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Increasing Efficacy of the CDC’s ME/CFS Educational Program

Tom Kindlon

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Ken Friedman PhD sent me this file, "Increasing Efficacy of the CDC’s ME/CFS Educational Program", in September. I have only got around to reading it now.

"As you may know, the U.S. Institute of Medicine's Report on ME/CFS has prompted the U.S. Centers of Disease Control and Prevention (aka CDC) to revise its ME/CFS educational materials and the mechanism(s) by which they are distributed. In an effort to provide constructive criticism to the CDC, I've authored the attached."

File available at: https://www.mediafire.com/?6hx7hlpuc4gwk3c

He argues that ME/CFS should be treated as a stigmatized illness.