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Lyme disease: the ‘yuppie virus’ with dangerous false diagnoses
Alexis Ohanian, the co-founder of Reddit and husband of the tennis star Serena Williams, was perplexed.
He was showing no symptoms of Lyme disease, and had not spent much time in the wilderness or northeastern US states where the ticks that carry it are most prevalent. And yet, after a “full battery of health scans”, his doctor had told him that he was infected.
Experts warn that celebrity tell-alls and rampant “pseudoscience” surrounding Lyme is fuelling misdiagnoses. “Lyme disease has been plagued with misinformation for decades,” said Andrea Love, the executive director of the American Lyme Disease Foundation. “Unfortunately, there are instances of celebrities bringing attention to Lyme when it is unlikely they actually were infected with this bacteria.”
Expert delves into the complexities of HPAI and milk consumption
After detection, the news rapidly flooded with information, bombarding the public with concerns about HPAI’s H5N1 variant, especially as virus particles were found in one out of five milk samples tested by the Food and Drug Administration. The announcements caused people to question, “Is milk safe to drink?” The answer is consistently and overwhelmingly, “Yes if it’s pasteurized” — meaning the milk has been heat treated to sterilize it.
We asked biomedical scientist and founder of Immunologic, Dr. Andrea Love, to clear up some of the concerns and confusion swirling around HPAI, dairies, and beef. Along with a passion for helping the public and healthcare professionals understand scientific topics, Love is a subject-matter expert in infectious disease and immunology, and she was recently featured on the Food Bullying Podcast thanks to her passion for translating complex topics for the public.
Was Lyme disease spread as a bioweapon? No, that theory is Pants on Fire!
Tucker Carlson stated on May 9, 2024 in an Instagram post: Lyme Disease became endemic because of U.S. government bioweapons labs. But this is a "Pants on Fire" theory!
The Lyme disease bacterium, Borrelia burgdorferi, has existed for at least 60,000 years, long before the United States’ biological weapons program began in 1942. Lyme became endemic in the U.S. in the 1970s because of changing environmental factors, not because of bioweapons research.
Coronavirus FAQ: I'm immunocompromised. Will pills, gargles and sprays fend off COVID?
Dr. Andrea Love provides insight to Jonathan Lambert from NPR about how to reduce risk of COVID-19 if immunocompromised
Is COVID now endemic? Here's what experts say.
Dr. Andrea Love speaks to Nsisong Asanga about the current status of COVID-19