The chronic Lyme scam is basically a highly evolved social engineering attack.<p>A large percentage of the population has unexplained symptoms, and perhaps mainstream medicine doesn't have a good solution.<p>Quacks and conspiracy theorists on social media convinced their victims that they are infested with Lyme disease and that the CDC, mainstream doctors, and mainstream testing cannot be trusted.<p>When a mainstream doctor or lab tells them they don't have Lyme, instead of providing assurances, it only reinforces the false narrative.<p>The victim then spends all their money on scammy doctors and labs that tell them what they want to hear.<p>More on the social phenomenon:<p><a href="https://www.thecut.com/2019/07/what-happens-when-lyme-disease-becomes-an-identity.html" rel="nofollow">https://www.thecut.com/2019/07/what-happens-when-lyme-diseas...</a>