Meet The Lyme Monsters
Linden Hu at Tufts University is responsible for the major studies the IDSA/CDC uses to refute the existence of chronic Lyme disease and therefore, the need for treatment. He also is the focus of this "Take A Tick To Lunch" article.
And who originally helped Hu get some Lyme related funding? The shameful IDSA's "mouth piece", Edward McSweegan.
In 2016 a publication by Linden Hu and Gary Wormser stated and concluded:
STATEMENT- "The search [for Lyme related studies] yielded 3550 articles for diagnosis and treatment and 752 articles for prevention. Of these articles, 361 were reviewed in depth."
NOTE- Of the total 4,302 articles the authors reportedly found in their search, they still only based their conclusion on 361 of those articles. When entering "Lyme" in the PubMed search bar, 13,111 articles appeared (7/15/18).
The authors did not include, as is similar to what happened in their highly disputed 2006 IDSA Lyme guidelines, over 12,000 Lyme related publications listed in the US National Library of Medicine. In fact, the majority of articles referenced in their 2006 IDSA Lyme guidelines included articles by the IDSA guideline authors themselves, their staunch supporters and/or the CDC who has supported them for decades and who also stands to profit from Lyme related tests, patents, vaccines, etc.
CONCLUSIONS 2016- "Evidence is evolving regarding the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of Lyme disease, HGA, and babesiosis. Recent evidence supports treating patients with erythema migrans for no longer than 10 days when doxycycline is used and prescription of a 14-day course of oral doxycycline for early neurologic Lyme disease in ambulatory patients."
NOTE- What do you think the new IDSA Lyme guidelines will recommend for treatment of Lyme disease? Consider the fact the above message from Linden Hu and Gary Wormser is quite clear and it was published just recently and before the new IDSA Lyme guidelines are due (past due) to be released.
99 Lyme Related Grants
From Federal Government (NIH)
To Linden Hu at Tufts University
Totals Over 17.32 MILLION DOLLARS!
2017- 2018 Over 2.9 MILLION DOLLARS
2015- 2016 Over 2.8 MILLION DOLLARS
2013- 2014 Over 3.4 MILION DOLLARS
2012- Over 1.3 MILLION DOLLARS
2009- 2010 Over 2.75 MILLION DOLLARS
2005- 2008 Over 1.5 MILLION DOLLARS
2003- 2004 Over 1.6 MILLION DOLLARS
2000- 2002 Over 1.07 MILLION DOLLARS
Yes...
Over 17.32 MILLION DOLLARS To
Linden Hu At Tufts University!
And- there have been only 46 publications related to the 99 grants over the past 18 years. The words vaccine, vacination or vaccinia were used 29 times in the grant's project titles. (This vaccine money was given to Hu, et. al. around the same time the original LymeRix vaccine was removed from the market.)
And- some of the IDSA 2006 Lyme guidelines authors (32 x), Sam Telford (23 x), Marques (2 x) or Paul Mead of the CDC (4 x) are listed on these grant related publications with Linden Hu.
And- IDSA Guideline Authors- Steere (14 x), Wormser (8x), Klempner (6x) and Strle (4 x) were also listed as coauthors on Linden Hu grant related publications.
And- it is customary for Universities to take a chunk of the grant money given to researchers. Grants were issued to Linden Hu for projects at Tuft's University (92 x).
Tufts University is where the next IDSA Lyme guidelines are being finalized. The Northeastern University (2 x) & FoodSource Lure Corporation* (5 x- for a total of over 3.5 MILLION DOLLARS) also were listed in Linden Hu's Lyme related grants.
I sure wish chronically sick patients could have some of that 3.5 MILLION DOLLARS that Linden Hu and FoodSource Lure Corporation, et. al. got for the fish/animal bait! The President of FoodSource, Steven Wisdom- an experienced fisherman, must be having some fishing fun these days!
*FoodSource Lure Corporation (located in Alabama, reporting to have 1-10 employees)- products include mealworms, food sticks, earthworms, spear tail worms, goliath grubs, flat tail grubs, swirl tail grubs, swirl tail grubs, ribbon tail grubs, minnows, trailer baits, jumbo shrimp tails, salmon eggs, big cat meals, catfish bites, carp candies, fat caterpillars, cut bait, saltwater cut bait, saltwater minnow, bloodworm bits, leech, saltwater ribbon tail, saltwater shrimp tail, bloodworm, crappie creature, craw chunk, and mini salmon eggs.
FoodSource Lures- Fishing Fun!
You Could Join Them On Facebook,
But, Shortly After Getting The Grant Money
They Stopped Posting. Too Busy Fishing?
2013 Report on Steven Wisdom's Activities- President of FoodSource Lures Corporation- "from Alabama, fishes the BASS Open Tours and the Professional Anglers Association Tournament Series. An avid outdoorsman, Steven is also the president of FoodSource Lure Corportation. Wisdom’s professional fishing career started as a dream at age 6, and the pursuit of that dream has been a lifelong passion for him. A highly competitive angler, Wisdom is on the verge of breaking out and is destined to become one of the all-time greats." Source
Some of FoodSource Lures grants come from....
