Email communication with pathologist George Lundberg, MD regarding his recent Medscape article; “The Vanishing Autopsy — and Why It Matters”
Apparently, irrefutable evidence through autopsy and culture doesn’t count when it exposes a false public health narrative…. “Move along, nothing to see here”
To: Pathologist George Lundberg, MD
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From: CARL TUTTLE <runagain@comcast.net>
To: glundberg@medscape.net, gdlundberg@gmail.com, glundberg@webmd.net
Cc: emma@cancercommons.org, michael.kramer@cancercommons.org, science_and_technology@mail.medscape.com, mzimmerman@webmd.net, jayanta.bhattacharya@nih.hhs.gov, lymeinnovation@hhs.gov, kristen.honey@hhs.gov, arthur.caplan@nyulangone.org, jconrad@webmd.net
Date: 02/13/2026 9:42 AM EST
Subject: The Vanishing Autopsy — and Why It Matters -George Lundberg, MD
Medscape Internal Medicine
February 06, 2026
COMMENTARY
Where Death Delights: Resurrecting the Autopsy
American medicine. Dr George Lundberg examines systemic failures in death investigation and why the autopsy must be resurrected.
“Autopsy is the one place where truth can be sought, found, and told without conflicts of interest.” -George Lundberg, MD
George Lundberg, MD
Cancer Commons Editor-in-Chief
Dear Dr. Lundberg,
I read your Medscape Commentary with great interest and would like to call attention to the following autopsy report identifying chronic infection as the cause of death:
In 1991 the Lyme disease organism, Borrelia burgdorferi, was grown from the cerebrospinal fluid of Dr. Kenneth Liegner’s Lyme patient Vicki Logan at the Centers for Disease Control in Fort Collins, Colorado despite prior treatment with intravenous antibiotics. Here is a copy of Logan’s CDC positive culture report for your review. (Personal Dropbox storage area)
(Vicki Logan’s Chronic Lyme Autopsy results Page #1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
The destructive nature of Borrelia is evident in the patient’s liver (nutmeg liver), kidneys, heart, lungs and brain. The patient died after the insurer refused additional IV antibiotic therapy.
There are 700 peer-reviewed publications referencing persistent infection and in a 2018 study all patients were culture positive 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.
Thirty-four years ago Dr. Allen Steere identified chronic Lyme disease which should have set off a red flag prompting an immediate search for better antimicrobials but then did a 180° as he became principal investigator (PI) of the Phase 3 clinical trial for the first Lyme disease vaccine. So all the eggs were put into the vaccine basket while a campaign was orchestrated to discredit the sick and disabled patient population along with the courageous clinicians attempting to help these patients. Apparently, a chronic relapsing seronegative disease did not fit the business model of patent royalties, vaccine development and pharmaceutical profits.
“Chronic neurologic manifestations of Lyme disease” Dr. Allen Steere 1990
Question:
As a board-certified pathologist, do you think I may have uncovered the “conflict of interest” for why the NCEZID's Division of Vector-Borne Diseases (DVBD) of the CDC would want to disregard this autopsy report?
A response to this inquiry is requested.
Respectfully Submitted,
Carl Tuttle
Independent Researcher
Hudson, NH
Cc: Emma Shtivelman, PhD Chief Scientist at Cancer Commons
Arthur Caplan, PhD Advisory Board the Lundberg Institute
Jay Bhattacharya, M.D., Ph.D. Director of the National Institutes of Health
Picture of Dr Liegner with patient Vicki Logan:
In the Crucible of Chronic Lyme Disease: Collected Writings & Associated Materials
October 8, 2015
by Kenneth B Liegner M D
https://www.amazon.com/Crucible-Chronic-Lyme-Disease-Associated/dp/1503587363
National Institutes of Health (NIH) Director Dr. Bhattacharya: “The idea that Lyme is an intractable condition, that patients are just making things up — those days are long gone. At HHS we are absolutely committed to making sure we do gold-standard science to address your condition."
