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ME/CFS since 1995; activity level 6?
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Interesting review article in New England Journal of Medicine 1st August 2013.
It is long, and covers a range of global health issues, but of particular interest to us perhaps is the fact that:
This would appear to be somewhat at odds with attempts by governments to reduce welfare budgets by trying to force sick people back to work, and indicates perhaps that welfare levels should increase rather than decrease to adapt to the increasing number of chronically-disabled people.
On the other hand, these policies are perhaps achieving a money-saving aim by causing numbers of disabled people to die, shifting the balance a little towards how it was in 'the good old days.'
It is long, and covers a range of global health issues, but of particular interest to us perhaps is the fact that:
Overall, there is a progressive shift toward a larger share of the burden of disease from disability.
This would appear to be somewhat at odds with attempts by governments to reduce welfare budgets by trying to force sick people back to work, and indicates perhaps that welfare levels should increase rather than decrease to adapt to the increasing number of chronically-disabled people.
On the other hand, these policies are perhaps achieving a money-saving aim by causing numbers of disabled people to die, shifting the balance a little towards how it was in 'the good old days.'