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Bb Persistence in Lyme and PTLDS

https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mbio.03440-21

ABSTRACT
The annual incidence of Lyme disease, caused by tick-transmitted Borreliella burgdorferi, is estimated to be at least 476,000 cases in the United States and many more worldwide. Ten to 20% of antimicrobial-treated Lyme disease patients display posttreatment Lyme disease syndrome (PTLDS), a clinical complication whose etiology and pathogenesis remain uncertain. Autoimmunity, cross-reactivity, molecular mimicry, coinfections, and borrelial tolerance to antimicrobials/persistence have been hypothesized and studied as potential causes of PTLDS. Studies of borrelial tolerance/persistence in vitro in response to antimicrobials and experimental studies in mice and nonhuman primates, taken together with clinical reports, have revealed that B. burgdorferi becomes tolerant to antimicrobials and may sometimes persist in animals and humans after the currently recommended antimicrobial treatment. Moreover, B. burgdorferi is pleomorphic and can generate viable-but-nonculturable bacteria, states also involved in antimicrobial tolerance. The multiple regulatory pathways and structural genes involved in mediating this tolerance to antimicrobials and environmental stressors by persistence might include the stringent (rel and dksA) and host adaptation (rpoS) responses, sugar metabolism (glpD), and polypeptide transporters (opp). Application of this recently reported knowledge to clinical studies can be expected to clarify the potential role of bacterial antibacterial tolerance/persistence in Lyme disease and PTLDS.
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**Comment**
What’s truly sad is none of this is new.  This 2017 study talks about the stringent response, and this 2016 presentation by Dr. Zhang discusses the importance of persisters, or the dormant form borrelia takes when it feels threatened.  And this 2017 study also points out that Bb mutates (changes form) as previously described by Barbour and Hays way back in 1986.  I’m sure there are many more older studies presenting all of this.
Why is this simple fact still not believed and accepted?

What is not discussed in this article is the fact most Lyme/MSIDS patients are infected with multiple infections simultaneously, further complicating their cases, and requiring different medications.  This article shows that higher doses of antibiotics are required to eliminate a bacterial infection when other microbes are present, yet corrupt public health ‘authorities’ continue to push a faulty one pathogen, one drug paradigm based on faulty testing that misses 70-86% of cases!

What is also not discussed in this article is the larger subset of patients (30-40%) that are diagnosed and treated late – thereby not even making the PTLDS group, and therefore never studied in research.  This is a huge chunk of people are often seronegative in testing and don’t have the EM rash.  This is me, and everyone I work with.  There is ZERO data on us.  ZERO.

The PTLDS moniker is confusing at best and misleading at worse.  The whole ball of wax is based on faulty premises and faulty researchTime for a do-over.

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Similarly to polarization on COVID treatment, it’s not a scientific debate. It’s a political one.

Why Does the CDC Refuse to Recognize the Disabling Stage of Lyme?

https://www.change.org/p/the-us-senate-calling-for-a-congressional-investigation-of-the-cdc-idsa-and-aldf/u/30673922?

Question for Dr. Dennis M. Dixon: Why does the CDC refuse to recognize the disabling stage of Lyme

Carl Tuttle

Hudson, NH, United States

Jun 19, 2022 — 

Latest email to the Federal Tick-Borne Disease Working Group. Why not ask Dr. Dennis Dixon to answer the question: “Why does the CDC refuse to recognize the disabling stage of Lyme disease?” 

Dennis.Dixon1@nih.hhs.gov

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From: CARL TUTTLE <runagain@comcast.net>
To: “Dennis.Dixon1@nih.hhs.gov” <Dennis.Dixon1@nih.hhs.gov>
Cc: All Members of the TBDWG
Date: 06/18/2022 9:03 AM
Subject: Question for Dr. Dennis M. Dixon: Why does the CDC refuse to recognize the disabling stage of Lyme disease?

June 18, 2022

Dennis M. Dixon, Ph.D.
Chief, Bacteriology and Mycology Branch
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Dear Dr. Dixon,

In 2020 I was appointed to a Lyme Disease Study Commission here in New Hampshire with a focus on serology. During that 12mo study, we heard testimony from numerous Lyme patients including Ashley Lynch who testified from her wheelchair. [1]

Fifth-grade teacher and Lyme patient Kelly Downing from Nashua NH was paralyzed from the neck down and interviewed by Katie Couric. [2]

-Dr. Neil Spector from Duke University required a heart transplant after his Lyme disease went undiagnosed for many years. [3]

-Julia Bruzzese who has been confined to a wheelchair since being diagnosed with Lyme disease said meeting Pope Francis as he arrived in New York was “the most precious moment of my life.” [4]

Nicole Bell lost her husband to undiagnosed Lyme disease as reported to Today.com on June 1st. [5]

This is just a short list of the horror patients experience all across America!