https://www.facebook.com/reel/844158475071307
#2 --------- Original Message ----------
From: CARL TUTTLE <runagain@comcast.net>
To: glundberg@medscape.net, gdlundberg@gmail.com, glundberg@webmd.net
Cc: emma@cancercommons.org, michael.kramer@cancercommons.org, jayanta.bhattacharya@nih.hhs.gov, kristen.honey@hhs.gov
Date: 02/21/2026 9:18 AM EST
Subject: Re: The Vanishing Autopsy — and Why It Matters -George Lundberg, MD
Dr. Lundberg,
I find it odd that someone with a passion for autopsy unresponsive to my inquiry especially when the results of that autopsy exposes a false public health narrative.
Please take a moment to read the following email sent to Arthur Caplan, PhD who resides on the Advisory Board of your Lundberg Institute. Dr. Caplan did respond to my inquiry and claimed he was unaware of the class action against SmithKline Beecham’s LYMErix vaccine so the question now is; who spoon fed him the line that the vaccine was withdrawn as a result of poor sales?
“When evidence-based medicine has been spun to fit bias agendas and the patient voice has been intentionally ignored who investigates the dishonest science” -Carl Tuttle
That statement is a result of reading the following article:
NEJM editor: “No longer possible to believe much of clinical research published
”https://ethicalnag.org/2009/11/09/nejm-editor/
“It is simply no longer possible to believe much of the clinical research that is published, or to rely on the judgment of trusted physicians or authoritative medical guidelines. I take no pleasure in this conclusion, which I reached slowly and reluctantly over my two decades as an editor of The New England Journal of Medicine.” -Dr. Marcia Angell
Email to Arthur Caplan, PhD Advisory Board the Lundberg Institute:
---------- Original Message ----------
From: CARL TUTTLE <runagain@comcast.net>
To: Arthur.Caplan@nyulangone.org
Cc: Joan.Cangiarella@NYULangone.org, David.Cohen@nyulangone.org, Crystal.Mainiero@NYULangone.org, Juely.Cuevas@nyulangone.org, Andrea.Botta@NYULangone.org, aaguilar@webmd.net, jconrad@webmd.net, eic@medscape.net, DFlapan@Medscape.net, jlmiller@webmd.net, msears@mdedge.com, sarah.wright@webmd.net, dolmos@webmd.net, aaron@sirillp.com
Date: 01/11/2026 9:10 AM EST
Subject: Uptick in Lyme Disease Underscores Need for Return of Human Vaccine; Arthur L. Caplan, PhD
Medscape
Uptick in Lyme Disease Underscores Need for Return of Human Vaccine
Arthur L. Caplan, PhD January 06, 2026
https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/uptick-lyme-disease-underscores-need-return-human-vaccine-2025a10010sl
“Because there was limited demand, GlaxoSmithKline (then, SmithKline Beecham), the company that had the vaccine, withdrew it. They just didn't have enough sales.”
Arthur L. Caplan, PhD
Founding head of the Division of Medical Ethics
NYU Grossman School of Medicine
Department of Population Health
New York City
Dear Dr. Caplan,
There has been a recent increase in news articles regarding Lyme disease vaccines. A number of attempts to get the editors to correct the disinformation have failed to produce full disclosure.
It is believed that the rush to create a Lyme vaccine led to the mishandling of the disease. Current antibody tests were manipulated in 1994 at the Dearborn Conference so as to facilitate vaccine development. The two most important indicators of infection were stripped out of serology tests so that the vaccinated would test seronegative. As a result, the vast majority of truly infected patients cannot obtain a timely diagnosis leading to a missed opportunity for successful short-term treatment.
The vaccine known as LYMErix was supposed to expose the immune system to the outer surface protein A (OspA) of the spirochete responsible for causing Lyme disease but for some patients, it caused the same crippling effects of the disease itself as reported in the class action lawsuit:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/sodqs3pdeeesktf/Sheller%20Lymerix.pdf?dl=0
Excerpt from the lawsuit:
“The people who have contacted us were, prior to vaccination with LYMErix, healthy, active and energetic. Indeed, the very reason they sought the LYMErix vaccine was their desire to preserve their healthy, active lifestyle. However, what they experienced was a dramatic degradation of their health and quality of life. As will be described below, these previously healthy individuals are now afflicted with painful, at times debilitating arthritic symptoms, including joint pain and swelling, as well as extremely severe Lyme-disease-like symptoms which have persisted to this day.”
