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computer23on The Challenge of “Chronic Lyme” (2018)

Kris Newby produced the propaganda documentary Under Our Skin and her conspiracy theories about "bioweapons" are nonsensical on their face:

https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/a-review-of-under-our-skin-...

https://theconversation.com/no-lyme-disease-is-not-an-escape...

computer23on A shot to prevent Lyme disease could be on its way

Fry Labs is listed on Quackwatch's list of "Laboratories Doing Nonstandard Laboratory Tests": https://quackwatch.org/related/tests/nonstandard/

The CDC warns against nonstandard testing: https://www.cdc.gov/lyme/diagnosistesting/labtest/otherlab/i...

You'd be surprised how little regulation that some lab testing gets: https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/new-fda-regulatory-role-thr...

There are a lot more predatory labs than Theranos out there...

computer23on A shot to prevent Lyme disease could be on its way

It wasn't Lyme. Kris Kirstofferson is a victim of quackery:

https://respectfulinsolence.com/2016/07/08/kris-kristofferso...

computer23on 2021.06.08 Certificate Lifetime Incident

There are two hard things in computer science: cache invalidation, naming things , and off-by-one errors.

computer23on Paper about Herbalife-related patient death removed after legal threats

Here is a Google drive link to the paper and related correspondence:

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1WukaGm8FfVWXyNulpc60...

And John Oliver did an exposé on Herbalife's business practices:

https://youtu.be/s6MwGeOm8iI

computer23on Dubious Alternative Lyme Treatments Are Killing Patients

The chronic Lyme scam is basically a highly evolved social engineering attack.

A large percentage of the population has unexplained symptoms, and perhaps mainstream medicine doesn't have a good solution.

Quacks and conspiracy theorists on social media convinced their victims that they are infested with Lyme disease and that the CDC, mainstream doctors, and mainstream testing cannot be trusted.

When a mainstream doctor or lab tells them they don't have Lyme, instead of providing assurances, it only reinforces the false narrative.

The victim then spends all their money on scammy doctors and labs that tell them what they want to hear.