Question: Why does the CDC refuse to recognize the disabling stage of Lyme disease? [6]

Since you seem to believe that the Lyme science is settled, referring to the Klempner antibiotic trials, perhaps at the next meeting you could explain to the Working Group how Lyme disease disables its victim?

A response to this inquiry is requested.

Respectfully submitted,

Carl Tuttle
Hudson, NH

PS. The NH Lyme Study Commission concluded that serology to detect Lyme disease is unreliable in all stages of disease. 
http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/statstudcomm/committees/1515/reports/RSA%20141-C%20Lyme%20Commission%20Study.pdf

References:

1. Ashley Lynch who testified from her wheelchair
https://rumble.com/vmyzi9-nh-commission-to-study-testing-for-lyme-and-other-tick-borne-diseases-08.23.html

2. Nashua Mom in the ‘Lyme Light’ on Katie Couric Show
http://patch.com/new-hampshire/nashua/nashua-mom-talks-chronic-lyme-on-katie-couric-show

3. Professor Neil Spector: Duke physician uses near-death experience to encourage patient self-advocacy
https://www.dukechronicle.com/article/2015/05/duke-physician-uses-near-death-experience-encourage-patient-self-advocacy

4. Wheelchair-Bound Girl Calls Blessing By Pope Francis ‘Most Precious Moment Of My Life’ 
http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2015/09/24/pope-francis-blesses-girl-in-wheelchair/

5. It started with a tick bite. How I lost my husband to undiagnosed Lyme disease
https://www.yahoo.com/now/started-tick-bite-lost-husband-140124817.html

6. 10 tips for Lyme disability insurance claims
https://www.lymedisease.org/lyme-disability-insurance-claims

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Medical Board Goes After Dr. McCullough, Senator Johnson Calls For Public Hearing

https://thehighwire.com/videos/medical-board-goes-after-dr-mccullough-sen-johnson-calls-for-public-hearing/  Video Here (Approx. 21 Min)

MEDICAL BOARD GOES AFTER DR. MCCULLOUGH, SEN. JOHNSON CALLS FOR PUBLIC HEARING

Del BigTree interviews Dr. McCullough on this latest development, a phenomenon Lyme literate doctors understand all too well.
 
Dr. Peter McCullough is under fire from the American Board of Internal Medicine (A.B.I.M.), who is threatening his medical license for “providing false and inaccurate information to patients”. Senator Ron Johnson has responded with a call for A.B.I.M. and Dr. McCullough to participate in an open hearing on Capitol Hill, and put it all on the table of public record.
 
Senator Johnson (WI) is one of the few politicians standing up for the “vaccine” injured, true misinformation, and now doctors who are being attacked.  He is also demanding that a DOD contractor turn over the Military’s Medical Database Records after the company failed to fully comply with a previous request seeking information about its “awareness of potential data problems” with the military’s database.  The database was recently edited after whistleblowers pointed out the high rate of COVID injection injuries. The DOD magically and suddenly discovered 5 years of “false data” only after attorney Renz came forth with shockingly dramatic increases in medical diagnoses among the military.
An earlier report linked heart inflammation specifically in a study involving the U.S. military.

I’m thankful for recent papers where scientists remind us that hypotheses are not misinformation and conjecture. True science embraces alternative hypotheses, contradictory arguments, verification, refutability, and controversy. Departing from this principle risks establishing dogmas, abandoning the essence of science, and, even worse, paving the way for conspiracy theories. Further, allowing scientists, doctors, and public health ‘authorities to have conflicts of interest also hurts real science due to bias.

World Freedom Declaration & Get Us Out of the UN

HFDF and 70+ Global Public Health and Policy Leaders Oppose New Binding International Health Regulations on ‘Health Emergencies’

The World Freedom Declaration, signed by 37 organizations and 39 leaders from around the globe, aims to defend individuals’ health freedom and self-determination – and protect national sovereignty – by objecting to proposed U.S. amendments to the International Health Regulations (IHR).

