HHS says Wormser “has declined the invitation” to serve on Lyme panel
The US Department of Health and Human Services today gave us a statement regarding Dr. Gary Wormser’s position on the federal Tick-Borne Diseases Working Group. According to an HHS spokesperson:
“Dr. Gary Wormser has declined the invitation to serve on the Tick-Borne Disease Working Group. A nominee will be selected to replace him from the list of highly qualified persons whose names had been previously submitted in response to the public call for nominations. It is unlikely that this selection will be made and finalized before the December 11 meeting.”
The first indication the Lyme community had of the change was when Wormser’s name disappeared from the HHS website’s listing of Working Group members.
Wormser’s exit from the panel follows a wide-spread outcry from the Lyme community regarding his appointment. Many people and organizations, including LymeDisease.org, lodged protests with HHS.
A petition calling specifically for Wormser’s removal from the group was launched last Friday by LymeDisease.org, and garnered more than 10,000 signatures within four days.
Stay tuned for new developments.
Does it really matter whether he left on his own or was dismissed from the panel? .He’s gone and that is
good news for the Lyne Community. He has been a hindrance to a move forward in developing better diagnostic tools and treatment protocols for people all over the country that because of the whole controversy have to travel miles and miles for treatment sometimes entire family and then add insult to injury they have to actually pay out of pocket for their treatment. Not acceptable in the United States or the numerous other countries that are affected by this debilitating illness as well.
Let it be clear that the Lyme Community wasn’t cheering this out of Vengeance but out of necessity that you would never arm yourself with a kit to solve a problem with something that was going to be such a detriment to solving that very same problem
This is the first chink (and a good chink) in the wall protecting and undermining the truth from being addressed, or even found.
Eventually the truths will be exposed or discovered and, after a lot of commotion help will be available to all.
I am so proud of lymedisease.org and grateful to have a forum for my one small voice.
Thank you!
Most of the truths are already known. Further truths need to be known and treatment refined. But make no mistake, treatment is known, but blocked to most Lyme patients (victims).
Makes me cry. I wonder what else he/they are up to. I’ve been dealing with this crap so long that I don’t trust them.
sure he declined ! I was fired and humiliated in the process. SO his response that he declined is an attempt to not being seen as a “you know what”.
After ten thousand signatures and fabulous explanatory letters telling our story, our voices were heard. Congratulations to all who have been involved. This is an important victory and I have no doubt that we can build on this success.
Constance Bean
So very well put, Constance. It’s so gratifying to see what the power of numbers and the gifted eloquence of a few can accomplish.