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Very interesting!

Yes, great quote!

"...LD patients infected by a rare or novel borrelial variant may produce an antibody pattern that can be different from the pattern characteristic of an infection caused by a typical B. burgdorferi sensu stricto strain." <snort> As if we know what pattern, or strain, is "characteristic" or "typical...

They just have to convince doctors, and doctors are notorious for only reading titles, "to save time."
(With apologies to Dr. Cameron and others of his caliber.)

2T also doesn't work on the east coast or in the midwest US. It was developed using arthritis patients, who are likely a minority of late stage patients, and who are known to have exceptionally high Bb antibody levels. 2T is too insensitive to use for diagnosis. Maybe the CDC knew that in the past, ...

Co-infection of Ticks: The Rule Rather Than the Exception Moutailler S, Valiente Moro C, Vaumourin E, Michelet L, Tran FH, Devillers E, Cosson JF, Gasqui P, Van VT, Mavingui P, Vourc'h G, Vayssier-Taussat M. PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 10(3):e0004539. Online first, 2016 Mar 17. http://doi.org...

What particularly concerns you?

Taking this to its natural conclusion...anybody seen "Idiocracy" lately? Time to dust it off.

My two favorites: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qg0pO9VG1J8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xDgy37kPOZ4 "I call this shade veiled white supremacy" Until we have campaign finance reform, politics in the US will continue to be bought. Great links, CL! I'm going to look for more like these. Please p...

Thanks for explaining. Here's an explanation of the idiom in English I used above: "Cutting off the nose to spite the face" from Wikipedia: An expression used to describe a needlessly self-destructive over-reaction to a problem: "Don't cut off your nose to spite your face" is a warning against actin...