The amendments would authorize the World Health Organization (WHO) to seize executive governance powers over member states, granting government powers to unelected and unaccountable bureaucrats – all in the name of combating a future health emergency.

The amendments will be considered at the 75th World Health Assembly which begins May 22, 2022.

PLEASE ACT NOW!

Click the button below and add your signature to cast your vote for freedom! Please send it to your public servants and share it on social media.

WORLD FREEDOM DECLARATION

https://jbs.org/alert/get-us-out-of-the-un/  Go here to contact your Representatives & Senators

Get US Out! of the UN

Alert Summary

Many see the United Nations as a global organization working toward the noble goals of world peace and global justice. Yet, the UN’s own actions demonstrate loud and clear the true purpose of the organization: to build a world government at the expense of the liberty and independence of its sovereign nation members.

URGENT: The American Sovereignty Restoration Act (H.R. 7806) has been reintroduced for the 117th Congress. This bill would fully withdraw the U.S. from the United Nations and its associated entities, thus restoring U.S. national independence. Contact your U.S. representative and senators and urge them to support this bill!

MEANWHILE: The World Health Organization is planning an unprecedented power grab to build a global biomedical surveillance state — this is yet another reason why the U.S. must fully withdraw from the United Nations, and why Congress must reintroduce and enact the American Sovereignty Restoration Act. Although the WHO’s power grab seriously threatens American sovereignty and liberty, the root of this threat lies in the U.S.’s membership in the UN itself. The UN’s very purpose is to establish a one-world government at the expense of its members’ sovereignty; withdrawal is imperative!

The United Nations is one of the greatest threats to U.S. national sovereignty and the God-given freedoms of Americans. It is imperative that Congress pass and the president enact the American Sovereignty Restoration Act (ASRA), which would fully withdraw the U.S. from the UN and all its associated entities. 

Also, please read this important excerpt from this article:

When this document is signed (and it will be), there will be those who believe that the WHO has the right to make decisions for Americans without their consent. This is the creation of an illegitimate government that operates without the consent of the governed.

Forced lockdowns of your small town, medications being added to your municipal water supply, forcibly killing off of all your livestock due to “disease risk,” groups of men pinning your children down while they are at school in order to inject an mRNA substance into their bloodstream – these are all very real possibilities of this piece of paper being signed by those who have no right to control either you or your children.

The video within shows eviction notices being given to those in the Ronald McDonald House who are not ‘vaccinated’.
For more on the top link regarding the WHO power grab:

Declaration of Opposition to the Proposed International Health Regulations Amendments

We, the undersigned, oppose the proposed amendments to the World Health Organization’s (WHO) existing 2005 International Health Regulations (IHR) and stand in support of all people’s right to health sovereignty and self-determination.

The United States’ proposed amendments to the IHR are set to be considered at the 75th World Health Assembly, which begins on the 22nd of May, 2022. The proposed amendments, however, create an ambiguity relating to the date they become effective as the proposed amendments expressly state they will become effective six months after the date of notification by the Director-General, whereas the existing IHR provides that amendments become effective 18 months after notification by the Director-General.

If accepted, these legally binding amendments would come into effect for all member states except those that explicitly reject them. Under Article 59 of the IHR, de facto approval is assumed for any member states that fail to reject or take reservation to the amendments.

The existing IHR, adopted in 2005, respect the sovereignty of all member nations. The proposed amendments, however, would expand and codify the WHO’s authority to implement global health mandates in direct violation of national sovereignty and citizens’ rights.

These proposals attempt to eliminate a nation’s autonomy, during times of real, assumed or anticipated public health emergencies, affording the WHO unilateral power in assessing and determining a health emergency and empowering the WHO to dictate policy and response.

All of this comes on the heels of the COVID-19 crisis during which the WHO grossly mismanaged all facets of the global health response by encouraging economy-destroying lockdowns, suppressing early preventive treatments and recommending interventions that have proven to be neither safe nor effective.

Under the guise of health regulations, these amendments would permit the WHO to seize executive governance powers over member states, granting governing powers to unelected and unaccountable bureaucrats.

Below are just a few of the many ambiguous and concerning provisions in the amendments proposed by the US Department of Health & Human Services on January 18, 2022.

Proposed new text is displayed in bold underline, and proposed deletions to existing text are shown as strikethrough exactly as written in the proposal. All other text remains unchanged.

