News From Jarred Younger / Neuroinflammation, Pain, and Fatigue Laboratory at UAB, From Aug 2020

[Sean]

Yeah, part of this problem in ME/CFS is that inflammation has become one of the big buzzwords across health generally in the last decade or so.

Not saying there is nothing to it, at least in some situations. But it has really captured the zeitgeist and bypassed people's critical faculties, including within the profession.

 

[Jonathan Edwards]

Unfortunately, to cut corners, I've had to trust that seemingly grounded people know what they are talking about.

Sadly one can never risk doing that. Most people in biomedical science lack a basic grasp of what questions they are trying to solve.

 

[bicentennial]

... inflammation has become one of the big buzzwords across health generally in the last decade or so. Not saying there is nothing to it, at least in some situations. But it has really captured the zeitgeist and bypassed people's critical faculties, including within the profession.

I have learnt to say "one working theory is inflammation"