Lyme Policy Wonk: Fresh back from the conferences!
The Columbia/LDA conference had some terrific speakers. Ben Beard of the CDC was the moderator–talk about building bridges. Watching Ben and listening to the speakers was terrific. Congressman Smith came and spoke at the conference about the federal legislation (soooo important)—now this was truly inspirational. Here is a man who understands precisely what the problem is—the gap between the men who control the science and vaccine oriented research dollars and patients. What a travesty when scientific and commercial interests do not align with patient interests.
