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From: NatCapLyme <natcaplyme@...>

Subject: VA Lyme Task Force 6 March Hearings

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Date: Wednesday, February 23, 2011, 4:50 AM

 

 

 

 

 

Press Release

   P.O. Box 8211 • McLean, VA 22106-8211 • Phone & Fax 703-821-8833 •

www.natcaplyme.org

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

CONTACT: Monte Skall

703-821-8833

natcaplyme@...

 

VIRGINIA LYME DISEASE TASK FORCE TO HOLD

SIX HEARINGS IN MARCH

 

Purcellville, VA - Tuesday, February 22, 2011.  Virginia Governor Bob

McDonnell’s appointed Lyme Disease Task Force will conduct a total of six

hearings in March in multiple regions of the state.  The hearings are designed

to gather important information about the effectiveness of diagnostic tools and

treatments and to discuss ways to increase awareness of this devastating disease

to aid Virginia residents and medical practitioners.

Five of the hearings will be public forums. Anyone may address Chairman

Farris and other Task Force members.  The public testimony hearings are being

held because of the growing concerns of Virginia residents about the spread and

nature of Lyme disease.  “Whole families are ill and are being harmed,â€

Farris says.  The five public testimony hearings are being held in

Virginia Beach, Richmond, onburg, Roanoke, and Fairfax.  (See below for

more information.)

The additional hearing in March is the third in a series of expert witness

hearings. It will be held on March 18, from 1-4 PM in the Perimeter Center

outside of Richmond.  It will cover the topic of Lyme and Children. Physicians,

a psychologist, a school nurse, and three patients will testify about the impact

of Lyme disease on children.  The two previous hearings covered topics in

diagnosis, treatment and prevention. The expert witness hearings are open to the

public, but there is no opportunity for observers to comment.  A fourth and

final expert witness hearing is anticipated later in the spring on Lyme disease

education.

More than nine hundred new cases of Lyme in Virginia were reported in 2009, and

the CDC indicates ten times as many residents, particularly children, may be

afflicted with this insidious disease.

All hearings are free and open to the public. 

***Virginia residents are invited to speak (about 5-7 minutes per speaker,

dependent on the number of participants) at the following hearings:

March 1 from 1-4 PM--Moot Court Room (in on Hall, first floor), Regent

University, 1000 Regent University Drive, Virginia Beach, VA 23464

March 1 from 7-10 PM--The Perimeter Center in the Commonwealth Conference Center

on the 2nd floor, Board Room 2.  9960 Mayland Drive, Henrico, VA 23233. Ample

free parking is available.

March 15 from 1-4 PM--Festivals Highlands Room, Festival Conference and Student

Center, Madison University, 1301 r Drive, onburg, VA 22807. 

General parking is available across the street in the D-3 lot.  Lot security

will allow parking there for attendees without a campus sticker.  Campus map:

http://web.jmu.edu/parking/parkingmap2010.pdf

March 15 from 7-10 PM--Stonewall Middle School, 1004 Montrose Ave SE,

Roanoke, VA 24013

March 22 from 7-10 PM--Immanuel Bible Church (main auditorium), 6911 Braddock

Road, Springfield, VA  22151

***The following hearing is an expert witness hearing.  The hearing is free and

open to the public, but there will be no opportunity for public comment:

March 18 from 1-4 PM--Hearing on Lyme and Children.  The Perimeter Center in

the Commonwealth Conference Center on the 2nd floor, Board Room 3.  9960

Mayland Drive, Henrico, VA 23233.  Ample free parking is available.

--END--

 

 

 

 

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From: NatCapLyme <natcaplyme@...>

Subject: VA Lyme Task Force 6 March Hearings

dclaesson@...

Date: Wednesday, February 23, 2011, 4:50 AM

 

 

 

 

 

Press Release

   P.O. Box 8211 • McLean, VA 22106-8211 • Phone & Fax 703-821-8833 •

www.natcaplyme.org

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

CONTACT: Monte Skall

703-821-8833

natcaplyme@...

 

VIRGINIA LYME DISEASE TASK FORCE TO HOLD

SIX HEARINGS IN MARCH

 

Purcellville, VA - Tuesday, February 22, 2011.  Virginia Governor Bob

McDonnell’s appointed Lyme Disease Task Force will conduct a total of six

hearings in March in multiple regions of the state.  The hearings are designed

to gather important information about the effectiveness of diagnostic tools and

treatments and to discuss ways to increase awareness of this devastating disease

to aid Virginia residents and medical practitioners.

Five of the hearings will be public forums. Anyone may address Chairman

Farris and other Task Force members.  The public testimony hearings are being

held because of the growing concerns of Virginia residents about the spread and

nature of Lyme disease.  “Whole families are ill and are being harmed,â€

Farris says.  The five public testimony hearings are being held in

Virginia Beach, Richmond, onburg, Roanoke, and Fairfax.  (See below for

more information.)

The additional hearing in March is the third in a series of expert witness

hearings. It will be held on March 18, from 1-4 PM in the Perimeter Center

outside of Richmond.  It will cover the topic of Lyme and Children. Physicians,

a psychologist, a school nurse, and three patients will testify about the impact

of Lyme disease on children.  The two previous hearings covered topics in

diagnosis, treatment and prevention. The expert witness hearings are open to the

public, but there is no opportunity for observers to comment.  A fourth and

final expert witness hearing is anticipated later in the spring on Lyme disease

education.

More than nine hundred new cases of Lyme in Virginia were reported in 2009, and

the CDC indicates ten times as many residents, particularly children, may be

afflicted with this insidious disease.

All hearings are free and open to the public. 

***Virginia residents are invited to speak (about 5-7 minutes per speaker,

dependent on the number of participants) at the following hearings:

March 1 from 1-4 PM--Moot Court Room (in on Hall, first floor), Regent

University, 1000 Regent University Drive, Virginia Beach, VA 23464

March 1 from 7-10 PM--The Perimeter Center in the Commonwealth Conference Center

on the 2nd floor, Board Room 2.  9960 Mayland Drive, Henrico, VA 23233. Ample

free parking is available.

March 15 from 1-4 PM--Festivals Highlands Room, Festival Conference and Student

Center, Madison University, 1301 r Drive, onburg, VA 22807. 

General parking is available across the street in the D-3 lot.  Lot security

will allow parking there for attendees without a campus sticker.  Campus map:

http://web.jmu.edu/parking/parkingmap2010.pdf

March 15 from 7-10 PM--Stonewall Middle School, 1004 Montrose Ave SE,

Roanoke, VA 24013

March 22 from 7-10 PM--Immanuel Bible Church (main auditorium), 6911 Braddock

Road, Springfield, VA  22151

***The following hearing is an expert witness hearing.  The hearing is free and

open to the public, but there will be no opportunity for public comment:

March 18 from 1-4 PM--Hearing on Lyme and Children.  The Perimeter Center in

the Commonwealth Conference Center on the 2nd floor, Board Room 3.  9960

Mayland Drive, Henrico, VA 23233.  Ample free parking is available.

--END--

 

 

 

 

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