Two Lyme disease bills signed in Delaware
From Delaware Public Media, August 29, 2016:
by James Dawson
Delaware strengthened its arsenal Monday in the fight to eradicate Lyme disease.
Gov. Jack Markell (D) signed two bills into law: one allowing state environmental officials to kill ticks that carry the disease and another requiring doctors, nurses and others to learn more about Lyme disease as part of their continuing education.
Sen. Ernie Lopez (R-Lewes), who helped draft the bills, says constituents of his have relayed stories of never testing positive for the disease, but who suffered from it for years. READ MORE.
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Now how do we get California or Kaiser Permanente in California to see that this is a real thing?
The key to the education bill is who is appointed to the committee. Let’s not get too excited yet.
About time to kill ticks.
This is excellent doctors , nurses etc certainly need more education in diagnosing Lyme’s.
The government is to blame for Lyme Disease in the first place! The abandoned laboratory on an island off the coast of Connecticut was practicing germ warfare and the ticks got loose! This is a fact!!
My son has chronic Lyme and has lost everything. There is no help here in New York because there is no more money, I have spent everything my husband had after his death and can no longer help him financially, I watch him with tremors and seizures ( which they say are NOT seizures) and is in excruciating pain. Infectious decease doctor here does not believe in chronic Lyme. He is dying in my opinion and not one soul cares,
Unfortunately, people in your son’s position usually can’t get helped by the medical establishment. Recommend he be seen by a Lyme-literate MD affiliated with ILADS. Also recommend you contact Lyme advocacy groups in your state for resources in your area.
Thank you for always bringing us the latest news!
PA please….. sign a bill
I wish Texas doctors believed in Lyme disease. I have been sick for 19 years. Every year i get worse and all of the doctors say it is fibro. This lyme disease is eating up my body. I even tested possitive for lyme when i first got sick. If i could post a picture here i would post a picture of my arm that had the lyme rash. It looked a lot like a target.
THEY WILL REMEMBER ME! ONLY NOW NO MEDIA U SEE. U HEAR ME, HELP ME IN NEW JERSEY, ULTIMATELY, LYMES LITERATE DOC NECESSITY 4ME, PROBLEM IS THEY WON’T ACCEPT MY OUT OF POCKET $ CAN I PAY THE FEE ? COVERAGE W/ ANY OTHER INSURANCE THAT THEY (DON’T ACCEPT) CAN PAY CASH FREELY… NOT ME BeCaUsE MEDICAID I RECEIVE.. DECEIVE. ME. BUT EGS COME OUT FROM UNDER ME, YET I’LL SCREAM, I’LL TAG WALLS IF I HAVE TO SHOOT PAINT BALLS.. I CAN SEE .. I WANT TO SEE A CHANGE BEFORE ALL FALLS FROM UNDER ME..SIGNED. LYMIE
It’s about time Delware recognized Lyme and did somtheing to educate the physicians and nurses in this state. They diagnosed me with everything but Lyme. Why doesn’t mainstream believe that Lyme exists? Thank you Delaware, you are finally on the right track. Nancy Connell