President at COVID-19 Event: Lyme is Serious!

Good For Lyme Patients President Trump hosted Michigan state Rep. Karen Whitsett — who credits his promotion of a malaria drug, hydroxychloroquine, with her recovery from coronavirus — and other COVID-19 survivors at the White House. During their informal discussions, Rep. Whitsett, who nearly lost her life to COVID-19, brought up her chronic Lyme disease as an underlying condition. Throughout the 41-minute meeting, President Trump highlighted how serious and devastating Lyme disease is, stating that it " can kill you ."   LDA President Pat Smith said, “It is a good thing for Lyme patients that the President is speaking about how serious Lyme disease really is—the message coming in an unscripted discussion on another serious disease sweeping the world, COVID-19, which preys heavily on those with chronic conditions. Lyme is often not included in that category but is looked upon by many in mainstream medicine and in government Watch President Trump's meeting with recovered coronavirus patients.

President Trump listens as Karen Whitsett shares her story of recovery from COVID-19.(AP) as easily cured with a few weeks of antibiotics, a myth still existing after 45 years of Lyme disease.”  Pat Smith continued, “Patients succeeded in getting an  HHS Working Group   formed to address the issues of Lyme and other tick-borne diseases but there is still strong resistance to Lyme getting the attention it requires─ still being marginalized despite about 350,000 cases occurring annually in the US alone. The President’s open interest and willingness to discuss it publicly as being serious should put all levels of government on notice that it is critical chronic Lyme disease be addressed.” Read more. Read Trump's Lyme discussion excerpts. Read President Trump's full remarks.

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