All of Craig Falls's Comments + Replies

Fwiw, I self-administered dog Lymerix and I'm doing fine.

Zooming out a bit, if you asked people living here for reasons why they'd consider moving away, Lyme disease would be like #200 on the list. Maybe they're wildly wrong, but I feel it's a bit like the people who wouldn't move to California because of earthquakes. There's an inside/outside view disconnect.

It's not obvious to me that the non-linear effects of probabilities equal to amplitudes would be more noticeable than those of amplitudes equal to squared amplitudes.  Perhaps most probability amplitude would be on very "broken" worlds with no atoms, but let's set that aside and imagine that there are physicists doing experiments to try to discover QM.

First of all, in a two-slit experiment, the wavy peaks and troughs of probabilities would be shaped differently.  This makes QM no more and no less noticeable.

You might think a more noticeable effec... (read more)

My belief is that "long Lyme" is mostly fake.  None of the symptoms can be objectively measured.

Imagine telling people that after you recover from the flu you might experience entirely subjective symptoms that mysteriously resemble the symptoms of getting older.  What percent of people would claim to experience those symptoms?

Higher recovery rates are reported in cultures that talk less about long Lyme.

The people who do genuinely have long-term symptoms generally had knees that looked like grapefruits by the time they saw a doctor.

A very effective Lyme vaccine is in fact manufactured and sold, but only for use on dogs.  Just find yourself a morally flexible vet.  Failing that, monitoring for symptoms and taking a large dose of antibiotics within ~48 hours of symptoms is extremely effective.

I live near Peekskill and have had Lyme twice.  The first time it took a while to diagnose, as I knew nothing about it, and it had a negative impact on my summer for sure.  The second time I had purchased grey market antibiotics and immediately took a large dose when symptoms a... (read more)

2AnnaSalamon
I'm confused about this. Can you say more about what your threshold is for "extremely effective," or why you think so? Wikipedia states: "People who receive recommended antibiotic treatment within several days of appearance of an initial EM rash have the best prospects.[106] Recovery may not be total or immediate. The percentage of people achieving full recovery in the United States increases from about 64–71% at end of treatment for EM rash to about 84–90% after 30 months; higher percentages are reported in Europe.[171][172] Treatment failure, i.e. persistence of original or appearance of new signs of the disease, occurs only in a few people.[171] Remaining people are considered cured but continue to experience subjective symptoms, e.g. joint or muscle pains or fatigue.[173] These symptoms usually are mild and nondisabling.[173]" This leaves me thinking that even with rapid antibiotics, the debilitation per (infection that causes a rash) is significant.
2jefftk
In general, a vaccine being safe and effective for dogs does not mean it's a good idea for humans. Is there a reason to think it's different in this case?
4jefftk
It sounds like you're assuming you notice it promptly? I know several people who initially didn't have the symptoms but then later got the arthritic symptoms.

It looks to me like one can buy this Lyme vaccine online without a prescription.