Protest Press Release and Pertinent Documents

The purpose of these documents is to inform the media about the seriousness of the problems the new IDSA guidelines have created for people with Lyme disease and other tick-borne infections. 

We hope you as an interested person will look over the documents, select those that support your thoughts and ideas and contact a media person, the health reporter if there is one, at your local newspaper, TV and/or radio station.

If you are a member of the media, this set of documents describes the situation that that has led to the protest on November 30, 2006 in Westchester, NY. We hope you will read them and understand why the protest was organized and understand the serious issues patients have facing them now, as if the diseases were not enough of a problem. It’s clear that under the IDSA guidelines, patients will be denied long term treatment with the variety of medications that are often needed to improve their lives.

1. Protest Rally Press Release New version 12-04-06 (PDF) ===> Protesters, please see suggestions below for using this press release.
2. Lyme Disease Guidelines Focus of Antitrust Probe (Courant) (PDF) ===>
3. ILADS Requests Retraction of IDSA Guidelines (PDF) ===>
4. Two Standards of Care for Lyme Disease (PDF) ===>
5. Lyme Disease - Top Ten Points (PDF) ===>
6. Critique of NIH Lyme Disease Studies (PDF) ===>
7. Highlights of IDSA Guidelines with Commentary (PDF) ===>