Ticked off: As Lyme disease spreads, so does dispute on how to treat it
Shawn Doherty, The Capital Times, Madison, Wisconsin
June 30, 2010
The tension was evident during a public forum on June 17 in Wausau put on by the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and the state public health department. About 80 people attended, according to those who went. CDC officials contended there that no proof exists to indicate the kind of long-term antibiotic therapy that Haugen seeks will cure her symptoms.
The messy debate left one observer, University of Wisconsin-Madison entomologist and tick expert Susan Paskewitz, shaking her head. "It's sad how adversarial this has become," she says. "The problem is there is a difference between what people on the ground are experiencing, and the evidence-based recommendations the government can make. These people are suffering, and unfortunately, treatment is not keeping up with the spread of the disease."
Ticked off: As Lyme disease spreads, so does dispute on how to treat it
Shawn Doherty, The Capital Times, Madison, Wisconsin
June 30, 2010
The tension was evident during a public forum on June 17 in Wausau put
on by the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and the
state public health department. About 80 people attended, according to
those who went. CDC officials contended there that no proof exists to
indicate the kind of long-term antibiotic therapy that Haugen seeks will
cure her symptoms.
The messy debate left one observer, University of Wisconsin-Madison
entomologist and tick expert Susan Paskewitz, shaking her head. "It's
sad how adversarial this has become," she says. "The problem is there is
a difference between what people on the ground are experiencing, and the
evidence-based recommendations the government can make. These people are
suffering, and unfortunately, treatment is not keeping up with the
spread of the disease."
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