Why Is Romney Campaigning on Medical Quackery? He’s going after the ultimate niche voter: Virginia’s Lyme disease conspiracy theorists.

frustratedWhy Is Romney Campaigning on Medical Quackery?
He’s going after the ultimate niche voter: Virginia’s Lyme disease conspiracy theorists.

Let’s play doctor. A patient comes to you with joint pain, difficulty concentrating, anxiety, poor attention, and mood swings. You might run a series of tests to rule out a persistent infection or other disorder. If your patient lives in a tick- and Lyme-disease-infested area, you would be wise to test for the bacterium Borrelia burgdorferi and, if detected, prescribe a course of antibiotics. But suppose the tests come back negative and there is little evidence that your patient was bitten by a tick or was infected with the Lyme disease bacterium. If you are a good doctor, and you are, you might explore a diagnosis of depression, a disease that afflicts almost 10 percent of the population at any given time. If you are a doctor who believes that the CDC and NIH have misrepresented carefully vetted clinical trial data about the diagnosis and treatment of Lyme disease, however, you might diagnose your patient with chronic Lyme disease and prescribe an intensive, long-term, side-effect-laden, mega-dose of antibiotics. Read more.

(My thoughts:  Medical quackery?  Medical Conspiracy theorists?  Quite upset with this article, those that do not agree with President Obama are radicals, those that have done their research who know of all the medical evidence that supports the fact chronic Lyme Disease exists are quacks and theorists.  Isn’t it the duty of the media to report all sides?)