the fact Fauci has a vested interest the drug as he sponsored the clinical trial – which has not even been peer-reviewed. To date, he still has not made public his financial relations with Gilead the manufacturer.  Instead of using science, he made the promotional announcement sitting on a couch in the White House, without allowing for review of the data. At the time he also failed to disclose to the public that the primary outcomes of the study were changed, which the AHRF considers “dubious and suspicious”, of which the mainstream media ignored, but should raise serious red flags.  He then shrugged off a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, multi-center peer-reviewed, published Chinese study that was stopped due to serious adverse events.  
  23. Remdesivir has caused serious kidney problems and the WHO “Solidarity” trial showed it did not produce any measurable benefit in mortality, the need for ventilators, or the length of hospital stay, but Fauci is silent on these findings.  In a bizarre twist, Gilead came out with a statement that conclusive findings can not be drawn from the trial because hadn’t been peer-reviewed or published yet, despite the WHO stating that the large, international study was designed to generate the robust data needed to show which treatment are most effective.  Gilead failed to mention that the study used to promote Remdesivir was not peer-reviewed or published before it was given EUA status.  When it was finally published it was in the New England Journal of Medicine, the same journal as the fraudulent pivotal trial of AZT. The study only stated that there was a shorter recovery time. Engelbrecht states this has no validity because of the flawed data and the fact participants did not receive a true placebo. FYI: we are talking about BIG money here.  According to this, the mediocre drug has already brought in $873 million:  https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/29/health/covid-remdesivir-gilead
  24. Fauci maligns anything that competes with his lucrative products. In the case of COVID, this includes HCQ which had numerous studies stacked against it from the beginning, from giving patients high killer doses to poorly done studies which were eventually retracted.  Engelbrecht states that the Virology Journal study lacks validity because the science behind SARS-CoV-1 & 2 is totally unfounded and was a cell culture study, not a patient trial.
  25. Fauci is all about Big Pharma – not life-style factors. Robert F. Kennedy points out that while HCQ costs a measly 30 cents, it completes with Moderna’s vaccine which Fauci’s agency owns half the patent and has invested $500 million in taxpayer money.  He is aligned with numerous powerful industries and sits on the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Council, which in turn invests millions directly into Fauci’s NIAID. But Fauci maintains he is apolitical and neutral.
  26. Fauci, the highest paid employee in the U.S. Federal Government makes about $80K more than the president of the United States. In 2021, he released the book ‘Expect the Unexpected: Ten Lessons on Truth, Service, and the Way Forward,’ and recently  sold his memoir for nearly $5M to Penguin Random. He is also to appear in a Disney-backed documentary keeping him prominently in the public eye even after retirement. His replacement, Hugh Auchincloss is also an animal experimenter who has lobbied to build more risky biolabs and has been Fauci’s right-hand man for the last 16 years.
  27. There is a petition circulating titled #Fire Fauci.

Go here for a powerful video exposing Fauci.

A deadly new virus is discovered…there’s no treatment or cure…it’s highly contagious…everyone is a potential victim…the world is at risk from asymptomatic super spreaders…new clusters of cases reported daily…Everyone must get tested even though the tests are unreliable…positive antibody tests are called “infections” and “cases” even when the patient has no symptoms…every politician gets involved…media hysteria in high gear…activists demand salvation from government and Big Pharma…Billions of dollars are authorized for fast track drug and vaccine research…simple, effective remedies are rejected while expensive, dangerous ones are pushed……presumptive diagnoses…exaggerated death statistics…falsified death certificates…

Sound familiar?

It’s been done many times by Tony Fauci.
This is the first and only film to put Fauci where he belongs: squarely in the middle of the AIDS fraud story.

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JP Interviews Fauci

Comedian JP does a better job covering the news than the media.  I hope you enjoy this tongue-in-cheek interview as much as I did.

Fauci’s Pandemic: How He Caused It & Uses It

http://  Approx. 8 Min.

Oct. 22, 2020

By Dr. Breggin

Based on the in-depth scientific and historical report, “Fauci’s COVID-19 Treachery with Chilling Ties to the Chinese Military” on Breggin.com in the Coronavirus Resource Center. https://breggin.com/coronavirus-resou… The video and the scientific report that will change how you think about COVID-19.

