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belgian national protest action on 14th march!

Enid

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Up patient power - and wishing you all the best for 14/3. We have battled here long enough too.
 

Grape Funk

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I hope people show up to this. we are rootin for ya here in the USA. Let us know how it turned out.
 

justinreilly

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Thank you! and best of luck! This helps all pwME around the world, especially those who are too sick to leave their home to join you.
 

Frank

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I've made some banners:

Life as a vegetable is no life!
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ME/CFS target the cause, not the patient!

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Enid

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Frank, so agree - target the cause not the patient (we talked for too long to dead ears). Bestest wishes.
 

Frank

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Europe
Just got back from the manifestation. Probably won't change a lot but it was good to connect with other patients and to get the word out. Here is a tv-report.

[video=youtube;mF4anBXiuBg]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mF4anBXiuBg[/video]
 

Marty

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Your TV report is so inspiring! I didn't understand a word, but I cried anyway. Thanks to every single person who put forth their effort to participate.
 

Hope123

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Good job, guys! Not a huge crowd but good size. Whose the doc they talked about?

[Note to Americans: We should have tubas and horns, why not a whole marching band?, for US protests! Heck, throw in a few cheerleaders for good measure! Attracts attention, keeps the mood up.]
 

Dolphin

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[Note to Americans: We should have tubas and horns, why not a whole marching band?, for US protests! Heck, throw in a few cheerleaders for good measure! Attracts attention, keeps the mood up.]
A lot of people with ME/CFS have noise sensitivity so might not hang around too long with too much noise/sound?