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Well, considering that he doesn't differentiate between CFS and idiopathic chronic fatigue, it may well be that all of his non-CFS patients won't be helped.Simon Wessely on XMRV,( British DOH/NHS Psychiatrist, and self annointed 'CFS' expert who denies ME exists):
''"It's very preliminary and there no evidence to say this is relevant to the vast majority of people in the UK with the condition."
This guy is either a complete bullshitter or highly delusional. My guess is a little of both.
Commenting on a study that stated XMRV virus was found in two thirds of CFS patients, Wessely said this research fails to model the role childhood abuse, psychological factors, and other infections may play in the illness.[23]