STORY AT-A-GLANCE

Found here:  https://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2020/10/30/dr-anthony-fauci-coronavirus-chinese-communist-party.aspx?

  • A report by Dr. Peter Breggin reveals Dr. Anthony Fauci’s ties to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and globalists who have profited from the pandemic measures promoted by him as the leader of the U.S. Coronavirus Task Force
  • Fauci has been the major force behind research activities that enabled the Chinese Communist Party to manufacture lethal SARS coronaviruses, which in turn led to the release — whether accidental or not — of SARS-CoV-2 from the Wuhan Institute of Virology
  • In collaboration with the CCP and the World Health Organization, Fauci initially suppressed the truth about the origins and dangers of the pandemic, thereby enabling the spread of the virus from China to the rest of the world
  • Fauci has supported and praised Director-General of the WHO, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, a member of a Marxist-Leninist Ethiopian political party with a corrupt past and terrorist ties who has also been accused of covering up cholera outbreaks in Ethiopia
  • Fauci recently published a paper in which he dismisses the possibility that SARS-CoV-2 was created in and released from the Wuhan Institute of Virology, arguing instead for natural mutation. He also uses the pandemic to justify the “green new deal” and the globalist movement known as “the Great Reset”  

For more:  

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Activism, Testing, Treatment, Viruses

COVID is Not Very Deadly & Has COVID Killed Off the Flu?

https://sebastianrushworth.com/2020/10/24/how-deadly-is-covid-19/

By Sebastian Rushworth, M.D.

How deadly is covid-19?

Health and medical information grounded in science
covid a deadly pandemic?

September 2020 was the least deadly month in Swedish history, in terms of number of deaths per 100,000 population. Ever. And I don’t mean the least deadly September, I mean the least deadly month. Ever. To me, this is pretty clear evidence of two things. First, that covid is not a very deadly disease. And second, that Sweden has herd immunity.

When I posted this information on my twitter feed, the response from proponents of further lockdown was that the reason September was such an un-deadly month, was because everyone has already died earlier in the pandemic. To me, that seems like a pretty self-defeating argument. Why?

Because 6,000 people have died of covid in Sweden, a country with a population of 10,000,000 people. 6,000 people is 0.06% of the population. If it is enough for that tiny a fraction of a population to die of a pandemic for the pandemic to peter out so completely that a country can have its least deadly month ever, then the pandemic was never that deadly to begin with. (See link for article)

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https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-8875201/Has-Covid-killed-flu.

Has Covid killed off the flu? Experts pose the intriguing question as influenza cases nosedive by 98% across the globe

  • Many feared ‘twin-demic’ of flu, which kills thousands, and Covid-19 this winter 
  • Thirty million people – 20 per cent more than normal – now eligible for the flu jab
  • ‘Surveillance’ data collected by WHO shows how flu cases plummeted globally

By JO MACFARLANE FOR THE MAIL ON SUNDAY

PUBLISHED:

It was feared by many to be the perfect winter storm, a nightmare situation that would push our health service over the edge: the ‘twin-demic’ of flu, which kills about 10,000 Britons every year, and a second deadly wave of Covid-19.

Such was the concern that the Government rolled out the biggest flu vaccination programme in British history.

Thirty million people – 20 per cent more than normal, and now including all over-50s – are eligible for this year’s jab.

Take up of the vaccine is already the highest it has ever been in the over-65s and young children, according to the latest reports.

There’s just one curious problem: flu, it seems, has all but vanished.

(See link for article)

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For more on the flu vaccine:  https://madisonarealymesupportgroup.com/2020/07/14/numerous-studies-shows-flu-vaccine-puts-you-at-higher-risk-for-covid-and-other-respiratory-viruses/

https://madisonarealymesupportgroup.com/2020/03/23/flu-vaccine-increases-coronavirus-infection-risk-36/

https://madisonarealymesupportgroup.com/2020/10/23/south-koreans-medical-association-urges-government-to-suspend-flu-shot-program-after-25-people-die/

