Hip, I clearly state it is a theory. Please take your time and re-read what I wrote.
As to your request that I explain how an ERV or an exogenous cousin can be ascribed to the ebb and flow nature of ME/CFS - or chronic Lyme, for that matter - we have three retroviruses from which to draw insight, each with characteristics peculiar to themselves, as distinct entities. Not enough to ascribe much based solely on it being a retrovirus, particularly in an attempt to derive general patterns from only three predecessors. I fear your request is, er, disingenuous or inappropriate. I apologize if I am wrong.
But it's just as likely to explain the relapsing-remitting quality many ME/CFS sufferers are familiar with as any other mechanism. Ditto for persistent Lyme - would you like to explain how Borrelia Burgdorferi - not considered a relapsing remitting disease - might be behind that characteristic, i.e. ebb/flow, post-treatment?
As to your request that I explain how an ERV or an exogenous cousin can be ascribed to the ebb and flow nature of ME/CFS - or chronic Lyme, for that matter - we have three retroviruses from which to draw insight, each with characteristics peculiar to themselves, as distinct entities. Not enough to ascribe much based solely on it being a retrovirus, particularly in an attempt to derive general patterns from only three predecessors. I fear your request is, er, disingenuous or inappropriate. I apologize if I am wrong.
But it's just as likely to explain the relapsing-remitting quality many ME/CFS sufferers are familiar with as any other mechanism. Ditto for persistent Lyme - would you like to explain how Borrelia Burgdorferi - not considered a relapsing remitting disease - might be behind that characteristic, i.e. ebb/flow, post-treatment?
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