The letter below addressed to Dr. Margaret Chan, Director-General of the WHO summarizes 26 emails previously sent to Dr. Ian Smith, Executive Director of the Director-General's Office. These emails provide overwhelming evidence (And references) that Lyme disease has been horribly mishandled here in the U.S. causing immeasurable global consequences. Lyme disease is a serious life-threatening/life-altering infection misclassified as a simple nuisance disease. The level of response to Lyme disease (Worldwide) does not match the severity of the infection. The following question remains unanswered: “At what point in time will the WHO announce to the world that you could become horribly disabled from Lyme disease, wheelchair bound or experience sudden death with no warning signs? (As described in the 26 emails to Dr. Ian Smith)” All 26 emails can be accessed from the following Dropbox link: (Please feel free to share) https://www.dropbox.com/s/fdyeldp1eiagoi7/Letters%20to%20Dr%20Ian%20Smith.docx?dl=0 Consider writing your own letter to Dr. Margaret Chan: chanm@who.int Carbon copy Dr. Ian Smith: smithi@who.int The attached cartoon accurately illustrates the state of affairs here in the United States as a result of the mishandling of this disease (And disinformation campaign) orchestrated by the Centers for Disease Control, Infectious Diseases Society of America and American Lyme Disease Foundation. Letter to Dr. Margaret Chan: ________________________________________________ Sept 22, 2016 World Health Organization Avenue Appia 20 1211 Geneva 27 Switzerland Attn: Dr Margaret Chan, Director-General of the WHO Dear Dr. Chan Below is a summary of 26 emails sent to Dr. Ian Smith, Executive Director of the Director-General's Office outlining a serious world health threat which has been misclassified as a simple nuisance disease here in the United States. The inaccurate conceptualization of this disease has influenced the world’s perceptions and lack of appropriate response as we are dealing with a life-altering/life-threatening infection as reported by the growing disabled Lyme patient population worldwide. Any life-altering/life-threatening infection deserves the same attention as AIDS, Ebola and Zika but due to the mishandling of this disease here in the United States, Lyme disease is not on the radar. Quote from Dr. Sylvie C. Briand, Director Pandemic and Epidemic Diseases Department: “Lyme disease is not one of the priority pathogens currently traced at global level” There are 35,000 signatures on a Change.org petition calling for a congressional investigation into the mishandling of Lyme disease here in the United States and another 43,500 signatures from Lyme disease patients in Australia. Additionally, the UK has initiated an independent Lyme disease review. Lyme disease is a serious global health threat that requires the attention of the World Health Organization independent of the CDC and researchers here in the United States who has controlled the narrative for three decades while this runaway plague disables countless worldwide. As stated by Stricker and Johnson; “Up to two-thirds of individuals infected with B. burgdorferi will fail conventional 30-year-old antibiotic therapy for Lyme disease.” We have a dire need to develop antimicrobials capable of eradicating the Lyme disease spirochete and its persisters. As Director-General of the WHO, I ask that you read the following summary and attachment which includes all communication with Dr. Ian Smith. The WHO cannot ignore this problem indefinitely while turning a blind eye to the contents of this letter prolonging the suffering which has been reported worldwide. When will the World Health Organization recognize this life-altering/life-threatening global threat? As a representative to the disabled Lyme patient community I respectfully request a prompt response to this inquiry. Sincerely, Carl Tuttle Hudson, NH USA Cc: U. S. Senator Richard Blumenthal, Lyme and Tick-Borne Disease Prevention, Education, and Research Act of 2015 Prof. Chris Whitty, UK government’s Independent Lyme disease review The Hon. Sussan Ley MP, Australia’s Federal Minister for Health, Senate Inquiry into tick-borne diseases Veronica Hughes, Cauldwell LymeCo Charity Summary of emails sent to Dr. Ian Smith Executive Director of the Director-General's Office: 1. Sent: 15 July 2016 17:38 -Researchers from Johns Hopkins published their findings regarding the antimicrobial resistance of Borrelia. (The spirochete responsible for Lyme disease) Standard antibiotic treatment for Lyme disease does not kill persistent Borrelia bacteria. (May 23, 2016) -1.5 million dollar CDC grant to New York Medical College (Wormser) for the ongoing support of 30yr old dogma. -First detection of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato DNA in king penguins (Expanding global Lyme pandemic) 2. Sent: 18 July 2016 15:03 -Antimicrobial resistance of Borrelia has been known for decades. (Klempner 1992) - CDC and members of the Infectious Diseases Society of America continue to suppress a serious, disabling life-altering disease and antimicrobial resistance. -700 scientific articles supporting