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"The Lyme disease bacteria—Borrelia burgdorferi—is definitely one of the smartest bacteria on the planet. The spirochete is a spiral shaped organism. And because of its spiral shape, and the fact that it has many tales, called flagella... 
...this organism knows how to move through the tissues. It can disseminate throughout the body and into your central nervous system.
So we know what syphilis can do to the body—which is a spirochetal infection. And the problem is, Lyme is the great imitator, just like syphilis was.
The most common misdiagnoses that I see in my practice are people who have been diagnosed with chronic fatigue syndrome...
The most common misdiagnoses that I see in my practice are people who have been diagnosed with chronic fatigue syndrome...
One of the big #LymeDisease lies is that it takes two whole days of tick attachment to transmit disease. There have been studies published debunking this lie, but I like to use #tick #biology instead. iai.asm.org/content/70/7/3…
And #spirochete #science. Because first of all, you have to know how spirochetes operate. They are able to adapt to different environmental conditions by changing their outer surface proteins (Osps).
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It’s pretty well known and accepted as fact that Borrelia spirochetes express OspA in the tick gut environment and OspC in a human. How do they change their coat from OspA to OspC while they are feeding?
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