LYMEPOLICYWONK: LDo Lyme Impact and Cost Survey Draws Over 1,500 Responses

What are we to make of the recently launched journal “Ticks and Tick-Borne Diseases” that includes on its editorial board five members of the IDSA Lyme guidelines panel? Dr. Wormser, who chaired the IDSA Lyme guidelines panel, is an associate editor of the journal. Do you think that they might have a bias or might exclude others points of view? If so, is this peer review or is it censorship?

Terrence McNally at KPFK, a local public radio station in Los Angeles interviewed me, Andy Wilson, Mandy, and Dr. Horowitz on June 23rd about the film, Under Our Skin, and about the antitrust settlement. It is a good listen if you have not heard it. The link to the podcast is below. A close friend snapped the picture of me in the booth.

The Minnesota Board of Medical Practice (MBMP) has agreed to a five-year moratorium on the investigation, disciplining or issuance of corrective action based solely on long-term prescription or administration of antibiotic therapy for chronic Lyme disease. Minnesota joins a growing list of states that provide physician protection either through legislation or agreement, including California, Connecticut, Rhode Island, and New York. The MBMP took the action as a compromise to prevent pending physician protection legislation from passing. Any way you look at it, it was a good day for Lyme patients in Minnesota.