Why Mitt Romney's Lyme Disease Mailers Are Good

A highly influential social conservative in Virginia, Michael Farris, believes that people can contract “chronic Lyme disease” that must be treated with long-term antibiotics. The Center for Disease Control says there is no such thing as “chronic Lyme disease” and “long-term antibiotic treatment for Lyme disease has been associated with serious complications.”

Well, the actual title of this article was:

Why Mitt Romney's Lyme Disease Mailers Are Dangerous, but in my opinion, and the opinion of ILADS, it's great news. Too bad Obama isn't saying these things about treatment for chronic Lyme. 

Sep 29, 2012 at 6:08 pm

The Romney campaign is sending out a flyer in Northern Virginia pledging to fight Lyme Disease, which it describes as a "massive epidemic threatening Virginia":

http://thinkprogress.org/health/2012/09/29/930901/mitt-romneys-lyme-disease-mailers-dangerous/