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    lung cancer misdiagnosed as anxiety

    But he didn't write his illness off as psychosomatic!
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    The Double Standard

    Accusing other people of emotional responses is not an successful counter argument, Joshua.
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    The Double Standard

    I think you'll find its a lot more complex than your "double standard" notion Joshua.
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    UK: House of Lords to debate PACE study, Weds 6 Feb 2013

    I also think claiming terms are "meaningless" is not helpful. Obviously terms like ME, CFS and "severely affected" do have specific meanings, whatever we think of them individually.
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    UK: House of Lords to debate PACE study, Weds 6 Feb 2013

    I think the person who asked these questions should researc for the answers. Just because they dont know them does not mean theyre are no significant numbers of severely affected. Obviously there are from what we know already. IVi should start their research with the 25 % group.