chronic Lyme disease or persistent Borrelia infection. - Call for a “Manhattan Project” to Combat the Epidemic. (Stricker and Johnson 2014) 3. Sent: July 18, 2016 12:55 -Nine randomly selected comments from patients disabled from Wormser’s “nuisance disease” whose junk science has been financed by the CDC. There are 35,000 signatures/comments from 42 countries and 890 pages of heart wrenching comments from horribly disabled Lyme patients around the globe. -Who is responsible for misclassifying Lyme as a simple nuisance disease and why?” 4. Sent: July 18, 2016 2:25 -The CDC refused to respond to a letter regarding the sexual transmission of Lyme disease - NEWS: Recent study suggests that Lyme disease can be sexually transmitted https://www.lymedisease.org/lyme-sexual-transmission-2/ 5. Sent: July 19, 2016 10:14 -Single dose Doxycycline (Wormser 2001) as prophylaxis for the prevention of Lyme disease stopped Lyme disease not in 87% of mice, but rather, in 20 to 30 percent at most. (Zeidner 2008) Single dose Doxycycline is still widely used in 2016. -Overt intimidation, even threats of job loss for researchers who don't toe the line. 6. Sent: July 20, 2016 8:02 -Dr. Kenneth Liegner’s patient, Vicki Logan received a positive culture test performed by the Centers for Disease Control despite months and months of antibiotic treatment. A copy of the lab report was forwarded to Dr. Ian Smith. -Vicki Logan’s positive culture test should have set off a red flag but was ignored while the focus remained on discrediting the sick and disabled Lyme patient population. 7. Sent: July 21, 2016 9:13 -Patient Vicki Logan’s seven page autopsy results were forwarded to Dr. Ian Smith showing histopathologic findings consistent with neurologic manifestations of chronic Lyme disease. -The destructive nature of Borrelia is evident in the liver (nutmeg liver), kidneys, heart, lungs and brain. The patient died after the insurer refused additional IV antibiotic therapy. 8. Sent: July 22, 2016 7:44 -Dr. Paul H. Duray Pathology Research Foundation identifies persistent Borrelia infection in a Lyme patient who had been treated with antibiotics for seven years. -Patient Scotty Shelton’s brain (cerebral cortex) was positive for Borrelia burgdorferi and Borrelia myamotoi, his testicle is positive for Bb. We are now testing other tissues. Seven years of antibiotics and 3.5 years of natural treatments (along with antibiotics) and he was highly, highly positive. - Post-treatment Lyme disease syndrome is simply a fabricated medical condition disguising treatment failure. -Foreign health agencies are blindly following what has been deceitfully established here in the United States; a false perception that Lyme disease is a "minor disease". 9. Sent: July 25, 2016 9:59 -Nicole Greene who serves as Deputy Director for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Office on Women's Health (OWH) posted a message on Womenshealth.gov regarding her battle with chronic Lyme disease. “My Life With Lyme:” http://www.womenshealth.gov/blog/my-life-with-lyme.html#.V4uRcSKlZAQ.twitter 10. Sent: July 31, 2016 4:47 -Dr. Neil Spector’s personal letter addressed to Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker supporting Bill H4491 requiring insurance companies to pay for chronic Lyme disease. -Dr. Spector (Duke University Medical Center) required a heart transplant after his Lyme disease went four years undiagnosed. 11. Sent: August 1, 2016 10:35 -Copy of clinical notes from Dr. Sam Donta, professor of medicine and Director of the Boston University Medical Campus Lyme Disease Center. No one in our family tested positive for Lyme disease due to the CDC’s strict case definition. (Two out of three IgM and five of ten IgG Western blot bands) -China’s Western blot requires a single band (Band 41) for positive results. - Dr. David Volkman (Lyme researcher) wrote a letter to Dr. Tom Frieden, Director of the CDC asking that the strict criteria for positive results be reevaluated. I forwarded a copy of Dr. Volkman’s letter to Dr. Ian Smith. Dr. Volkman did not receive a response from the CDC. - Bands 31 and 34 were removed from the Western blot to facilitate vaccine development. Bands 31 (Outer surface protein A) and 34 (Outer surface protein B) are highly specific to Borrelia. -The human Lyme vaccine was a failure while the two most significant Western blot bands have not been restored. 12. Sent: August 2, 2016 10:16 -Response from the World Health Organization: “Lyme disease is not one of the priority pathogens currently traced at global level” 13. Sent: August 2, 2016 12:05 -The U.S. yearly infection rate for Lyme disease exceeds 300,000 new cases annually. Lyme disease is now six times the AIDS epidemic and twice as prevalent as breast cancer. -There are no short term treatment options when the infection progresses to late stage similar to TB. The vast majority of these patients never developed the telltale bulls-eye rash so early treatment was missed. 