I think there should be screenings for it.. The longer you go mis diagnosed the longer that bacteria has time to mess with you.. Not everyone gets that classic bulls eye sign where tick bites you.. And sometimes it is not seen at all. The signs that bacteria in your blood is evident.But if there are no symptoms until it really gets bad can be devistating..If you are outside alot, in the woods, Ask to be checked during your checkup
You have totally missed the point, which was that Letterman, despite having had a bout of Lyme disease himself is siding with the misinformed doctors who claim that chronic Lyme disease doesn't exist.
Wrote a very informative Lyme disease brochure with the help of 2 Lyme specialists. One of them is world reknown. Will email a copy to anyone. I don't know what came before of after this Letterman snip-it but it is very inaccurate. He has totally lost my respect.
Letterman is verrrrrry misinformed. This is really really sad because Dave Letterman is such a popular figure but he has not done his research on Lyme. There are many many counties that have already been declared epidemic areas. Dave Letterman needs to have Darryl Hall of Hall & Oates be a guest on his show. He could give him an education on Lyme disease.
Letterman is WAY off base! He has no idea how inaccurate his words are. It's a terrible shame that someone with as much media power as Letterman could be so ignorant regarding the true facts about Lyme Disease.
OMG, he is so ill-informed! We live in Georgia in rural area, my daughter had rocky mountain spotted fever (10 days in ICU); my son was diagnosed at 17 with Lyme 2X and is still on antibiotics. There are more cases of Rocky Mtn in N. Carolina nowadays... and lyme is growing by leaps & bounds everywhere, it is just way under-reported!
If you use a junk lab you get junk data... I just found I have 11 of 14 bands.. my wife is extremely ill. It possibly passes through sex, and the NARROW CDC guidelines say 10 times more people are getting it each year than are diagnosed.... That means the untreated are Piling up friends! HIV is no more than 1/10 the number of Lyme cases.
DO NOT BELIEVE WHAT YOU JUST SAW!!!What a shame.Many people will suffer because of this.Most deer ticks carry lyme and other tick born diseases.Dave you were paid off or very mislead.
Dave, you NO DOUBT got your info from the CDC or one of the MANY BIASED entities out there...NOT only isn't the public NOT PROPERLY EDUCATED about Lyme, but NEITHER ARE OUR DOCTORS NOR LAB WORKERS!!! (THE FEW DOCTORS & LABS THAT PROPERLY DIAGNOSE & TREAT THIS HAVE A LOVED ONE(S) THAT HAVE SUFFERED, SO THEY DID THE RESEARCH THEMSELVES (INTENSELY), & HAVE DISCOVERED THE TRUE PROPER WAYS OF DIAGNOSING AND TREATING THIS TERRIBLE DISEASE!!!!!!
MY GOD!!! I USED TO ABSOLUTELY LOVE DAVE, BUT AFTER SEEING THIS?!?! I USED TO THINK HE WAS INTELLIGIENT!!! Then again, it MUST be IGNORANCE, NOT STUPIDITY...BECAUSE OF the CORRUPTION of the CDC, AMA, PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANIES, HOSPITALS, POLITICIANS, ETC., WHO ALL STAND TO LOSE BILLIONS OF DOLLARS, TONS (NO EXAGERATION) OF PEOPLE ARE MISDIAGNOSED, THUS, THE # OF PEOPLE THAT TRULY HAVE IT, IS GROSSLY UNDERDIAGNOSED!!!
I wonder how much the insurance companies paid Letterman to have this on the show... "One of the most overdiagnosed..." what the fuck? are you kidding me?
Haha. Oh, insurance companies. They hate peopel with lyme disease. I can't believe he said that. There are so many people dying because they aren't being diagnosed.
fucking asshole. Suffering from this illness myself, watching this clip really pissed me off. Spreading completely false information on this terrible disease, how is this funny.
Having on what guy? Who was the guest? I'm very familiar with Lyme disease, unfortunately. Letterman is totally wrong about it being over diagnosed. It is often misdiagnosed as something else. Get the truth about Lyme Disease and learn all about the controversy at http://www.lyme-disease-research-database.com
He had a 'fake' guest, a "Dr. Wellman" I believe, to discuss his book 'The Tick-Bomb'. There was an elaborate comedy skit ending with 'Dr. Wellman' freaking out, which wasn't all that funny. However, this bit you are seeking was after the monologue in which Letterman was announcing the nights guests, when he rambled on about Lyme, making those totally incorrect and controversial remarks to a totally clueless audience and public.
Dave, in fact I don't even think you should have even opened your %($*&%( MOUTH!
As a set up for a bit? It ain't that funny, Dave..
"frighnin' and drive you nutz"... So is infidelity..
Surprizingly Dave only does jokes about someone having an affair , about 1 in 200 times he is on the air..
HMMM I wonder why.
CRAIGARRR 1 year ago
Suffering from Lyme Disease is no joke..
