NEWS: Aussie TV looks at Lyme in the US
While the Australian government refuses to acknowledge the presence of Lyme in that country, Australian TV continues its examination of the issue.
In this excerpt from the program “Sunday Night,” reporter Monique Wright visits Lyme, Connecticut, in the US, interviews Dr. Joseph Burrascano and Under Our Skin’s Mandy Hughes. She also talks to Aussie tennis star Sam Stosur, a Lyme survivor.
Click here for the webpage of “Sunday Night,” where you can leave comments.
I watched this report with much sadness. I live in NY State in the USA and have had chronic lyme disease for almost 3 years. I live in the 5th highest endemic lyme area in the United States. One of the statements made by the reporter stating that lyme was considered an epidemic and a crisis in the US is incorrect. The US governmental health body(Infectious Disease Society of America)that dictates health protocol for diseases in the U.S. has determined that there is no such thing as chronic lyme disease. We have a very difficult time getting treated in this country too. We all seem to have the same experiences world wide. I don’t know why governments in every country are not willing to label this as the epidemic that it is but that is the reality. Everything else reported is the absolute truth and there are 100’s of thousands of us here in the United States just as frustrated as the people in Australia. Activist movements have begun but most patients are so sick that we need to preserve the limited energy we have just to fight the disease. God bless the woman who reported on this and hopefully someday in the near future we can get accurate testing, research and treatment before a whole generation is lost to this horrible debilitating disease. Thank you for this report.
Hi Nancy
Would you please contact me by email. I need help for Lyme disease.
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One correction. Lyme was found in a preserved frozen corpse from the Italian Alps that was more than 4000 years old. Not created on that island. However, it is still killing people today! Either by lack of effective treatment or suicide because of pain, depression, and utter hopelessness. We have tried for six years, nothing has worked yet. It isn’t living, it is enduring.