Lyme disease transmission continues to be taboo. Or ignored by the media. And the CDC.
But the reality is that that there are many forms of the bacteria that Borrelia can take (known as phenotypes). In my film at the UNH lab, David shows us the many forms:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJqTDnbL7Yo
Syphilis is a STD, right? The Treponema pallidum microbe is very similar to Borrelia. Yet the CDC states that Lyme cannot be transmitted by saliva or sex, but they never explained how or why this can be possible. Nor does Consumer Reports, who provides the worst and most unreliable information on Lyme (and vaccinations) of any national publication.