Vitality Magazine May 2017

esearch.” Lee is too polite to add that some of those scientists’
careers were provided with financial incentives, and
reversals would result in a loss of reputation and money.
One thing is certain: the Public Health Agency’s ‘study’
constitutes a gargantuan betrayal of public trust. How this
carefully orchestrated nonsense made it past PLOS’ editors
remains a mystery.
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Lyme Disease Conference Brought Together
Experts from Around the World
Turning away from the February 2017 document released
by Public Health that presented a woefully inadequate
“framework” for treating Lyme Disease, and towards the
excellent May 2016 conference which preceded the document,
we are left to wonder how such a remarkable event
gave rise to such an inadequate government report.
Hosted by the Public Health Agency of Canada, on
behalf of the Minister of Health, the “Conference to
Develop a Federal Framework on Lyme Disease” brought
together numerous speakers including world-renowned
Lyme experts Brian Fallon of Columbia University and
Elizabeth Maloney of the American College of Physicians
and Surgeons. These two had actually contributed to the
2010 book I edited and co-wrote, Ending Denial, which
was one of the information sources that prompted MP
Elizabeth May to introduce her federal Bill on Lyme. MP
May’s Bill C-442 legally requires internationally recognized
diagnostic tests and treatment protocols, the development
of proper medical surveillance to track Lyme
Disease incidence and costs, and education and awareness
to make Canadian doctors Lyme-literate. As May stated at
the 2016 conference: “We must put an end to the status
quo, in which sick Canadians are forced to go to the U.S.
for treatment at their own expense, losing homes, savings,
and pensions.”
Everyone ought to read the conference summary, which
is available online. Among other things, the report correctly
states that:
– “Canada’s medical system has failed Lyme disease
patients” and currently available tests are inadequate;
– Canada requires testing for co-infections and multiple
strains of Lyme bacteria (more than 300 variants);
– the incidence of LD is underreported (even though
reporting has been legally mandatory since 2009).
– spouses and other family members of every suspected
Lyme patient must be tested properly, because LD can be
“transmissible sexually, via saliva and breast milk, blood,
and organ donation.” (Note: all Western countries except
Canada require blood donors to answer a rigorous questionnaire
to exclude the possibility of active or past LD.)
On a positive note, a significant portion of the conference
summary is devoted to envisioning a successful
approach to LD in Canada. This includes the need to consult
veterinarians, who are already effectively treating animals
for Lyme.
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