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  1. Jody

    Article The Apologizers of the ME/CFS World

    The Apologizers of the ME/CFS World by Jody Smith I'm Canadian, so I hear a lot of good-natured jokes about how Canadians apologize all the time. It's funny in part because ... in part, it's true. But you know who else apologizes a lot? Chronically ill people. And that ain't so funny. Now...