Below is the link to the Final Judgement and Approval of the class action against SmithKline Beecham as a settlement was awarded to these individuals.
JUDGEMENT, FINAL ORDER AND DECREE GRANTING FINAL APPROVAL OF THE CLASS ACTION SETTLEMENT:
https://www.lymediseaseassociation.org/images/NewDirectory/Government/Vaccines/2003_Vaccine_Judgement_Final_Sttle_Apprvl..pdf
The Principal Investigators of the two previous Lyme vaccines: Allen C. Steere for SmithKline Beecham's LymeRix and Gary Wormser for Connaught's vaccine (which never made it to market) have conceptualized a disease that would enable vaccine development. The one-size-fits-all Lyme treatment guideline (lead author: Gary Wormser) matches the conceptualized disease. This is a flagrant conflict of interest. Post-treatment Lyme disease syndrome is simply a fabricated medical condition disguising treatment failure.
The fraudulent handling of Lyme disease has now been exposed through a recent racketeering lawsuit against the academics that have controlled the Lyme disease narrative for the past thirty years including Wormser and Steere.
You can read the court document here: https://www.courthousenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/LymeDisease.pdf
A chronic relapsing seronegative disease does not fit the vaccine model so chronic Lyme which is completely devastating to the patient is not recognized and there is no treatment. The disabled Lyme patient is left to fend for himself because treating this class of patient became too expensive as outlined in the racketeering lawsuit. There is a growing community of horribly disabled patients whose disability has gone unrecognized for three decades.
Here’s yet another victim:
Nicole Malachowski: Unfit for Duty from Debilitating Tick-Borne Disease
http://cdmrp.army.mil/cwg/stories/2018/nicole_malachowski_profile
“Her medical retirement, however, was premature. At only 43 years old, she was deemed unfit for duty due to neurological damage from tick-borne illness.”
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The latest vaccine from French drug manufacturer Valneva is another OspA vaccine similar to LYMErix so the possibility exists that the class of patient who experienced the debilitating effects of LYMErix could end up with the same results. There was no attempt to uncover why LYMErix disabled the patient as described in the class action. Until we fully understand how Lyme disease disables its victim aren’t we playing Russian roulette with people’s health?
Conclusion:
The first Lyme disease vaccine known as LYMErix was withdrawn from the market by the manufacturer not for poor sales as reported in the media but for the severe and debilitating adverse reactions it produced. As the founding head of the Division of Medical Ethics, is it considered “ethical” to hide the fact that LYMErix was not a safe vaccine as identified by the Law Office of Sheller, Ludwig & Badey?
Respectfully Submitted,
Carl Tuttle
Independent Researcher
Hudson, NH
Letter to the Editor of the BMJ published June 2020 (Please read)
https://www.bmj.com/content/369/bmj.m1041/rr-1
Cc: Joan F. Cangiarella, MD. Executive Vice President and Vice Dean for Education
Response from George D Lundberg MD:
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From: George Lundberg <gdlundberg@gmail.com>
To: CARL TUTTLE <runagain@comcast.net>
Cc: glundberg@medscape.net, glundberg@webmd.net, emma@cancercommons.org, michael.kramer@cancercommons.org, jayanta.bhattacharya@nih.hhs.gov, kristen.honey@hhs.gov
Date: 02/21/2026 12:50 PM EST
Subject: Re: The Vanishing Autopsy — and Why It Matters -George Lundberg, MD
Hello,
My correctly described passion for autopsies does NOT include a passion or the ability to personally follow up on the ramifications of every autopsy finding.
Really?
