Guest guest Posted July 17, 2012 Report Share Posted July 17, 2012 One of our local newspapers mentioned that the CDC stated that my island had 25 confirmed cases of Lyme disease. This is ludicrous, most of the people I know have had lyme numerous times. In the same article, http://www.mvgazette.com/article.php?36063, doctors estimated 1,100. A pair of doctors treat 50 to 70 acute cases per week. This is an island of about 20,000 people with tons of summer renters and tourists. I can only imagine this small islands toll on the American lyme scene as all these people go back to the cities and wonder why they just aged ten years. 25 is 2.2 percent of 1100. They also claim 20 to 30 thousand cases annually nationally. If they are consistent and we assume 30,000, that would infer 1,320,000 new cases per year. The article goes on to say that the cdc and most academic centers dont believe chronic lyme exists, but the doctors they interviewed were completely aware of its existance and its severe danger and warn readers of the article. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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