The Quiet Epidemic

I encourage everyone to see this film to better understand Lyme disease and to advocate for the many long term sufferers with debilitating symptoms and conditions of chronic Lyme disease. They deserve compassionate caring doctors, and healthcare and health insurance systems who strive to help them.

This film is more than just a Lyme documentary (though it is the best Lyme film I’ve seen). It is engaging throughout, deeply informative of a complex issue, and strikingly emotional. It is a look at the many ways our healthcare system fails those with complex illnesses, and the fallout that failure causes in the lives of those who are sick. A must see for anyone who steps outside.

I learned so much about ticks and Lyme disease. A must see film for anyone who goes outside!

I can’t say enough good things about this film. As a parent to two young boys, I found the story of Julia and her dad battling the insidious disease of chronic Lyme simply heartbreaking. This is required viewing for any parent, not to mention medical professionals and policymakers!!

Despite the tough subject matter and consistently more frustrating facts the film drops about the voracious greed and corruption of the healthcare industry, I was more compelled to watch rather than dismiss. What started as a background movie while making dinner, quickly turned to me ordering food and focusing on the movie. The directors commitment manifested in the years she stuck with this story in incredible. And the result is insightful and engrossing. Adding to the experience is wonderful score of the film — poignant and touching without sentimentality. A terrific film that makes you mad about the world but gives you hope that there is hope to be had.

Very well done, informative and thoughtful documentary that hits home. Highly recommend to all!

A superb and eye-opening expose.