14. Sent: August 3, 2016 10:24 (Email to the WHO Advisory Group on Antimicrobial Resistance) - Letter to Dr. John Stelling, Co-Director, WHO Collaborating Centre for Surveillance of Antimicrobial Resistance, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA - Mass. Lawmakers Override Veto On Long-Term Antibiotics For Lyme http://www.wbur.org/commonhealth/2016/08/01/mass-long-term-lyme-disease-antibiotics 15. Sent: August 5, 2016 9:46 -A review of the CDC’s track record is presented identifying corruption and collusion with Big Pharma. 16. Sent: August 11, 2016 7:44 -Summary of Lyme disease legislation in the United States since 1991 -CDC Executive Resigns After Being Caught Colluding With Coca-Cola to Salvage Soda Market July 12, 2016 -Updated map of the spread of Lyme all across America: (1990-2014) https://www.lymediseaseassociation.org/LDA_Apps/content/Maps/index.html# We have a life-altering/life-threatening infection spreading around the globe that requires the same response as AIDS, Ebola and Zika but the CDC has misclassified Lyme as a simple nuisance disease. 17. Sent: August 12, 2016 11:11 -Borrelia burgdorferi and miyamotoi associated with Amyloid Plaques in Alzheimer’s disease brains. https://spirodementia.wordpress.com/drexel-university-team-duplicate-dr-alan-macdonalds-findings-of-bacterial-biofilms-in-alzheimers-plaques/ -The Seven Provocative Findings of the Dr. Paul Duray Research Fellowship Foundation …and what they mean to Medicine and Patients. https://durayresearch.wordpress.com/about-2/7-provocative-findings-intro/ 18. Sent: August 15, 2016 12:27 -Dr. Paul Auwaerter has played a large role in the disinformation campaign. -Auwaerter and colleagues have controlled the Lyme disease narrative for the past three decades and have apparently misled the World Health Organization as well. 19. Sent: September 1, 2016 9:55 -Due to the restrictive case definition very few Lyme patients are testing positive (Worldwide) “One way to stop an epidemic is to redefine it by narrowing the disease's diagnostic criteria so tightly that it's hard for any chronically ill Lyme patient to fit the profile and obtain insurance reimbursement.” 20. Sent: September 2, 2016 8:04 -Problems with current UK care for “tick sick” patients https://caudwelllyme.com/2016/08/30/problems-with-current-uk-care-for-tick-sick-patients/ -Only 8% of patients tested for Lyme disease at RIPL, for example, yield a positive result for Lyme disease compared to 50% in some private laboratories. -Our survey found that over 35% of patients are not prescribed any antibiotic treatment for Lyme disease. -75% of Lyme disease sufferers are too ill to work at all. -Data submitted to the World Health Organisation has identified that the number of Lyme disease cases throughout Europe has increased, on average, by 65% every year for the last 20 years. 21. Sent: September 7, 2016 9:56 -Testimony from a registered nurse in Canada; inability to obtain a Lyme disease diagnosis and treatment in Canada -FDA Survey on Lyme Diagnostic Testing https://www.lymedisease.org/mylymedata/lyme-disease-patients-fda-study/ - Diagnosis of Lyme disease has become an access-to-care crisis in the community. -Attached Word document listing 28 cases of congenital Lyme disease. 22. Sent: September 10, 2016 10:33 -CDC Says Fewer Suffer After Lyme Disease. Doesn’t Say, If Treated Early. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mary-beth-pfeiffer/cdc-citing-one-study-of-e_b_11877020.html -The study used by the CDC to revise the numbers from 10-20% to only 5% was once again Wormser’s fixation on the acute stage after early treatment. This study was financed by the CDC at 1.5 million dollars. 23. Sent: September 12, 2016 8:32 -Lyme disease: the promise of Big Data, companion diagnostics and precision medicine https://www.dovepress.com/lyme-disease-the-promise-of-big-data-companion-diagnostics-and-precisi-peer-reviewed-article-IDR -Up to two-thirds of individuals infected with B. burgdorferi will fail conventional 30-year-old antibiotic therapy for Lyme disease -Animal and human evidence suggests that sexual transmission of the Lyme spirochete may occur. -Improved companion diagnostic tests for Lyme disease need to be implemented, and novel treatment approaches are urgently needed to combat the epidemic. 24. Sent: September 14, 2016 8:23 -The collusion to deny persistent Borrelia infection is globally influenced by Dr. Gary Wormser, New York Medical College USA along with Gerold Stanek. (Vienna, Austria ) -Peer Reviewed Evidence of Persistence of Lyme Disease Spirochete Borrelia burgdorferi and Tick-Borne Diseases (PDF list of over 700 articles were attached to this email) 25. Sent: September 19, 2016 8:11 - CDC’s 2006 published paper identifying the destructive effects of Borrelia on the human brain. -Singer/songwriter Kris Kristofferson was being treated for Alzheimer's disease but later found out it was Lyme. -Dr. Alan MacDonald identified Borrelia in a patient with Lewy Body Dementia. - Borrelia bacteria hides inside parasitic worms, causing chronic brain diseases. - Efforts to develop a vaccine for Lyme disease seem to undermine the development of effective treatment. 26. Sent: September 20, 2016 9:01 -Worldwide inquiries into Lyme disease as legislators are listening to horribly disabled Lyme patients around the globe.