“Patients with Chronic Illness Rally to Raise Funds, Awareness, and Hope”

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Another great article by Stephanie Land - http://www.huffingtonpost.com/-stephanie-land/patients-with-chronic-ill_b_9818754.html

Ron Davis, best known for helping to spearhead the Human Genome project, posts a selfie where he’s wearing a cape and a pair of briefs over his regular clothing. Hands on hips in the manner of superheroes everywhere, Davis mugs for the camera, happy to be ridiculous - for a cause.

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.....“Undies on the Outside,” a fundraiser set up for the Open Medicine Foundation, is only one of many springing up currently as ME Awareness Day on May 12th draws closer.

An idea for a protest began to form, and Hodges started to articulate what that would look like. “Understandably, the idea of a protest was met with some initial resistance and hesitation because many patients are just way too sick to get out of bed, much less attend a protest,” said Hodges in an email interview. “The co-founders of #MEAction supported the idea of activism and together we launched the first step of many: our protest in Washington, D.C.”......

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