I got Lyme 1997 in Australia. Australian government still deny it exists there! Tried for years to get NHS diagnosis. Every doctor I saw dismissed all my horrific symptoms. By 2012 so poorly. Ditched the NHS and switched to holistic medicine to get well. I am not a U.K. lyme statistic despite bullseye rash and very severe flu at onset of infection. The tests do not work. I know numerous people with stories like mine. My Nhs diagnosis was fibromyalgia. How many chronic fatigue ME MS fibromyalgia patients actually have Lyme? Id say thousands.. rare?? I don’t think so. Denial? Yes. Corruption occurring? Yes ! Much