I'm unclear on why this is on the frontpage of HN. This seems to be another medical advocacy group that are searching for explanation of their symptoms, and hav

I'm unclear on why this is on the frontpage of HN. This seems to be another medical advocacy group that are searching for explanation of their symptoms, and have convinced themselves of a cause. There have been several studies on their claims, none of which show that their symptoms are caused by a persistent infection: > "The assumption that chronic, subjective symptoms are caused by persistent infection with B. burgdorferi is not supported by carefully conducted laboratory studies or by controlled treatment trials. Chronic Lyme disease, which is equated with chronic B. burgdorferi infection, is a misnomer, and the use of prolonged, dangerous, and expensive antibiotic treatments for it is not warranted." http://www.nejm.org/doi/pdf/10.1056/NEJMra072023 http://www.nejm.org/doi/pdf/10.1056/NEJMra072023 It doesn't help that the article is written by someone who apparently is working hard to sell books about how to treat this - https://lymemadness.ca/ https://lymemadness.ca/