Lyme Awareness Month Social Media from May 2014

May is Lyme Awareness Month, which leads to public service announcements here and there, a flurry of blog and social media activity, protests, and specific action campaigns throughout the Lyme world.

Last year was my first year diagnosed during Lyme Awareness month.  I took note of it, but not nearly to the same extent as I did this year.

Lyme Highlights from 2013, Part Two: Media ~ Lyme Celebrities in Headlines

http://lymedisease.org/news/touchedbylyme/punk-singer.html

In part one of my highlights post, I offered a few links to studies that made an impression on me this past year.  I also diverged into a relatively brief and lite-weight political rant about the lack of sound science used in policy decisions and the lack of defensible inquiry by CDC, IDSA, and uninformed physicians.  

With that out of the way, here's a bit of what I remember most from the news (mainstream media) this year that had to do with lyme (aside from the revised infection rates, which would be too much to add together here).

Media ~ People and Headlines

Early on in my diagnosis, I came across a lot of celebrity names and lists.  I can't say why that was heartening. I'm certainly not glad any of them had to go through this.  But it was the same as with Bell's palsy....it just added a bit more to the sense of solidarity and hope that I was seeking (and finding) on-line. Lyme and memory are not friends, so I can't make a list of this year's most noted lymies from memory.  But here are a few that stood out for me this year.