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Lyme Disease 10 Times More Common Than Was Thought, Feds Admit
The Centers for Disease Control announced last month that an estimated 300,000 cases of Lyme disease are diagnosed each year — 10 times as many as authorities had previously acknowledged.
Finally, they believe us.
About a month ago, deep in the vacation month of August, the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta quietly announced that Lyme disease strikes an estimated 300,000 people each year, according to multiple media reports.
That's roughly 10 times as many Lyme sufferers as the CDC had previously acknowledged, reports the Cape Cod Times.
Lyme disease, endemic on the tick-plagued Cape and Islands, has had a long history of being misdiagnosed and denied, patients say. Do you think the CDC announcement signals meaningful change? Tell us in the comments.
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