Please Sign Lyme Appropriations Letters
Center for Lyme Action has drafted 4 letters to support appropriations requests for Lyme disease. The appropriations requests went to 2 different sub committees in the House and 2 committees in the Senate.
Here are the appropriations requests:
- Fund the Kay Hagan Tick Act +$30M ($30M Total)
- Increase Lyme Research Funding at the NIH +$59M ($93M Total)
- Increase funding for CDMRP Tick-borne Disease Research Program +$5M ($12M Total)
And here are the letters of support from the Lyme Community to the committees:
Letters to support funding the Kay Hagan Tick Act and to expand NIH research funding
Letters to expand support the DoD CDMRP Tick-borne Disease Research Program
WHAT TO DO NEXT. If you are a Lyme leader — a Lyme organization, Lyme physicians, or Lyme researchers — please co-sign the letters.
Forward your emails with the approval of support to [email protected]. Please include name, affiliation and city, state and zipcode.
We’ll compile the names and put the letter together.
DEADLINE: Please forward your emails with the approval of support, including name, affiliation and city, state and zip code to [email protected] by Wednesday May 20, 2020.
I feel this is so important to achieve the funding needed for people who are suffering from terrible lyme disease. I fully support their efforts.
I know so many people whose lives have been a nightmare while trying to get over this disease. They need support and research to find a good treatment.
This funding is critical! Please pass!
Lyme has been overlooked for far too long and deserves the funding that is proportional to the number of people affected by this illness. I support and applaud the efforts of this
organization.