It was really interesting to me the way the one doctor described her difficulty even discussing bunk science it with her "chronic Lyme" patients: > Chronic Lym

It was really interesting to me the way the one doctor described her difficulty even discussing bunk science it with her "chronic Lyme" patients: > Chronic Lyme becomes an identity, being anti-vax becomes an identity, and once a belief is incorporated into someone’s identity, it’s very hard to counter. I think it echos a lot of issues we're dealing with today. Once a person "identifies" as something - political party, illness, anti-vaxx, etc. - it's like the brain becomes impervious to any information that might challenge their identity.