Crowd funding for Bhupesh Prusty

[raghav]

From Prusty's tweet, one of his replies to a question asked on whether ME CFS people were ageing faster and his reply is

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1229891128461271053

 

[Rufous McKinney]

Sent out the fundraising link during ME Awareness Hour..on Twitter...and so hopefully this may generate a few more donations.

 

[Hopeful1976]

Lol they can't send out a tweet or two?

I think its really poor that they can't do this! I really thought the OMF just wanted us to be well, whoever and however that may come about. I'm afraid reading this, I'm now seriously doubting them, sadly. Why on earth would they not send out a tweet?

 

[Rufous McKinney]

Why on earth would they not send out a tweet?

Life is complicated. They have their own fundraisers. They emailed out the results of their Ambassador's fund raiser.

Its probably- they just aren't staffed to- take on- random stuff like this, even tho it seems logical to us, and I don't think we should get all miffy about it.

This request got retweeted during ME Awareness Hour..today...so It may- get seen by some more folks. -

 

[raghav]

Folks, all those who are donating on a monthly or quarterly basis can you reroute it once to Prusty ? Lets see what he comes up with. He is looking at the something in the serum from an entirely new angle. So lets give him an opportunity.

 

[RL_sparky]

Its probably- they just aren't staffed to- take on- random stuff like this, even tho it seems logical to us, and I don't think we should get all miffy about it.

It's not the staffing which is the issue. I mean what's it take to tweet it once in awhile. Someone who interacts with them told me if they supported this they would be inundated with requests from other groups which they then couldn't handle or really would prefer not to support.
Lets hope this is a year that we see progress in the research in all groups.

 

[RL_sparky]

Folks, all those who are donating on a monthly or quarterly basis can you reroute it once to Prusty ? Lets see what he comes up with. He is looking at the something in the serum from an entirely new angle. So lets give him an opportunity.

Yes, I really think his research is in need of our support.

 

[raghav]

7k to go !

 

[Rufous McKinney]

7k to go !

Self- Patting Back- for retweeting that and so hopefully a few more dollars appeared from that effort!!

 

[raghav]

I mailed Prusty and he promptly mailed back. He said he felt bad taking money from patients for research. I told him we are doing it willingly and he should not feel guilty about it.

 

[Rufous McKinney]

He said he felt bad taking money from patients for research.

What a thoughtful and kind person he must be!

 

[sphynx on roundabouts]

I’ve just donated. It’s encouraging to see the total rise!

 

[raghav]

Come on folks ! Less than 6k required !

 

[raghav]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1231311955434057735

 

[raghav]

4.3 K Euros to go !

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1231343701752008705

 

[raghav]

Just 2k to reach the finish line !

 

[Joy&K0$]

A new comment by a donor on the Gofundme page: https://www.gofundme.com/f/gofundme...=veErm+jQOVgwxMXaN7CiAugcA7xSdCrg9M5ge97v7zc=

OK, listen up! Hoer zu! 311 donors so far. About 1,650 Euros left to reach the 30,000 goal. If each of us gives 6 Euros more, we've met the goal! Let's do this....

"Let's do this", indeed. I just added to my original contribution. I agree - Prusty is a worthy recipient.

 

[MonkeyMan]

I'm delighted to announce that the 30K Euro fundraiser goal has been reached. (I'm also proud to be the person who donated the last 345 Euros that put the fundraiser at goal). Huge thanks to Sonja and the other fundraisers, to everyone who contributed, and to Dr Prusty for his brilliant research that restores hope among us in the ME/CFS community. Now let us all hope and pray that answers will come soon!

 

[Hopeful1976]

I'm delighted to announce that the 30K Euro fundraiser goal has been reached. (I'm also proud to be the person who donated the last 345 Euros that put the fundraiser at goal). Huge thanks to Sonja and the other fundraisers, to everyone who contributed, and to Dr Prusty for his brilliant research that restores hope among us in the ME/CFS community. Now let us all hope and pray that answers will come soon!

❤ to your every word!

 

[MonkeyMan]

Why don't you try emailing Dr. Lipkin to see what he might say before labeling him with false charges. I've been in numerous of his studies and find them thorough and rigorous.
Here's his email address: wil2001@cumc.columbia.edu
He is under self imposed quarantine, having just recently gotten back from China. Maybe he has time now to answer you.

I wrote Dr Lipkin about a week ago to ask what's up with the Microbiome Discovery project. No reply.