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Letters to the Editors

NY TIMES MAGAZINE:

June 17th's article entitled "Stalking Dr. Steere" portrays Steere as the victim who is being stalked, threatened and harrassed by Lyme disease patients and advocacy groups. He indicates in the article he is afraid for his life, and he has hired security as well as a public relations firm to keep a lower profile. Steere feels most threats come from those to whom he denied treatment, those with "chronic" Lyme.

The author (Grann) cites Steere as one of the world's most renown medical researchers and rheumatologists and quotes Steere as saying there is no chronic Lyme disease and that he believes all those patients instead have fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue or some sort of psychiatric disorder. He also discusses the increased power of the patient and advocacy community, which is rapidly gaining political and medical allies. The movement is fueled by the Internet and insurance company denials.

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"Stalking Dr. Steere"
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magazine@NYTimes.com
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NY Times Magazine  229 W. 43rd Street NY, NY 10036

cc:
Arthur Ochs Sulzberger, Jr., Publisher &
Joseph Lelyveld, Executive Editor, NY Times.
New York Times 229 West 43rd Street New York, NY 10036
FAX: 212-556-3622
-AND-
Governor George Pataki
State Capitol
Albany, NY 12224
gov.pataki@chamber.state.ny.us

Letters should be short and carefully worded so as not to be inflammatory.

The other study concluded that a single dose of an antibiotic can halt Lyme disease in its tracks. I feel this is likely to put people at greater risk for chronic Lyme by reducing the level of the bacteria, yet not eradicating the infection. Participants were only followed for 6 weeks after the tick bite.

(Links for both studies are below)

Please be polite and brief. Put in a simple quote from the article. How does your experience, and that of your physician, contradict or support (ie. statements by Gaito, Fallon, etc.) the statement in the article?

Key Media:

NY TIMES:
Read article at:
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/06/13/health/13LYME.html
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letters@nytimes.com
Letters printed (expired link)

WASHINGTON POST:
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn?pagename=article&contentId=A57944-2001Jun12¬Found=true
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letters@washpost.com
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/opinion/A35889-2001Jun22.html Letters printed

USA TODAY:
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http://www.usatoday.com/usatonline/20010613/3396338s.htm
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editor@usatoday.com
http://www.usatoday.com/usatonline/20010622/3424805s.htm - Letters printed

GOOD MORNING AMERICA:
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Expired Link: http://abcnews.go.com/sections/GMA/DrJohnson/GMA010613Lyme_disease_dr_tim.html
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Good Morning America
Viewer Comments 147 Columbus Ave. NY, NY 10023

Two Studies:
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