For more on COVID testing:  https://madisonarealymesupportgroup.com/2020/10/09/foi-asking-uk-officials-for-proof-of-isolation-of-sars-cov-2-virus-they-cant-give-it/

https://madisonarealymesupportgroup.com/2020/09/30/coronavirus-cases-plummet-when-pcr-tests-are-adjusted/

https://madisonarealymesupportgroup.com/2020/08/14/tests-for-sars-cov-2-in-south-korea-cant-distinguish-virus-from-viral-fragments/

https://madisonarealymesupportgroup.com/2020/07/01/us-scientist-manufactured-pandemic-testing-people-for-any-strain-of-coronavirus-not-specifically-covid-19/

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Testing, vaccines, Viruses

Senator Collins Announces $25 Million Initiative to Fight Lyme Disease

https://www.collins.senate.gov/newsroom/senator-collins’-announces-25-million-initiative-fight-lyme-disease

Senator Collins Announces $25 Million Initiative to Fight Lyme Disease

Last year, Senator Collins authored a new law that provides $150 million over five years to fight tick-borne illnesses.
Press Releases
Posted Tue, 10/13/2020

Washington, D.C.— U.S. Senator Susan Collins, a member of the Health Committee, announced the launch of LymeX, a new $25 million effort to fight tick-borne diseases.  LymeX is the largest public-private partnership to combat Lyme disease in history and will provide awards to improve data about tick-borne diseases; raise awareness; and accelerate the discovery of diagnostic tools, testing, and implementation.  Senator Collins, the author of the Kay Hagan Tick Act that became law last year, received a call today from Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Deputy Secretary Eric Hargan, who shared this positive development.

LymeX is being led by HHS and the Steven & Alexandra Cohen Foundation and will be housed within the HHS Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health, the coordinating agency developing the National Strategy to fight tick-borne diseases that was required by Senator Collins’ Tick Act.  LymeX augments the Tick Act law and reinforces the federal focus on this priority.

“This partnership is an exciting and promising development in our fight against tick-borne illnesses such as Lyme disease that affect hundreds of thousands of Americans every year.  As the largest public-private partnership to combat Lyme disease in history, this initiative builds on the bipartisan TICK Act I authored and demonstrates that the federal government is focused on eradicating this public health threat,” said Senator Collins.  “I remain committed to slowing the spread of these devastating diseases, and I will continue my efforts to protect Mainers’ health.”

Specifically, LymeX will advance tick-borne disease innovation by incentivizing the development of next-generation diagnostics through a series of multi-million-dollar grand prize challenges. The first LymeX diagnostics prize will launch in 2021. These prizes will be open to U.S. universities, non-profit organizations, private-sector companies, and domestic organizations to improve diagnostics at all stages of Lyme disease.

The initiative will also engage stakeholders to facilitate patient-centered innovations to address tick-borne diseases and increase education to raise awareness about risk and prevention.

The incidence of Lyme and other tick-borne diseases has exploded over the past 15 years.  In 2003, Lyme disease infected around 30,000 Americans.  The latest estimates show there are nearly half a million Americans suffering from Lyme.  In Maine, there were a record 2,167 newly reported cases of Lyme disease last year, nearly triple the number of cases in 2010.  Other tick-borne diseases are also on the rise – in Maine, for example, Anaplasmosis and Babesiosis have increased several-fold in this same period.

LymeX will complement the three-pronged approach created by Senator Collins’ Tick Act law, which:

  1. Requires HHS to develop a National Strategy.  This will help expand research, improve testing and treatment, and coordinate common efforts across federal agencies including with DOD, USDA, EPA, the VA, and the Departments of Interior and Homeland Security
  2. Reauthorizes Regional Centers of Excellence in Vector-Borne Disease for five years at $10 million per year.  These Centers have led the scientific response against tick-borne diseases, which now make up 75 percent of vector-borne diseases in the U.S.
  3. Authorizes CDC Grants at $20 million per year for State Health Departments to improve data collection and analysis, support early detection and diagnosis, improve treatment, and raise awareness.  These awards will help states build a public health infrastructure for Lyme and other tick and vector-borne diseases and amplify their initiatives through public-private partnerships.

