thomblake comments on What science needs - Less Wrong

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Comment author: thomblake 03 December 2012 07:51:46PM 3 points [-]

Being from the relevant geographic region, that sounds intuitively implausible. I know lots of people who had Lyme disease, and most of them had symptoms after treatment. I feel as skeptical as if you'd told me that influenza is a genetic disorder.

Comment author: JoshuaZ 03 December 2012 11:40:38PM 1 point [-]

The claim isn't though that there aren't post-disease symptoms. The issues are a) whether they can last for years after (rather than months) and b) if they are caused by still living bacteria.