That is more a bit more hopeful for XMRV in the prostate. It also shows, though,....that the CDC tests can pick up previously unidentified strains of XMRV - which is what Dr. Mikovits has been saying it can't do. Their ability to find XMRV in other disorders (as well as in their laboratory personnel) actually makes their findings of zero XMRV in CFS stronger. Its good for prostate cancer XMRV; bad for CFS XMRV.
Thats a fair point. but the argument can be turned on its head a little can it not ? 1.9% is a tiny detection. especially if more are infact infected. but the CDC detections are only JUST picking up some positives. How do we know its not the detections that are weak, rather than the amounts of infected patients. Would be my question.
One could argue out of this cohort the WPI would get many more positive detections. Proving judy right. Having said all this, its just a observation. im rattled by the sing study for sure. and confused too, about the lack of the 4% background detections, she should have got, her explanation, of im not really sure, but different types of samples might explain it, seems a bit weak to me.
The CDC Admitting they belive xmrv is indeed infecting people, is very very big news. they might like to split hairs by saying ok its only cancer paitients here. But really that makes little sense on so many levels, not least of which, i thought they belived it was all contamination from a cell line, and was just a lab creation. seems we are being told different things almost monthly by different groups, which is it, contamination, and a lab creation. or a virus really infecting humans ?????
And i note, hold on, these are not lab workers either ? very strange mr coffin. I do not belive a retro virus will only target cancer groups, that seems like complete rubbish to me. how can it only target cancer patients. infact theres more chance it would only attack ME/CFS groups with the altered weakened, immune systems many of them have. No way.
If its prostate cancer groups. sorry it must also be in healthy controls, and other groups with weakened immune systems. I dont know whats going on here. but all the arguments im seeing lately, Just seem plain absurd.
A desperate attempt to explain the fact that they can not find xmrv in CFS groups, can not find XMRV in cancer groups. but then out of knowwhere. hold on woops. we just found a small amount of patients infected ????
If the CDC are confident on this finding, that in no way is contamination to blame. Then just maybe this finding might actually turn out to be more important than the 0/0 Sing study.
why? well because once again. its suggesting all is not what it seems in this sorry saga. and something. ( we do not yet know what ) is going horribly wrong in the detection, and detection rates, of this virus in people.
regardless of the disease they are studying. That is just completely irrelevant. As a virus will infect all that it can. not just prostate cancer patients.
As usual. nothing really makes any sense does it. Just when im about to say ok, hold on, maybe, this virus actually isnt infecting humans. along comes the CDC, ( A group i would least expect to learn this shattering news from ) saying erm ACTUALLY FOLKS IT IS. CFS. PROSTATE CANCER. just splitting hairs now illogically too it would seem.? Or is it. i guess they would all be happier if cancer patients had this virus. but not the CFS patients, not suggesting any bias of course. but likely true. sorry it just is