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**Comment**

Involving the HHS will almost certainly doom this project.  We should learn from history.  The anti-patient bias is clear and has remained unchanged:  https://madisonarealymesupportgroup.com/2018/02/11/anti-patient-bias-embedded-in-tickborne-disease-working-group-and-its-subcommittees/

https://madisonarealymesupportgroup.com/2020/03/11/cdcs-recommendations-for-lyme-epitomize-institutional-bias/

https://madisonarealymesupportgroup.com/2020/04/19/letter-to-chronic-lyme-denialists-from-a-microbiologist/

https://madisonarealymesupportgroup.com/2020/05/11/persistent-lyme-a-sticking-point-for-tbd-working-group/

Excerpt:

Remarks made after the vote made it clear that the abstainers felt they had defeated the measure, because “yes” votes didn’t comprise a majority of panel members. But, oops, guess what? Abstentions don’t count one way or the other. So, the recommendation passed, 5-3.

As that reality sank in, pandemonium broke out. Panelist Scott Commins stoutly announced that he wanted to change his abstaining vote to “no.” He was told that Robert’s Rules of Order don’t allow you to change your vote after the fact.

Things then got very bizarre very fast, with many people talking at once. Some wanted to vote on the original question again. Others didn’t. Some wanted to re-open discussion, others didn’t. It was confusing to the listener at home.

However, the five abstainers sure gave the impression they had been trying to game the system—to gain a “no” vote without having to publicly own up to it. When that ploy didn’t work, they scrambled to recoup their original objective— to deep-six the proposal regarding persistent Lyme disease.

It is truly time for a CDC/NIH/IDSA/HHS walkout movement. Our public health ‘authorities’ have vested interests which interfere with doing what is right for patients. We’ve tried working with them for over 40 years.  How many times are you going to get behind a horse that kicks you?

https://madisonarealymesupportgroup.com/2020/09/01/it-is-time-to-reboot-public-health-time-for-a-cdc-niaid-fda-walk-away-movement/  Although Weiler is discussing how ‘authorities’ have handled COVID, the exact same things could be said about how they’ve handled Lyme/MSIDS. 

Public ‘authorities’ should not be allowed to own patents on things that interfere with their ability to make public health decisions.

For more: ConflictReport

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Activism, Lyme, Testing, Ticks

FREE Webinar on Vibrant’s New Expanded Tickborne & Infections Panels

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Dr. Amy Offutt is a director on the ILADS board, and the medical director and co-owner of Heart & Soul Integrative Health and Yoga located in Marble Falls, Texas. She completed her undergraduate studies at Abilene Christian University, medical school at The University of Texas Health Sciences Center in San Antonio, and a residency in Family Medicine at Christus Health. She also has a Master’s Degree in Integrative Medicine from George Washington University and has completed a fellowship in Integrative Medicine. Her calling to look for the cause of disease, in addition to how to manage symptoms, led to her appointment by Governor Greg Abbott to the Pediatric Acute-Onset Neuropsychiatric Syndrome Advisory Council in the summer of 2019. She has been married to her high school sweetheart, Brad, for 30 years, and they have 3 children, ages 19, 17, and 12. They enjoy family time, being on the lake, traveling, and healthy living.

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Activism, Lyme, Testing

Chest Palpitations in a Teenager as Unusual Presentation of Lyme Disease: Case Report

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33028242/

Chest palpitations in a teenager as an unusual presentation of Lyme disease: case report

Faith Myers 1, Pooja E Mishra 1, Daniel Cortez 2, Mark R Schleiss 3
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Free PMC article

Abstract

Background: The incidence of Lyme disease (LD) in North America has increased substantially in the past two decades. Concomitant with the increased incidence of infection has been an enhancement in the recognition of LD complications. Here, we report a case of Lyme carditis complicated by heart block in a pediatric patient admitted to our children’s hospital. What is unique about this case is that the complaint of chest palpitations is an infrequent presentation of LD, and what it adds to the scientific literature is an improved understanding of LD in the pediatric population.

Case presentation: The patient was a 16-year-old male who presented with the main concerns of acute onset of palpitations and chest pain. An important clinical finding was Erythema migrans (EM) on physical exam. The primary diagnoses were LD with associated Lyme carditis, based on the finding of 1st degree atrioventricular heart block (AVB) and positive IgM and IgG antibodies to Borrelia burgdorferi. Interventions included echocardiography, electrocardiography (EKG), and intravenous antibiotics. The hospital course was further remarkable for transition to 2nd degree heart block and transient episodes of complete heart block. A normal sinus rhythm and PR interval were restored after antibiotic therapy and the primary outcome was that of an uneventful recovery.

