Dying Stars and Limping Dogs

The pathogen that causes Lyme Disease -- Borrelia burgdorferi-- does not run on iron like every other life form on earth.

Instead, it depends on manganese, which means that when the liver produces hepcidin to fight the infection, that natural iron-inhibiting hormone does nothing to starve the pathogen, which is why Lyme disease is so robust absent a good dosing of Doxycline.

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My theory is that Borrelia burgdorferi is an alien, non-terrestrial life-form seeded here from an asteroid or comet.

Crazy talk?

Maybe.  

But as crazy as that sounds, remember that all the iron that forms the backbone of all other animal life on the planet, started as iron in the heart of a dying star.