Article 5: Surveillance

NEW 5: WHO shall develop early warning criteria for assessing and progressively updating the national, regional, or global risk posed by an event of unknown causes or sources…

In practice this would accord the WHO unilateral authority to enact a universal health surveillance system devoid of public scrutiny or transparency, leaving open the possibility of manufactured sources of pandemics and other emergencies.

Article 9, Section 1

WHO may take into account reports from sources other than notifications or consultations and shall assess these reports according to established epidemiological principles and then communicate information on the event to the State Party in whose territory the event is allegedly occurring. Before taking any action based on such reports, WHO shall consult with and attempt to obtain verification from the State Party in whose territory the event is allegedly occurring in accordance with the procedure set forth in Article 10.

This excision from Article 9 eliminates consultations with the member state during an “alleged” health emergency while placing the WHO in a position to dictate how a State Party must proceed within its own territorial boundaries. This constitutes a threat to national sovereignty and self-determination.

Article 10, Section 4

If the State Party does not accept the offer of collaboration within 48 hours, WHO shall may, when justified by the magnitude of the public health risk, immediately share with other States Parties the information available to it, whilst encouraging the State Party to accept the offer of collaboration by WHO, taking into account the views of the State Party concerned.

Any nation rejecting the WHO’s declaration will have only 48 hours to reconsider its position and comply, or be subjected to pressures from other nations and/or penalties such as economic sanctions. The views of the affected nation will no longer be considered.

Article 12, Section 2

If the Director-General considers, based on an assessment under these Regulations, that a potential or actual public health emergency of international concern is occurring, the Director-General shall notify all States Parties and seek to consult with the State Party…. If the Director-General determines and the State Party are in agreement regarding this determination that the event constitutes a public health emergency of international concern, the Director-General shall, in accordance with the procedure set forth in Article 49, seek the views of the Committee established under Article 48 (hereinafter the “Emergency Committee”) on appropriate temporary recommendations.

Article 12 creates a new subclass of health emergency empowering the WHO Director-General to unilaterally trigger pandemic protocols based on mere supposition of a “potential” threat. The stipulation that a nation must agree with the Director-General’s assessment is eliminated. Distant bureaucrats would be empowered to enact health policy not only for entire nations, but by extension for individuals – irrespective of the wishes of the nation or the people.

New Chapter IV (Article 53 bis-quater): The Compliance Committee

1. The State Parties shall establish a Compliance Committee that shall be responsible for:

(a) Considering information submitted to it by WHO and States Parties relating to compliance with obligations under these Regulations;

(b) Monitoring, advising on, and/or facilitating assistance on matters relating to compliance with a view to assisting States Parties to comply with obligations under these Regulations.

One of the IHR amendments’ most insidious changes is the creation of a “Compliance Committee” that will serve as the administrative and enforcement mechanism to ensure member states comply with WHO emergency directives involving infrastructure, capital expenditures, information gathering and implementation of emergency responses.

In sum, the IHR amendments would, among other changes:

  • Intensify the surveillance of all countries and their citizens.
  • Grant the WHO the authority to tell other member states when one member state isn’t reporting and launch punitive actions.
  • Empower the WHO Director-General to declare when and where a pandemic or “alleged” emergency is occurring using undisclosed sources.
  • Confer unrestricted powers to the Director-General to define and implement interventions.
  • Give the WHO the ability to access and mobilize capital in the event of a pandemic.

This power grab by the WHO, its donors, and stakeholders represents a direct attack on the political and economic sovereignty of all nations and their citizens.

By repeatedly promoting policies that caused catastrophic economic, social, physical, emotional and mental damage across the globe, the WHO has failed in its mission as global steward of public health and cannot be entrusted with setting policy for all citizens of the world.

Of note, the WHO enjoys immunity from every form of legal action, arrest, and searches of their papers, documents, and facilities.

The WHO should not be allocated more money, power, or authority nor should it be allowed to further control the world’s health agenda or implement biosecurity measures.

Global agreements brokered by unelected, unaccountable bureaucrats must never be permitted to rule any nation.

It is imperative that each nation and territory retain its sovereignty, especially during times of crisis, so that the entire global community can be protected from globally directed policies that primarily benefit powerful financial and ideological stakeholders.

The undersigned respectfully request that all nations and their representatives repudiate such agreements.

We strongly oppose the proposed IHR amendments which would require nations and their citizens to adhere to the dictates of an unaccountable global body.

We oppose any involvement in a treaty, agreement, or other legally binding global document that would hinder any nation’s sovereignty in the area of public health.

We assert that nations and their citizens are best-positioned and -equipped to make health decisions appropriate to their communities.

