Dear Bob & silver list, Yes, this is one of a few different vaccines being developed for Lyme disease.
The truth is that these vaccines are being developed in haste to "cure" our nation of Lyme "hysteria" at this time, more-so than to prevent Lyme disease. A doctor from Yale was quoted in the Hartford Courant stating just that. That would be o.k. if it weren't for the serious consequences for some who have sought or would seek to get this vaccine. I have met with a woman from NY suing one of these firms as she was crippled from the effects of the vaccine she had during trials. She is one of many who had unknown previous exposure to the Lyme bacteria or previous cases (supposedly cured) who ended up seriously ill with Lyme disease as a result of having the vaccine. Too many people carry the bacteria unknowingly. This includes my 12 year old, who only proved pos. for Lyme disease this summer after having a blood culture not yet on the market. (Typical tests were all neg. but a culture is fool proof.) Dogs who have gotten the live Lyme disease vaccine with previous hx. of Lyme have also been devastated. I earnestly warn anyone considering getting the vaccine to not do it at this time. There is no approved way of absolutely confirming you have not had previous exposure (tests often result in false negatives). It is far too risky. Furthermore, the vaccines only offer some protection against Lyme bacteria, and no protection against other tick borne illnesses often present with Lyme bacteria (borrelia burgdorpheri). Hopefully, these problems can be addressed. I'm all for a totally safe vaccine, but I am not aware of one to date. Sincerely, Nancy B. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ bernt...@altavista.net ch...@altavista.net Home schoolers: CHEAP used books http://www.oikourgos.com/cheap Oikos Interactive Family Journal http://www.oikourgos.com/oikos Lyme Disease info: http://www.oikourgos.com/trisha About Colloidal silver (non-commercial) http://www.freeyellow.com/members2/silver-works ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -----Original Message----- From: Tai-Pan <l...@fbtc.net> To: silver-list@eskimo.com <silver-list@eskimo.com> Date: Thursday, September 17, 1998 2:01 PM Subject: CS>Lyme vaccine >Hi listers, > > Seen in the sunday paper. > A vaccine to protect against lyme available this fall. > New England Medical Center in Boston did clinical trials. > Vaccine made using recombinant DNA technology. > Report by Dr. Vijay Sikand,University School of Medicine, who worked on >project. > Vaccine is called LYMErix. > > Thought this may be of interest to some of you. > Bless you Bob Lee >oozing on the muggy shore of the gulf coast > l...@fbtc.net -- The silver-list is a moderated forum for discussion of colloidal silver. To join or quit silver-list or silver-digest send an e-mail message to: silver-list-requ...@eskimo.com -or- silver-digest-requ...@eskimo.com with the word subscribe or unsubscribe in the subject: line. To post, address your message to: silver-list@eskimo.com List maintainer: Mike Devour <mdev...@id.net>
