LA Times: The Lyme disease battle

[CanLyme Note: The term ‘mainstream scientist’ is sadly used with the implication these are independent scientists and that there are a great number of them. Most of these ‘mainstream scientists’ all come from very related groups and are relatively small in numbers, but are in powerful positions, ie. US CDC researchers and patent holders, NIH funded researchers handpicked to receive most of the money for research including a handful of Infectious Disease Society of America researchers. They all speak with one mind and all draw similarly directed conclusions while excluding from mention any science that opposes their conclusions.  They are small in numbers but big in connections to the medical money machine and have access to the medical publishing industry like no other groups – directing the mindset of of a large number physicians who then simply repeat the mantra but who have no background in research whatsoever and no time to research what they have been directed to accept as fact.  This is a very old and entrenched model of how a very not-so-well-intended group can direct entire health care systems of many countries]

 

By Wendy Orent

November 7, 2013