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Dr Reeves? predicted the the CDC would not find XMRV right of of the gate, if I rememeber corrrectly?
Dr Reeves may have been familiar with the CDC policy of just plain ignoring CFS, and with the current leadership he is familiar with, figured that wouldn't change.
However, along comes DR ALter(A big shot with power) who believes in this XMRV thing and wants to solve it, and has power over the NIH. Bang! DR Alter finds it. OH SHIT!!! a big controversy makes it to Katerine Sebilius's desk over the conflict between the CDC and the NIH. (the head of HHHS, who has been appointed by Barack Obama I believe) Barack throws his weight around, but can only go so far with this secretive and powerful thing called the CDC. (Barack is an idealist to a fault, and prefers not to kick the can down the road, totally against american tradition....) SO grudingly, they all agree to let the CDC thing out to quash things for awhile, by releasing this bogus negative study, but in the mean time Alter is allowed to go back and prove what the prevalence may be.( Barack ordering studies and opinions). Example, remember how Dr. ALter mentioned, it may move up on the the to "do list"?, "radar"? (or something to that effect as seen in another post n here somehwere) if XMRV is in CFS patients?. I think he can prove it, and then some. He can probably create some statiscal data to shoow the likelyhood of this causing CFS. Which will probably be quite high based on the WPI 60%-97% findings.
So They are all figuring out the ramifications on blood, economy, politics, and message to public.
This whole thing caught Barack by suprise, and he CDC for that matter, becuase the environment of kicking the can down the road is changing under Barack.
I think it will come out, may take a little longer than some hope. But on it's way for sure