Yesterday’s letter to the Tick-Borne Disease Working Group……..
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From: CARL TUTTLE <runagain@comcast.net>
To: Dennis.Dixon1@nih.hhs.gov, tickbornedisease@hhs.gov
Cc: (93 Undisclosed recipients)
Date: March 4, 2020 at 8:13 PM
Subject: March 3-4, 2020, TBDWG Meeting (in-person)
March 4, 2020
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
5601 Fishers Lane
Bethesda, MD 20892-9806
Attn: Dennis M. Dixon, PhD Chief, Bacteriology and Mycology Branch
Dr. Dixon,
I tuned in to the meeting today after reading my public comment to the Working Group. A copy of my comment by the way has been posted to the Written Public Comment page in case you missed it:
While listening to you today referencing the Klempner antibiotic trials it would appear that you are stuck in the year 2001 and are not convinced that we’re dealing with an antibiotic resistant/tolerant superbug. So for that reason I’m providing 700 references for persistent Borrelia infection from my personal Dropbox storage area:
700 articles LYME Evidence of Persistence
https://www.dropbox.com/s/n09sk90eo6xz7ua/700%20articles%20LYME%20EvidenceofPersistence-V2.pdf?dl=0
The most disturbing reference for persistent infection originates from the Centers for Disease Control in Fort Collins, Colorado where Borrelia burgdorferi, was grown from the cerebrospinal fluid of Lyme patient Vicki Logan despite prior treatment with intravenous antibiotics. Her case made the front page of the New York Times Science Times in August of 1993.
Logan’s positive culture and autopsy report were forwarded to past CDC Director Brenda Fitzgerald, MD.
Letter to Brenda Fitzgerald, MD
https://www.dropbox.com/s/xaul84dqmqgbre0/Brenda%20Fitzgerald%20MD%20Director%20CDC.docx?dl=0
In contrast, the Klempner antibiotic trials found no evidence of B. burgdorferi in a total of more than 700 different blood and cerebrospinal fluid samples from 129 patients. That’s not statistically possible Dr. Dixon!
I reached out to Dr. Klempner in 2018 per the letter below and of course there was no response.
Letter to Klempner:
April 27, 2018
University of Massachusetts Medical School
55 Lake Avenue North
Worcester, Massachusetts 01655
Attn: Mark S. Klempner, MD, Executive Vice Chancellor, MassBiologics
Dr. Klempner,
I would like to call attention to the attached study recently identifying chronic Lyme disease in twelve patients from Canada.
Persistent Borrelia Infection in Patients with Ongoing Symptoms of Lyme Disease
http://www.mdpi.com/2227-9032/6/2/33
All of these patients were culture positive for infection (genital secretions, skin “Morgellons” and blood) even after multiple years on antibiotics so there was no relief from current antimicrobials. Some of these patients had taken as many as eleven different types of antibiotics.
In contrast, your 2001 antibiotic treatment study found; “no evidence of B. burgdorferi in a total of more than 700 different blood and cerebrospinal fluid samples from the 129 patients in these studies.”
Two Controlled Trials of Antibiotic Treatment in Patients with Persistent Symptoms and a History of Lyme Disease
http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJM200107123450202#article_references#t=references
Not a single positive Dr. Klempner? Doesn’t this statistically prove that your methodology was fatally flawed?
Did you culture skin and genital secretions as the Middelveen paper reports? It would appear that you conveniently stopped looking after your results supported the existing thirty year dogma; chronic Lyme does not exist.
Persistent Lyme disease is not new and has been intentionally/deceitfully suppressed for decades as described in the Vicki Logan case identified in the following letter to past CDC Director Barbara Fitzgerald:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/xaul84dqmqgbre0/Brenda%20Fitzgerald%20MD%20Director%20CDC.docx?dl=0
In 1991 B. burgdorferi had been isolated in culture from Vicki Logan's CSF (CDC’s laboratory in Fort Collins CO.) despite prior treatment with 21 days of IV cefotaxime and 4 months of oral minocycline.
The dishonest science here in the U.S. has denied chronic Lyme which stifled research to find a curative approach. Now the rest of the world is suffering.
We have lost nearly four decades to this 21st century plague due to the racketeering scheme identified in the RICO lawsuit filed by SHRADER & ASSOCIATES, LLP against the Infectious Disease Society of America, seven IDSA Panelists and eight insurance companies. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control has aligned itself with the seven IDSA Panelists identified in this lawsuit.
https://www.courthousenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/LymeDisease.pdf
Lyme is an incurable disease when not treated immediately which is spreading across North America and deceitfully misclassified as a low-risk and non-urgent health issue. Patient experience is describing a disease that is destroying lives, ending careers, causing death and disability while leaving victims in financial ruin. Current antimicrobials are ineffective for eradicating all forms of the Borrelia spirochete.
Public outcry has been ignored for decades while the Centers for Disease Control sat on evidence that this infection was not easily treated with a one size fits all treatment approach as dictated by the Infectious Diseases Society of America.
Once again your studies were fatally flawed while supporting the controlling dogma leaving hundreds of thousands if not millions worldwide with a persistent infection and absolutely no relief. We have another AIDS on our hands.
Carl Tuttle
Independent Researcher
Lyme Endemic Hudson, NH
Cc: Michael F. Collins, Chancellor
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Dr. Dixon,
If you’re still stuck in the year 2001 and Chief of Bacteriology and Mycology at NIAID how many other high level public health officials share your beliefs? We have a public health emergency/crisis on our hands that requires immediate attention on an unprecedented scale. If you don’t see it in that light we will have another decade of unimaginable pain and suffering.
Respectfully submitted,
Carl Tuttle
Lyme Endemic/Infested Hudson, NH