And I got a nice reply......
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I just wrote her to please ask Koroshetz to provide any evidence that "Long Covid" with the exact symptoms of ME/CFS is a novel disease, and mentioned that NIH has vastly underfunded ME/CFS research, and that NIH might be deflecting...
https://hk.asiatatler.com/life/wai-yuen-tong-young-yum-pills-traditional-chinese-medicine
https://www.posharpstore.com/en/wai-yuen-tong-young-yum-pill-24-capsules
2nd link lists ingredients.
Maybe I need to wait until they release the not-so-young Yum pill version…..
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/04/world/canada/canada-brain-disease-mystery.html?referringSource=articleShare
Mysterious Brain Syndrome Stumps Canadian Doctors
One of the comments in the comment section references MECFS.
The positive response to anti-virals is likely due to a mechanism *not* related to killing/ inhibiting viruses. This was pointed out by Naviaux, but I can no longer find it on his website.
EDIT— here it is
https://www.omf.ngo/viruses-and-cfs-statement-by-ron-davis-and-bob-naviaux/
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hepatitis_C
Another example of a chronic virus that can make people sicker over time.
I do think that MECFS patients get worse over time. I also think that the chronic, sub acute virus concept is a dead end and won’t pan out—mostly an opinion, but also because...
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/28/opinion/alzheimer-treatment-FDA-aducanumab.html?action=click&module=Opinion&pgtype=Homepage
They’ve spent billions on Alzheimer’s and sounds like they still have nothing. Worth reading even though it’s not about MECFS.
Probably trying to get an indication to be able to prescribe this device (GammaCore) for these diseases. Would have been better if they also used a placebo stimulator that maybe made a noise or something but didn’t deliver a shock. Might be something here.
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