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LymeFightr writes:

Doug, this brought tears to my eyes. Thank you for your eloquence and your

BRASS! You are a wonderful man and it was my honor to meet you in CT.

If you ever, ever need anything ... just ask!

Marleen Oetzel

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In a message dated 11/18/1999 9:55:31 PM Eastern Standard Time,

ferraroa@... writes:

<< I couldn't get to the site and see the reply, and suggestions?

Vicki this should cheer you up ... just make me SMILE!!! I love Doug

and he is the author of LYMETRUTH.

Marleen

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Date: Thu, 18 November 1999 11:50 AM EST

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November 18, 1999

I. Gallin, MD

M. Gottesman, MD

NIH, 1 Center Drive, Bldg 1 #126

Bethesda, MD 20892-0148

Lyme Disease Constituency Groups

Gentlemen:

Hundreds of us who have read your letter regarding Dr.

C. Steere's protested lecture at the NIH on November 3

seek your help in establishing a forum that will fulfill the

NIH's mission for " a better understanding of the public's

concern, " in this case about Lyme, the fastest growing infectious

disease in the U.S.A.

Our common goal could be reached during a balanced

discussion--at your invitation--between Dr. Steere, and those

physicians and patients who feel that Dr. Steere and his

colleagues, because they claim that Lyme disease is

overdiagnosed and and overtreated, may be responsible for

sentencing perhaps millions to a lifetime of suffering. Those in

our camp live in what Dr. J. J. Burrascano calls " the real world

of Lyme disease. " The two sides were revealed in 1993 at a U.S.

Senate Hearing during which Dr. Steere was accused by Senator

Metzenbaum of saying " exactly the opposite " of Dr. Burrascano.

Your colleagues may not be aware that the NIH is infected

from within by its former Lyme disease program officer

McSweegan, an " obsessed " federal employee who, as reported in the

Washington Post on May 22, 1997, was charged by his supervisor,

La Montagne, with insubordination. McSweegan is still

allowed, on his personal web site which identifies him as " a

federal scientist, " to discredit those he perceives as enemies,

and to hire a lawyer to " protect his constitutional freedom of

speech. " McSweegan was also instrumental in conning the Sabin

Vaccine Institute into awarding his crony Steere a Gold Medal for

" discovering the pathogenesis of Lyme disease, " and for

" translational research--from bench to bedside. " For the record,

Dr. Steere did not discover the pathogenesis of Lyme disease, and

his bench work provides test scores that are often the opposite

of results from other labs.

If you gentlemen were present on November 3, you may agree

that no Lyme disease patient could have found Dr. Steere to be

" personable, sensitive and responsive to the issues. "

The help we need, and your " dedication to studying disease

and identifying new therapies " may be in vain if what many of us

fear is a cover-up of Lyme disease comes from higher up.

S. Dodge

cc: Blumenthal, Dodd, Lieberman, Kennedy, inter alios

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Marleen

I couldn't get to the site and see the reply, and suggestions?

Thanks Vicki

Subject: [ ] Check out Reply to the NIH from my HERO .... Doug Dodge

>LymeFightr writes:

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Marleen,

You were so right, I love Doug too, is that Polygamy? What a great

letter!!!!! Thanks Vicki

>From: LymeFightr@...

>

>Vicki this should cheer you up ... just make me SMILE!!! I love Doug

>and he is the author of LYMETRUTH.

>Marleen

>