Hotez discusses US Science Envoy appointment; Lyme disease protest

My first guest, who has been on the show previously in 2013 (Chagas disease) and2014 (Leishmaniasis), was Dean for the National School of Tropical Medicine at theBaylor College of Medicine and the President of the Sabin Vaccine Institute, Dr Peter Hotez.

Dr Hotez came on to talk about his recent appointment by the U.S. Department of State as U.S. Science Envoy. We also talked about anticipating the next “Ebola” and his concerns about ISIS controlled territories and the risk of a serious outbreak.

During the second half of the show, MaydayProject co-founder, Josh Cutler joined me to talk about Lyme disease advocates disagreements with theInfectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) over diagnosis, treatment and the existence of “chronic Lyme” or “persistent infections”.

Mr. Cutler also talked about the upcoming protest scheduled later this month at the IDSA headquarters.