Is there Lyme in Colorado? Officials say no; patients say yes
People afflicted with Lyme disease in Colorado have a hard time getting properly diagnosed, because health officials and medical personnel continue to insist the illness doesn’t exist in their state.
Reporter Libby Smith CBS Denver did a two-series on the topic, interviewing local Lyme patients, as well as Pat Smith, of the national Lyme Disease Association (who spoke at a recent Lyme conference in Colorado).
Click here for part one –July 18, 2016
Click here for part two –July 19, 2016
It is everywhere every state and in Canada and surrounding countries.
I agree. My first bout of Lyme occurred after hiking in the Shawagunk Mountains — in 1976 when no one had even given Lyme a name (had bulls-eye rash on knee, “flu symptoms”, followed by “fibromyositis”). When Lyme was “discovered” in CT a few years later, the “experts” stated it had not crossed the Hudson yet!!!