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Bullshit, they're not exploding. Lyme disease confirmed cases are occurring at roughly the same rate in 2017 as 2007. Look at the CDC data yourself: https://w
by khawkins 7y ago
Bullshit, they're not exploding. Lyme disease confirmed cases are occurring at roughly the same rate in 2017 as 2007. Look at the CDC data yourself: https://www.cdc.gov/lyme/stats/graphs.html https://www.cdc.gov/lyme/stats/graphs.html
- switch007 7y agoYou can call "bullshit" by picking a random year, sure. I can pick 2010 (22,561) vs 2017 (29,513) Their data set begins at 1997 and ends in 2017 though: 1997: 12,801 2017: 29,513
- khawkins 7y agoExploding doesn't just mean increasing, it means accelerating. No one would look at that graph and say the rate is increasing. No doubt they excluded it from their article, and instead chose to cherry-pick years like you're saying, because it discredits their title.