Top Yale-trained MD & chart-topping Sony/ATV songwriter, coauthors of: ‘CHRONIC: The Hidden Cause of the Autoimmune Pandemic and How to Get Healthy Again’
BREAKING: Ahead of recording a @SciFrTheFringe podcast on the latest Lyme disease developments at @HHSGov, @danaparish (aka my mom's favorite member of @BiosafetyNow) and I met for dinner in NYC last night to see if we could agree on two important questions: (1) Is a single dose of doxycycline enough? (Answer: NO) and (2) has Richard Ebright finally seen the light and become a fellow "LymeTruther"? (Answer: YES)
🚨 🚨 INSUFFICIENT EVIDENCE FOR 1-DOSE DOXY TO PREVENT LYME 🚨
“…trial design…did not allow investigators to draw any conclusions regarding the prevention of Lyme…the primary end-point was prevention of an EM rash at the bite site. Three patients with symptoms of early Lyme & evidence of seroconversion were not identified as disease positives because they lacked an EM rash at the bite site. The six-week observation was too short to determine whether later manitestations of the illness were prevented…”
🚨 🚨 TOP LYME DOC: ONE-DOSE DOXY FOR A TICK BITE IS “MALPRACTICE.”
🚩 🚩 DOCTORS & “INFLUENCERS”—-KNOCK IT OFF WITH THIS ONE-DOSE DOXY BULLSHIT. IS YOUR INTENTION TO HURL PEOPLE INTO CHRONIC ILLNESS????
A “virus” at camp 🤦🏻♀️. Sounds like Lyme. Which kids often get at camp and which is often mistaken for a virus (IDK WHY!) and which can cause ADEM. As an aside, Lyme can also cause MS, which JLS has.
🚨 🚨 NOVAVAX DERAILED!!
📣 New podcast episode live!
I flew to Raleigh to get the scoop on Novavax (the protein-based Covid vaccine) from Himanshu Shah of Shah Capital, one of its largest shareholders. I wanted to understand exactly how & why it was sidelined in spite of early rallying and favorable safety profile.
As part of the full NVAX story, Shah’s is an important insider view, though more financially-focused than my usual medical/scientific discussions. There is certainly much more to the story, which I will cover in upcoming episodes on another date. Please drop any comments or questions and I’ll pass them on for you.
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🛑 Tick season is off to a brutal start.
CDC data shows ER visits for bites at highest levels since 2017. Doctors are warning this could be a record year for Lyme, Rocky Mountain spotted fever, Babesia, Alpha Gal (meat allergy) etc.
Prevention is key! Permethrin-treated shoes, socks over light-colored pants, frequent tick checks, throwing clothes in dryer for 10-15 min, repellent on exposed skin 🔥
🔥 BREAKING: Our new @LymeBiobank study dropped TODAY in Journal of Clinical Microbiology showing common FDA-cleared blood tests miss 64-78% of early Lyme!! Lyme Disease Awareness Month started early for us this year 💚 🧵
🆘 👋🏼 Do you have thoughts or questions about Novavax? I am especially interested in how it was derailed but have many other questions.
If you do, too, please drop a comment or DM me as I’m interviewing an expert about it tomorrow!
🙏 Thank you!
📰 “You have to be tick-aware wherever there is grass and nature.”
Our Jo Ellis nails it in her new The Inertia interview: Lyme risk goes far beyond hiking! It’s in the yard, gardening, golfing, walking the 🐕 etc.
That’s why we’re passionate about advancing research to make Lyme easy to diagnose & simple to cure. 💚
I was just asked what’s been the one most effective treatment I’ve seen for Long Covid, & I’ve seen lots.
It’s been antibiotics.
The virus persists, causing reactivation of other infections. Some, ie bartonella, are antibiotic responsive. Some need different treatments.