Please see the follow-up letter to the coauthor of the study below.
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From: CARL TUTTLE <runagain@comcast.net>
To: Jason.Barnhill@usma.edu
Cc: tickbornedisease@hhs.gov, brett.giroir@hhs.gov, afauci@niaid.nih.gov (92 Undisclosed recipients)
Date: March 9, 2019 at 12:36 PM
Subject: Re: Latent Lyme Disease Resulting in Chronic Arthritis and Early Career Termination in a United States Army Officer
Latent Lyme Disease Resulting in Chronic Arthritis and Early Career Termination in a United States Army Officer (Published: 06 March 2019)
CDT Thomas Weiss; CDT Peter Zhu; CDT Hannah White; LTC Matthew Posner; J. Kenneth Wickiser; MAJ Michael A. Washington; LTC Jason Barnhill
https://academic.oup.com/milmed/advance-article/doi/10.1093/milmed/usz026/5370051?searchresult=1
March 9, 2019
US Military Academy at West Point
Department of Chemistry and Life Science
Bartlett Hall
753 Cullum Road
West Point, NY 10996
Attn: LTC Jason Barnhill
Re: Your Case Study in Military Medicine
Dear Dr. Barnhill,
Would I be correct in assuming that this previously healthy cadet when found unfit for duty received a 100% service connected disability after discharged from active military service?
Lyme has been portrayed as a simple nuisance disease by the defendants named in the Texas racketeering lawsuit so obtaining disability for this infection as a civilian is virtually nonexistent.
Court Document: https://www.dropbox.com/s/18uyrli878ug51m/LymeDisease%20RICO%20Lawsuit.pdf?dl=0
Patient testimony over three decades is describing a disease that is destroying lives, ending careers while leaving the patient in financial ruin so your published case study validates the existing testimony.
An entire medical community along with our public health officials have been brainwashed by this racketeering scheme and there are literally hundreds of thousands if not millions worldwide horribly disabled just as you have documented for this unfortunate young Second Lieutenant.
As spokesperson for the 74,000 individuals signing the Change.org petition calling for a congressional investigation into the mishandling of Lyme disease here in the United States I would like to thank you for publishing this case study.
Individuals who sign the petition are welcome to leave a comment and there are now over 1,100 pages of comments describing exactly what you have published.
Below is a copy of the PDF comment file for your review: (My personal Dropbox storage area)
https://www.dropbox.com/s/v40pm6wby21o25a/Comments%20March%209%202019.pdf?dl=0
This email has been sent to the Tick Borne Disease Working Group and ADM Brett P. Giroir, M.D., Assistant Secretary for Health who has ignored every single inquiry I have sent urging the need to upgrade the level of health threat for Lyme disease.
A response to this inquiry is requested.
Respectfully submitted,
Carl Tuttle
Lyme Endemic Hudson, NH
PS It would appear that ADM Brett P. Giroir, M.D might be “jumping ship” on tick borne disease……
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