Ugh.. Don't I know it
I think there should be screenings for it.. The longer you go mis diagnosed the longer that bacteria has time to mess with you.. Not everyone gets that classic bulls eye sign where tick bites you.. And sometimes it is not seen at all. The signs that bacteria in your blood is evident.But if there are no symptoms until it really gets bad can be devistating..If you are outside alot, in the woods, Ask to be checked during your checkup
CRAIGARRR 1 year ago
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soozanc 2 years ago
THE BOOK IS FAKE. It was fake guest you IDIOTS!
lazydukes 3 years ago
You have totally missed the point, which was that Letterman, despite having had a bout of Lyme disease himself is siding with the misinformed doctors who claim that chronic Lyme disease doesn't exist.
mjwallin 3 years ago
Hi there,
Wrote a very informative Lyme disease brochure with the help of 2 Lyme specialists. One of them is world reknown. Will email a copy to anyone. I don't know what came before of after this Letterman snip-it but it is very inaccurate. He has totally lost my respect.
Elaine in Virginia
ecftube 3 years ago
Letterman is verrrrrry misinformed. This is really really sad because Dave Letterman is such a popular figure but he has not done his research on Lyme. There are many many counties that have already been declared epidemic areas. Dave Letterman needs to have Darryl Hall of Hall & Oates be a guest on his show. He could give him an education on Lyme disease.
ecftube 3 years ago
Letterman is WAY off base! He has no idea how inaccurate his words are. It's a terrible shame that someone with as much media power as Letterman could be so ignorant regarding the true facts about Lyme Disease.
leeny777 4 years ago
OMG, he is so ill-informed! We live in Georgia in rural area, my daughter had rocky mountain spotted fever (10 days in ICU); my son was diagnosed at 17 with Lyme 2X and is still on antibiotics. There are more cases of Rocky Mtn in N. Carolina nowadays... and lyme is growing by leaps & bounds everywhere, it is just way under-reported!
Xavialynn 4 years ago 3
If you use a junk lab you get junk data... I just found I have 11 of 14 bands.. my wife is extremely ill. It possibly passes through sex, and the NARROW CDC guidelines say 10 times more people are getting it each year than are diagnosed.... That means the untreated are Piling up friends! HIV is no more than 1/10 the number of Lyme cases.
loggerbuck 4 years ago
My wife was diagnosed first... took 6 years to get a firm diagnosis. Almost ANY auto-immune disease should be screened for Lyme.
loggerbuck 4 years ago 2
DO NOT BELIEVE WHAT YOU JUST SAW!!!What a shame.Many people will suffer because of this.Most deer ticks carry lyme and other tick born diseases.Dave you were paid off or very mislead.
enaml7 4 years ago
DO THE RSEARCH YOURSELF!!! START W/THE 2 SITES LISTED BELOW (ONLY ONE page per site):
fibroandfatigue(dot)com(slash)lymedisease(dot)php
igenex(dot)com(slash)lymeset1(dot)htm
igspal 4 years ago
Dave, you NO DOUBT got your info from the CDC or one of the MANY BIASED entities out there...NOT only isn't the public NOT PROPERLY EDUCATED about Lyme, but NEITHER ARE OUR DOCTORS NOR LAB WORKERS!!! (THE FEW DOCTORS & LABS THAT PROPERLY DIAGNOSE & TREAT THIS HAVE A LOVED ONE(S) THAT HAVE SUFFERED, SO THEY DID THE RESEARCH THEMSELVES (INTENSELY), & HAVE DISCOVERED THE TRUE PROPER WAYS OF DIAGNOSING AND TREATING THIS TERRIBLE DISEASE!!!!!!
igspal 4 years ago
MY GOD!!! I USED TO ABSOLUTELY LOVE DAVE, BUT AFTER SEEING THIS?!?! I USED TO THINK HE WAS INTELLIGIENT!!! Then again, it MUST be IGNORANCE, NOT STUPIDITY...BECAUSE OF the CORRUPTION of the CDC, AMA, PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANIES, HOSPITALS, POLITICIANS, ETC., WHO ALL STAND TO LOSE BILLIONS OF DOLLARS, TONS (NO EXAGERATION) OF PEOPLE ARE MISDIAGNOSED, THUS, THE # OF PEOPLE THAT TRULY HAVE IT, IS GROSSLY UNDERDIAGNOSED!!!
igspal 4 years ago
I hope one crawls up his pants leg and bites him in the ass
retep06 4 years ago
I wonder how much the insurance companies paid Letterman to have this on the show... "One of the most overdiagnosed..." what the fuck? are you kidding me?
Ravel87 5 years ago
Haha. Oh, insurance companies. They hate peopel with lyme disease. I can't believe he said that. There are so many people dying because they aren't being diagnosed.
DaniellePeige 4 years ago
fucking asshole. Suffering from this illness myself, watching this clip really pissed me off. Spreading completely false information on this terrible disease, how is this funny.
Ravel87 5 years ago
Thanks for clarifying!
emilesland 5 years ago
Having on what guy? Who was the guest? I'm very familiar with Lyme disease, unfortunately. Letterman is totally wrong about it being over diagnosed. It is often misdiagnosed as something else. Get the truth about Lyme Disease and learn all about the controversy at http://www.lyme-disease-research-database.com
emilesland 5 years ago
He had a 'fake' guest, a "Dr. Wellman" I believe, to discuss his book 'The Tick-Bomb'. There was an elaborate comedy skit ending with 'Dr. Wellman' freaking out, which wasn't all that funny. However, this bit you are seeking was after the monologue in which Letterman was announcing the nights guests, when he rambled on about Lyme, making those totally incorrect and controversial remarks to a totally clueless audience and public.
thewalloon 5 years ago
I don't know Letterman is pretty credible
jonawllen 4 years ago
He's a comedian. Relax
dcmayer1979 4 years ago