TOP AGENCIES
Department of Homeland Securit...
TOP CATEGORIES
Other Animal Food Manufacturin...
Steve Wisdom's business reports
$500K annual revenue / 5 employee(s)
NOTE- For wildlife bait you can buy a bushel of corn for $3.50, or 50 pounds of corn meal for about $10.00 (retail). You can buy a 50 pound block of salt for about $5.
Linden Hu's 3.5 MILLION DOLLARS in federal (tax-payers) grant money given to Linden Hu and FoodSource Lure Corporation will pay for about a million bushels of corn (8 bushels of corn will feed one person for one year), OR 17,500,000 pounds of corn meal, OR 35 million pounds of salt to use as bait to attract wildlife.
NOTE- Fall of 2016 article indicating how many baited "mouse houses" are needed per acre (4 bait traps per acre). Source
QUOTE- "When mice eat the bait, they become infected for a few days and develop immunity against OspA. This will prevent them from ultimately becoming infected; or if they were already infected, prevent ticks that feed on them from becoming infected." Source
QUOTE- "When mice eat the bait, their whiskers will fluoresce under a fluorescence microscope." Source
Linden Hu's Federal Grant Money Provided Just By The
National Institute of Allergy & Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
2000- 2018
Over 17.32 MILLION DOLLARS!
TActProjectYear
Sub #Project TitleContact PI/
Project LeaderOrganization FYAdmin ICFunding
ICFY Total Cost
by ICSimilar Projects
COPING WITH STRESS: NEXT GENERATION APPROACHES TO BORRELIA BURGDORFERI HOST ADAPTATION
HU, LINDEN Tet al.
TUFTS UNIVERSITY BOSTON
2018
NIAID
NIAID
$661,519
COPING WITH STRESS: NEXT GENERATION APPROACHES TO BORRELIA BURGDORFERI HOST ADAPTATION
HU, LINDEN Tet al.
TUFTS UNIVERSITY BOSTON
2017
NIAID
NIAID
$675,327
PERSISTER CELLS OF BORRELIA BURGDORFERI
LEWIS, KIM et al.
NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY
2017
NIAID
NIAID
$572,380
ROLE OF INNATE IMMUNE TOLERANCE IN THE PATHOGENESIS OF LYME DISEASE
HU, LINDEN T
TUFTS UNIVERSITY BOSTON
2017
NIAID
NIAID
$247,500
SEARCHING FOR PERSISTENCE IN LYME DISEASE
HU, LINDEN T
TUFTS UNIVERSITY BOSTON
2017
NIAID
NIAID
$797,360
PERSISTER CELLS OF BORRELIA BURGDORFERI
LEWIS, KIM et al.
NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY
2016
NIAID
NIAID
$586,005
ROLE OF INNATE IMMUNE TOLERANCE IN THE PATHOGENESIS OF LYME DISEASE
HU, LINDEN T
TUFTS UNIVERSITY BOSTON
2016
NIAID
NIAID
$206,250
SEARCHING FOR PERSISTENCE IN LYME DISEASE
HU, LINDEN T
TUFTS UNIVERSITY BOSTON
2016
NIAID
NIAID
$797,360
ROLE OF CARBON AVAILABILITY IN ENVIRONMENTAL ADAPTATION BY BORRELIA BURGDORFERI
HU, LINDEN Tet al.
TUFTS UNIVERSITY BOSTON
2016
NIAID
NIAID
$258,312
ROLE OF CARBON AVAILABILITY IN ENVIRONMENTAL ADAPTATION BY BORRELIA BURGDORFERI
HU, LINDEN Tet al.
TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER
2015
NIAID
NIAID
$216,450
SEARCHING FOR PERSISTENCE IN LYME DISEASE
HU, LINDEN T
TUFTS UNIVERSITY BOSTON
2015
NIAID
NIAID
$813,610
SEARCHING FOR PERSISTENCE IN LYME DISEASE
HU, LINDEN T
TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER
2014
NIAID
NIAID
$817,356
USE OF MASSIVELY PARALLEL SEQUENCING FOR IDENTIFICATION OF B. BURGDORFERI VIRULEN
HU, LINDEN Tet al.
TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER
2014
NIAID
NIAID
$234,650
DELIVERY SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT FOR A RESERVOIR TARGETED LYME DISEASE VACCINE
HU, LINDEN T
FOODSOURCE LURE CORPORATION
2014
NIAID
NIAID
$1,000,000
13TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON LYME BORRELIOSIS AND OTHER TICK-BORNE DISEASES
HU, LINDEN Tet al.
TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER
2013
NIAID
NIAID
$8,000
USE OF MASSIVELY PARALLEL SEQUENCING FOR IDENTIFICATION OF B. BURGDORFERI VIRULEN
HU, LINDEN Tet al.
TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER
2013
NIAID
NIAID
$197,956
ROLE OF ENDOSOMAL LOCALIZATION IN TOLL-LIKE RECEPTOR 2 RESPONSES TO BORRELIA
HU, LINDEN T
TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER
2013
NIAID
NIAID
$238,500
DELIVERY SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT FOR A RESERVOIR TARGETED LYME DISEASE VACCINE
HU, LINDEN T
FOODSOURCE LURE CORPORATION
2013
NIAID
NIAID
$1,000,000
ROLE OF ENDOSOMAL LOCALIZATION IN TOLL-LIKE RECEPTOR 2 RESPONSES TO BORRELIA
HU, LINDEN T
TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER
2012
NIAID
NIAID
$198,750
DELIVERY SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT FOR A RESERVOIR TARGETED LYME DISEASE VACCINE
HU, LINDEN T
FOODSOURCE LURE CORPORATION
2012
NIAID
NIAID
$1,000,000
HU, LINDEN T
TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER
2012
NIAID
NIAID
$157,703
ROLE OF BORRELIA INTEGRIN BINDING PROTEINS IN LYME ARTHRITIS
HU, LINDEN T
TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER
2010
NIAID
NIAID
$357,750
DEVELOPMENT OF A MULTIVALENT VACCINE FOR MOUSE RESERVOIRS OF DEER TICK PATHOGENS
HU, LINDEN T
TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER
2010
NIAID
NIAID
$310,829
RECOGNITION OF HOST CATECHOLAMINES IN BORRELIA BURGDORFERI GENE REGULATION
HU, LINDEN T
TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER
2010
NIAID
NIAID
$322,000
HU, LINDEN T
TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER
2010
NIAID
NIAID
$241,027
DEVELOPMENT OF A MULTIVALENT VACCINE FOR MOUSE RESERVOIRS OF DEER TICK PATHOGENS
HU, LINDEN T
TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER
2009
NIAID
NIAID
$322,000
RECOGNITION OF HOST CATECHOLAMINES IN BORRELIA BURGDORFERI GENE REGULATION
HU, LINDEN T
TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER
2009
NIAID
NIAID
$322,000
HU, LINDEN T
TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER
2009
NIAID
NIAID
$230,479
ROLE OF BORRELIA INTEGRIN BINDING PROTEINS IN LYME ARTHRITIS
HU, LINDEN T
TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER
2009
NIAID
NIAID
$350,199
DELIVERY SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT FOR A RESERVOIR TARGETED LYME DISEASE VACCINE
HU, LINDEN T
FOODSOURCE LURE CORPORATION
2009
NIAID
NIAID
$299,696
DELIVERY SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT FOR A RESERVOIR TARGETED LYME DISEASE VACCINE
HU, LINDEN T
FOODSOURCE LURE CORPORATION
2008
NIAID
NIAID
$299,923
PATHOGENESIS OF BORRELIA BURGDORFERI INDUCED ARTHRITIS
HU, LINDEN T
TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER
2006
NIAID
NIAID
$335,472
DEVELOPMENT OF A VACCINE FOR MURINE LYME DISEASE
HU, LINDEN T
TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER
2006
NIAID
NIAID
$287,559
PATHOGENESIS OF BORRELIA BURGDORFERI INDUCED ARTHRITIS
HU, LINDEN T
TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER
2005
NIAID
NIAID
$343,545
DEVELOPMENT OF A VACCINE FOR MURINE LYME DISEASE
HU, LINDEN T
TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER
2005
NIAID
NIAID
$306,624
PEPTIDE TRANSPORT AND SIGNALING IN BORRELIA BURGDORFERI
HU, LINDEN T
TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER
2004
NIAID
NIAID
$316,000
PATHOGENESIS OF BORRELIA BURGDORFERI INDUCED ARTHRITIS
HU, LINDEN T
TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER
2004
NIAID
NIAID
$343,545
DEVELOPMENT OF A VACCINE FOR MURINE LYME DISEASE
HU, LINDEN T
TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER
2004
NIAID
NIAID
$205,850
DEVELOPMENT OF A VACCINE FOR MURINE LYME DISEASE
HU, LINDEN T
TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER
2003
NIAID
NIAID
$107,124
PEPTIDE TRANSPORT AND SIGNALING IN BORRELIA BURGDORFERI
HU, LINDEN T
TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER
2003
NIAID
NIAID
$316,000
PATHOGENESIS OF BORRELIA BURGDORFERI INDUCED ARTHRITIS
HU, LINDEN T
TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER
2003
NIAID
NIAID
$343,545
PATHOGENESIS OF BORRELIA BURGDORFERI INDUCED ARTHRITIS
HU, LINDEN T
TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER
2002
NIAID
NIAID
$382,965
PEPTIDE TRANSPORT AND SIGNALING IN BORRELIA BURGDORFERI
HU, LINDEN T
TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER
2002
NIAID
NIAID
$316,000
PEPTIDE TRANSPORT AND SIGNALING IN BORRELIA BURGDORFERI
HU, LINDEN T
TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER
2001
NIAID
NIAID
$316,000
PEPTIDE TRANSPORT AND SIGNALING IN BORRELIA BURGDORFERI
HU, LINDEN T
TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER
2000
NIAID
NIAID
$344,663