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I've just posted a new article that gives the timeline and bloodline of ME/CFS.
Mindy Kitei
CFS Central
http://www.cfscentral.com
Mindy Kitei
CFS Central
http://www.cfscentral.com
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If you look at Mindy's list or Byron Hyde's list http://www.name-us.org/ResearchPages/ResEpidemic.htm#M.E._Epidemics
you can see that there are no reported outbreaks after 1989/1990.
Does anyone know why that would be?
If you look at Mindy's list or Byron Hyde's list http://www.name-us.org/ResearchPages/ResEpidemic.htm#M.E._Epidemics
you can see that there are no reported outbreaks after 1989/1990.
Does anyone know why that would be?
alex3619 said:Hi caledonia: one thing comes to mind: the cfs definition leads to confusion. Instead of thinking of an epidemic, doctors are now thinking of a chronic condition. Its a different psychology.
Forbin said:One other possibility is pandemic. The disease is so widespread (and reporting is so diluted by cases of "chronic fatigue" that meet the CDC's broad definition) that detecting outbreaks from the "background noise" becomes impossible.
If you look at Mindy's list or Byron Hyde's list http://www.name-us.org/ResearchPages/ResEpidemic.htm#M.E._Epidemics
you can see that there are no reported outbreaks after 1989/1990.
Does anyone know why that would be?
If you look at Mindy's list or Byron Hyde's list http://www.name-us.org/ResearchPages/ResEpidemic.htm#M.E._Epidemics
you can see that there are no reported outbreaks after 1989/1990.
Does anyone know why that would be?