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Comment by softwaredoug

Lyme is so prevalent... So much suffering could have been prevented, if weren't for these lawsuits.

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> That's what happened with the last Lyme vaccine.

> Lymerix was approved and released in 1998 and gone — off the market — in fewer than four years.

> Some believed the vaccine caused early onset arthritis, and that in turn led to a class-action lawsuit.

> Its maker pulled the vaccine, citing poor sales, despite the fact that a 2001 U.S. Food and Drug Administration study found no link between Lymerix and early or late onset arthritis.

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