Best wishes.
george
George D Lundberg MD
Editor in Chief, Cancer Commons
Editor at Large, Medscape
President and Board Chair, the Lundberg Institute
Clinical Professor of Pathology, Northwestern
Member, Board of Visitors, UAB
Member, Board of Directors, Friends of NLM
Member, Board of Directors, Frank Foundation
@glundberg
Gdlundberg@gmail.com
312 560 0290
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From: CARL TUTTLE <runagain@comcast.net>
To: George Lundberg <gdlundberg@gmail.com>
Cc: emma@cancercommons.org, michael.kramer@cancercommons.org, jayanta.bhattacharya@nih.hhs.gov, kristen.honey@hhs.gov
Date: 02/22/2026 8:42 AM EST
Subject: Re: The Vanishing Autopsy — and Why It Matters -George Lundberg, MD
George,
This is not just “any” autopsy report. It is irrefutable evidence that the US Centers for Disease Control together with the Infectious Diseases Society of America have propagated a false public health narrative; “Chronic Lyme does not exist.”
What has been deceitfully established here in the US is wreaking havoc globally 1, 2 leaving hundreds of thousands if not millions worldwide in a debilitated state.
And the foremost authority promoting the highest quality forensic pathology practice and medicolegal death investigation doesn’t have time to question this egregious act??
Carl Tuttle
Independent Researcher
Hudson, NH
References:
1. Lyme disease: Australians 'being treated worse than a dog riddled with mange', Senator John Madigan says
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-01-11/lyme-disease-treatment-in-australia-criticised-by-john-madigan/7080708
2. Lyme Disease: French Association Launches Alert Against "A Bacterial AIDS"
https://fr.sputniknews.com/france/201904101040691211-maladie-lyme-association-france-droit-de-guerir-sida-matthias-lacoste/?fbclid=IwAR028YoR08pF5GkEImwiZP9JpxxVG9EURUYjsylDXgeskWk8ft4j-Us0NXE
Lyme activists dumping a red liquid on the walls of the French Blood Establishment in Paris. This is similar to the Act Up AIDS crisis campaign in the early 90’s employed to “Wake the World Up”
Early 90’s AIDS campaign:
2nd Response from George D Lundberg MD:
#5---------- Original Message ----------
From: George Lundberg <gdlundberg@gmail.com>
To: CARL TUTTLE <runagain@comcast.net>
Cc: emma@cancercommons.org, michael.kramer@cancercommons.org, jayanta.bhattacharya@nih.hhs.gov, kristen.honey@hhs.gov
Date: 02/24/2026 11:03 PM EST
Subject: Re: The Vanishing Autopsy — and Why It Matters -George Lundberg, MD
Hi Carl,
The autopsy report, which I just read, speaks for itself.
Chronic encephalomyelitis secondary to "your favorite" organism. The remainder of the autopsy represents other disease processes.
All of your other extrapolations are simply that.
george
George D Lundberg MD
NO KLEPTOCRATIC TYRANNY!
There are two ways to live: you can live as if nothing is a miracle; or you can live as if everything is a miracle. Attributed (perhaps erroneously) to Einstein Science is a system of conventions for learning to objectively consensualize. Religions are systems of beliefs for learning to subjectively consensualize. Boulton, 2024.
My final responce to Lundberg
#6---------- Original Message ----------
From: CARL TUTTLE <runagain@comcast.net>
To: George Lundberg <gdlundberg@gmail.com>
Cc: emma@cancercommons.org, michael.kramer@cancercommons.org, jayanta.bhattacharya@nih.hhs.gov, kristen.honey@hhs.gov
Date: 02/26/2026 9:31 AM EST
Subject: Re: The Vanishing Autopsy — and Why It Matters -George Lundberg, MD
George,
The purpose of this communication was to provide irrefutable evidence (autopsy and culture reports) of chronic Lyme disease and that our public health officials have been propagating a false public health narrative for decades. If chronic Lyme disease does not exist according to the CDC, IDSA and their minions, how could this patient have a positive autopsy and culture result for Bb? Failure to understand this point smacks of KLEPTOCRATIC TYRANNY.
Carl Tuttle