Why do you think there is no evidence? Are you familiar at all with Lyme research? A Northeastern researcher is currently studying pulsed dosing in Lyme to eradicate the cystic form of the bacteria, which is resistant to antibiotics. I’m glad you are “skeptical” that it’s not in people’s heads, but it’s not settled…

Those opiod shit commercials really hit the nail on the head. WTF. My grandfather was dying from cancer and took opioids. My friend is divorcing her husband, who is an addict now after being given oxy for shoulder surgury. It's unreal. The makers of OxyContin are criminals.

Actually no, the vaccine was triggering Arthritis. It was literally giving people one of the symptoms of the disease that the vaccine was supposed to prevent. One theory is that one of the antigens Triggers an autoimmune reaction, thus if you vaccinate you are triggering the same symptom that Lyme disease patients…

Wrong. The Lyme disease tests are really inaccurate. Someone with “Lyme disease” can get a false negative result.

Yes, the virus that causes mono never leaves your body. People with weak immune systems often suffer from re-activated Epstein Barr. When I was at my sickest, my Epstein barr titer was elevated. It’s usually an indication that something else is wrong. Same thing with chronic fatigue, it has real physical markers, yet…

Thank you so much. Your sister could be me. I’ve been robbed of my life and sick for so long. And it didn’t have to happen. I often don’t see a future, and it’s so much harder when I see poorly written hit pieces like this. The writer of this piece has clearly never talked to someone who went through this. People who…

I was diagnosed with fibromyalgia by one doc and CFS by another. A Lyme literate Doctor SAVED MY LIFE. Until they develop better tests, it’s really hard to tease out if you have Lyme or not. I lost my job and was bed ridden for 7 months after my tick encounter, to me, ‘woo woo’ medicine saved my life. Don't care what…

Wow, all Yolanda needed to do was to ask people on the Internet. It was depression all along! She must feel so foolish, with all you armchair doctors here ready and with the qualifications to diagnose depression.

Women used to have their uterus removed to cure them from hysteria, doctors CAN be wrong. The problem with ‘evidence based’ medicine is, if you can’t diagnose with a test, it doesn’t exist. Lyme bacteria don’t stay in the bloodstream, the bacteria have an affinity for joints and the nervous system. It is fact that the…

I am a Lyme disease sufferer, I too thought all the ‘chronic Lyme’ advocates were a bunch of loonies. Until it happened to me. I was told my bulls eye rash was a ‘spider bite.’ I got sicker and sicker, saw dozens of doctors, all who didn’t ‘believe’ in Lyme disease. Not a single one of this doctors told me that the…

No worries. It popped up as a response to me but seemed like a reply from further up. Hard to translate things like sarcasm over the Internet.

Are you directing this at me? I was pointing out the reasons why people think there is a conspiracy, not that I believe in it. Though I highly doubt the CDC would announce that vaccines caused harm even if they did. They won’t even acknowledge Lyme disease in this country. People don’t trust them.

I think the thought is the gov is covering up the harm so that they are not liable for damages. If they admit that vaccination can cause autism, every parent with a kid on the spectrum is going to sue, plus vaccination rates would plummet. I don’t buy the MMR-autism link, it’s clearly not statistically significant.…

Vaginal seeding has nothing to do with pressuring parents. It’s a hypothesis about where we get our gut microbiome. It's not about loving a child more or competing to be worlds best mom. It's a hypothesis about rectifying an unintended side effect of Caesarian sections. If a baby is born without something through no…

Except that vaccines have caused harm. A flu vaccine was found to increase the incidence of narcolepsy and a rotavirus vaccine was found to cause intestinal blockage. The oral polio vaccine (since replaced with a less risky version) caused paralytic polio in many patients. The influenza vaccine has been associated…

I’ve been on months of IV antibiotics. I’ve had gastrointestinal issues since then. I eat tons of kefir, yogurts, a super expensive probiotic (VSL#3), fermented foods, etc. I’m still not 100%. I’m hoping soon fecal transplants will be FDA approved outside of c diff infections.

What does vagnal seeding have to do with one-upmanship?

I’m really upset with how this was reported and how it’s promoting the idea that vaginas are “icky.”

The idea of vaginal seeding has nothing to do with being a ‘real mom.’ It's a hypothesis based on an idea. Kids born via Caesarian section don't go through the vaginal canal, which has nothing to do with shaming moms.

I am all for yogurts and probiotics, but eating yogurt isn’t likely going to recolonize your digestive tract with lost microbes. Isolated humans who’ve never been exposed to antibiotics have a much more diverse microbiome. If you don’t start your life with some of these microbes, it’s unlikely you would reestablish…