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A Satirical Open Letter from Virginia T. Sherr
In Response To A Newsarticle In The Philadelphia Inquirer

"One by one, her family took the antibody and DNA tests that can
detect the presence of Lyme disease. All were diagnosed with the
illness."
Quote from an article 8-7-04 by Philadelphia Inquirer reporter,
Virginia Smith

8-8-04

Mr. Bin Laden,

Here is some good news! Time to relax! You can cease and desist. You
can save your ammo, no longer having to stockpile explosives. You can
stop sacrificing your young men and women as martyrs to Allah for your
Cause. You now can win without another bus bomb or car explosive. Just
be patient - the clock is ticking in your favor.

Why such a fortunate turn of events for you, just when the world was
beginning to think your side had more sadists than your enemies had?
Well, now, the U.S. Government and its agencies have indirectly
arranged for you to walk right in here and take over some day. It may
be hard for you to believe this but by not effectively addressing this
country's immense epidemic of Lyme disease and its co-infections that
are costing us a generation of our country's best, brightest,
healthiest, young people, there will be no one left to fight you - this
country will be yours.

While infected ticks are busy sucking the strength out of our people,
our Government has stood by ineffectively, encouraging it all by not
publicly condemning misleading methods of diagnosing the disease and
the epidemic. Of course, they do mention that there are 23,763 cases
per year, and "maybe 10 times that," implying that there are, indeed,
very likely at least a quarter million new cases per year yet the
Government sounds no loud alarms. No sirens blasting to keep young
people out of woods and grass! A handover to you folks is easy to
foresee when one considers the neurologic, cerebrum-crippling (MS-like
or psychiatric-like) downstream effects of this brain disease.

No, this plum of a country will be yours - just be patient as our
people fall - one by one, dropping quietly, like leaves, or shooting
themselves or others to death in a futile effort to avoid the pain and
craziness of this encephalitis-promoting infection. Just wait - no need
to hurry. Tick-borne diseases are all around us and have been active
here for the previous decades--very visible to those who know how to
diagnose them. But, our children are naked, information-wise, and
passively helpless.

A word to the wise-when you walk into our countryside, you can leave
your weapons at home but bring along your anti-tick, permethrin spray
cans and avoid the brush. Otherwise, your moment of power and victory
will also fall to an almighty spirochete more powerful than any sword.
Regretfully,