Re-Cap Of San Diego IDSA Lyme Protest

CALDATOUCHED BY LYME: Re-Cap Of San Diego IDSA Lyme Protest

Challenge: how can a small group Lyme activists send a message to a huge group of ID doctors? The San Diego Convention Center is a massive complex, at least a half mile long, with multiple entrances. For five days last week, it was filled to the brim with doctors attending the Infectious Diseases Society of America’s “ID Week” annual meeting—which didn’t even offer a session devoted to Lyme disease in its program. The IDSA’s slogan for the week was “Advancing Science, Improving Care,” which unfortunately is way off the mark when it comes to how the organization deals with Lyme and other tick-borne infections. Read more.