Lorraine Johnson, LymeDisease.org’s executive director, discussed Lyme disease with new anchor Abby Martin.

Topics covered include why the CDC changed its estimate of annual US Lyme cases from 30,000 to 300,000, how the Infectious Disease Society of America prevents publication of some peer-reviewed  journal articles about Lyme disease, and the difficulty Lyme patients have in receiving care.

Lorraine’s segment runs about eight minutes. At 6:14, learn what the CDC said about LymeDisease.org. (Hint: not a compliment.)