We demand that the people of each nation be in charge of determining their response to health crises.

As citizens of the world, we defend the rights, freedoms, and privacy of all members of the global community by calling for the rejection of the IHR amendments and the WHO’s attempt to usurp the power and authority of health policy from its rightful place – at home amongst the people.

On May 18, 2022, this declaration was authored and signed by,

Leslie Manookian
Health Freedom Defense Fund

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  • Idaho Freedom Foundation
  • No College Mandates
  • The Institute for Pure and Applied Knowledge
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  • The Solari Report
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  • Federal Employees for Freedom
  • The Truth About Cancer & The Truth About Vaccines
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  • World Wide Demonstration
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  • Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Chair Children’s Health Defense
  • Mary Holland, President and General Counsel CHD
  • Dr Reiner Fuellmich, Attorney, Germany
  • Dr Peter McCullough, MD, MPH
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  • Dr Stephanie Seneff, Senior Research Scientist, MIT
  • Dr Mike Yeadon, former Pfizer CSO
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  • Dr Elizabeth Evans MA, MBBS, DRCOG, UK Medical Freedom Alliance
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  • Sarah Pope, The Healthy Home Economist
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  • Justyna Walker
  • Philipp Kruse, Attorney, Switzerland
  • Thomas Binder
  • Taylor Hudak
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Lyme Awareness Events

https://livlymefoundation.org/conference/  Go here to Register

LivLyme Virtual Summit  May 7, 2022

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https://coloradoticks.org/event/connectinglearninghealing-3rd-annual-virtual-event/

Connecting~Learning~Healing : 3rd Annual Virtual Event

In partnership, Colorado Tick-Borne Disease Awareness Association and Colorado Lyme & TBD Support group are promoting May, Lyme & Tick-Borne Disease Awareness Month with our 3rd Annual Connecting~Learning~Healing Virtual Event.

We are honored to host two pioneers in the field of Lyme & other TBD diagnosis and treatment: Dr. Daniel Kinderlehrer & Dr. Joseph Burrascano. Join us for each of these informative presentations with ample opportunity for questions and answers.

Agenda: Sunday, May 22, 2022

2:00 pm (MT)-Introduction
2:15 pm – Dr. Joseph Burrascano – Bartonella~Diagnosing & Treating This Stealth Infection
3:15 pm – Dr. Daniel Kinderlehrer – A Toolkit for Promoting your Own Healing
4:15 pm- Closing

THANK YOU!

Generous sponsorship has been provided by our Community Partners at IGenex, Inc., and Insect Shield, for this May Awareness event!

Support for COTBDAA education and prevention activities is provided year-round by all of our 2022 Community Partners.

This virtual event is FREE to attend, however space is limited and registration is required.

Save the date and register here!

Daniel Kinderlehrer, MD

Saturday May 22, 2022
2:15 pm-3:15 pm (MT)

A Toolkit for Promoting Your Own Healing

Daniel A. Kinderlehrer, MD is a nationally recognized physician with expertise in the fields of nutrition, allergy, environmental medicine, Lyme disease and the healing of mind-body-spirit as a unified whole. Dr. Kinderlehrer co-founded The New England Center for Holistic Medicine in Newbury MA, and has taught extensively, including practitioner training courses at The Omega Institute, The National Institute of Behavioral Medicine, the American Academy of Environmental Medicine, and the International Lyme and Associated Diseases Society. He created and organized the Lyme Fundamentals course which is presented annually at the International Lyme and Associated Diseases Society conferences. He is the author of many articles in medical journals and the Lyme Times. His integrated medical practice in Denver, CO focuses on the diagnosis and treatment of tick-borne illness. Dr. Kinderlehrer is the author of Recovery From Lyme Disease: The Integrative Medicine Guide to the Diagnosis and Treatment of Tick-Borne Illness, which was released in March, 2021.

Joseph Burrascano, MD

Saturday May 22, 2022
3:15 pm-4:15 pm (MT)

Bartonella – Diagnosing and Treating This Stealth Infection

Dr. Joe Burrascano is a well-recognized specialist in the diagnosis and treatment of Lyme disease and associated complex infectious diseases, and the chronic illnesses that accompany them. With over 35 years of research in this field, he has appeared in and on virtually every form of media, both in the US and abroad. He has testified before the US Senate and armed services joint subcommittee and at various governors’ consulates. He is also a founding member of ILADS and ILADS Educational Foundation.