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I think it was Buchwald who said that a recovered patient commented that she couldn't do the same things she did prior to getting ill, 10 years earlier. Buchwald suggested that it's not reasonable to expect that anyone can do all the things they did 10 years ago.Anyone got any more specifics on that argument?
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Go Nancy! Nancy Klimas is doing a good job challenging the "there are no biomarkers" misinformation
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Christopher R. Snell, Ph.D.
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The Workwell Foundation
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Open Medicine Institute
I think it was Buchwald who said that a recovered patient commented that she couldn't do the same things she did prior to getting ill, 10 years earlier. Buchwald suggested that it's not reasonable to expect that anyone can do all the things they did 10 years ago.
It's a pretty common psychobabble tactic for claiming that someone is cured, despite ongoing disability.