Conclusions: Lyme carditis occurs in < 5% of LD cases, but the “take-away” lesson of this case is that carditis can be the presenting manifestation of B. burgdorferi infection in pediatric patients. Any patient with suspected Lyme carditis manifesting cardiac symptoms such as syncope, chest pain, or EKG changes should be admitted for parenteral antibiotic therapy and cardiac monitoring. The most common manifestation of Lyme carditis is AVB. AVB may manifest as first-degree block, or may present as high-grade second or third-degree block. Other manifestations of Lyme carditis may include myopericarditis, left ventricular dysfunction, and cardiomegaly. Resolution of carditis is typically achieved through antibiotic administration, although pacemaker placement should be considered if the PR interval fails to normalize or if higher degrees of heart block, with accompanying symptoms, are encountered. With the rising incidence of LD, providers must maintain a high level of suspicion in order to promptly diagnose and treat Lyme carditis.

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**Comment**

Repeat:  Researchers need to refrain from stating that something is “rare” with Lyme disease as:
  • testing misses more than 70% of cases (thousands go undiagnosed)
  • much fewer report the EM rash than is quoted
  • this is still a misunderstood illness that doctors are woefully uneducated on.  If a patient doesn’t present with the EM rash, doctors unfamiliar with the wide symptom presentation are not going to catching this.

For more:  https://madisonarealymesupportgroup.com/2020/03/01/study-cdcs-2-tier-lyme-testing-inaccurate-in-more-than-70-of-cases/

Click on image to see better. The graph is clear that there is a wide range of those with those finding the EM rash. While the EM rash is diagnostic for Lyme disease, many do not get it. In the first ever patient group in Lyme, Connecticut, only a quarter had the rash:

https://madisonarealymesupportgroup.com/2019/02/22/why-mainstream-lyme-msids-research-remains-in-the-dark-ages/

Again, mainstream medicine continues with abysmal testing and ancient dogma that is hurting patients.

More accurate scientific language would be: “Heart palpitations are rarely reported in the literature.”  What happens in the real world is often quite different than what is reported in the literature – particularly with Lyme as research has been hijacked by The Cabal:  https://madisonarealymesupportgroup.com/2017/01/13/lyme-science-owned-by-good-ol-boys/

BTW: I had chest palpitations, my husband had chest palpitations, and most of the patients I work with have them.  I don’t think it’s nearly as rare as  is being reported.

It’s a good thing this teen was promptly diagnosed as people have died from this:  https://madisonarealymesupportgroup.com/2020/02/21/17-year-old-dies-from-lyme-carditis/ 

The following statement is quite frightening:

The hospital course was further remarkable for transition to 2nd degree heart block and transient episodes of complete heart block.

https://madisonarealymesupportgroup.com/2018/11/16/advanced-heart-block-in-children-with-lyme-disease-2/

https://madisonarealymesupportgroup.com/2019/12/09/study-identifies-189-children-with-lyme-carditis/

https://madisonarealymesupportgroup.com/2018/09/17/lyme-carditis-heart-block-other-complications-of-ld/  Excerpt:

In 90% of cases, the most common consequence of Lyme carditis is heart block. The severity of the heart block can fluctuate rapidly and the progression to complete heart block can be fatal. Importantly, the heart block in Lyme carditis can be transient and usually resolves with antibiotic therapy. Additionally, Lyme carditis can affect other parts of the heart’s conduction system, as well as the heart’s muscle, valves, and outer layer of the heart wall.

https://madisonarealymesupportgroup.com/2020/08/22/boothbay-harbor-man-recovering-from-near-fatal-lyme-disease-infection/

These links show heart issues caused by Lyme disease are not rare.

Lyme advocate, Phyllis Mervine, makes a case that autopsies should be performed on those with unexpected, sudden death:  https://madisonarealymesupportgroup.com/2018/07/09/with-unexpected-death-autopsies-should-look-for-lyme-carditis/

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Heart Issues, Lyme, research, Testing