Jeopardy (TV show) asks a question based on SEID/CFS

[Andy]

As reported in this Reddit thread,

https://www.reddit.com/r/cfs/comments/a1y7mb/we_made_it_on_jeopardy/

this question was asked on the quiz show Jeopardy recently, "Systemic Exertion Intolerance Disease is an AKA for this syndrome?"

A little bit of progress maybe?

 

[Mij]

The category was "A Brief Illness"

 

[Mij]

The show aired in July 2015

 

[Andy]

The show aired in July 2015

Ah OK, must be a re-run then I guess.

 

[InitialConditions]

Do not show this to the #ME4ICC lot, they will lose their shit.

 

[Mij]

So I'm rereading the question from 2015, and it is different from the one @Andy posted. So there could have been 2 separate airings asking the SEID question.

 

[NelliePledge]

Do not show this to the #ME4ICC lot, they will lose their shit.

 

[DigitalDrifter]

I thought the whole point of SEID was to distance ourselves from chronic fatigue not be synonymized with it.

 

[Forbin]

"No, I'm afraid that now makes it all three contestants who answered 'What is The China Syndrome?'"

 

[perchance dreamer]

I watched this Jeopardy episode. I thought it was reductive to equate systemic exertion intolerance with chronic fatigue. I think of PEM as a symptom, not the whole enchilada.

 

[Seven]

maybe

What I am seeing is a campaign to rename the disease ( also saw something on Dr oz and other paid airways.
1) Are all this plp / tv shows/ magazines.. that never gave a crap allOf The sudden care and all magically now call it SEID and in such a short time spam.
2) if there is a educational
Campaine to the new name, who is behind it? I don’t knwo of any M.E. group that was in aupport to new name ( I might be wrong).
3) what is wrong with ME that is classified as neurologically. Why do we need this new name with no classification, or is this an effort to new clasification.

 

[Little Bluestem]

I saw the recent version of this. The category was acronyms. The question was the recent new acronym for chronic fatigue syndrome. I, too, did not like the equating of SEID with CFS.