Advisory 

Disclaimer: I have no obligation to respond to any post that attempts to discredit me and/or that I deem will waste my time although I review and may respond to threads I am involved in.  Feel free to contact me directly by removing "nospam" from my email address. effective as of Feb. 6, 2004; revised Feb. 25, 2004.
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Advisory to news:sci.med.diseases.lyme readers:
Over the past few years, this newsgroup has become very unhospitable, unreliable and often unsupportive regarding presentation of scientific information and support. Certain frequent posters spend much or all of their time attempting to discredit people who post truthful, thought-provoking, valid posts. One or more bullies appear to be obsessed with monopolizing this newsgroup and discrediting the authors in order to protect a very conservative but antiquated perspective on chronic Lyme disease.

 

Beware of posters who repeatedly trash other posters, have a history of promoting McSweegan, American Lyme Disease Foundation, etc. and avoiding references to other organizations such as LDF, LDA, Lymenet.org, etc., complaining that there is too much discussion about chronic Lyme disease and not enough about acute Lyme disease. Beware of anyone who might claim to be "group leader" and that he/she is "changing the charter." There is no such appointed position on this newsgroup. Click here to see the charter. (Be sure to copy any part of this long link that may wrap to the next line.)

 

http://groups.google.com/groups?selm=sci.med.diseases.lyme-RESULT%40uunet.uu.net&output=gplain.

 

Although some may state that this charter is "outdated," you find that it is timeless, encouraging scientific discourse and support. The only possible drawback is that it does not provide a provision for moderation which many newer usenet groups do today to weed out off-topic, flaming and/or spam type posts.

 

Also, beware of any post from jwismille (one "s") or Lymelighthouse1[at]aol.com who contradict the posts of jwissmille and Lyme_Lighthouseaol.com respectively, impersonating them in an attempt to contradict them and to cause confusion.

 

If what you see here does not meet the criteria for suggested posts, you should be wary of the poster.

 

Archives of all current and most if not all past posts in sci.med.diseases.lyme are at http://google.com using the search link for "Groups" and the name of this usenet group in the search box.

 

The only exception is those posts marked correctly for "no archive." Since this information is readily available,  in composing replies, pruning of unnecessary content is appropriate and appreciated by many readers.

 

The charter for sci.med.diseases.lyme is located at this link:
http://groups.google.com/groups?q=sci.med.diseases.lyme&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en&btnG=Google+Search

 

You may also view it at my website: http://lymesupport.com/smdl/index.htm

 

For more friendly support and information, go to http://yahoogroups.com and search for Lyme disease. Also, visit http://flash.lymenet.org, http://lyme.org, http://ilads.org and http://lymediseaseassociation.org, http://www.lymetruth.org, http://www.lymeinfo.net for starters.

 

Feel free to post this advisory as often as need be.