Thanks for alerting me to this Koan.
It's a pretty heartbreaking segment, all in all (and a better view of CFS than the previous segment on CFS). What's terribly confusing about this is the difference between positive/titre tests for EBV versus what I'm understanding is perhaps a cellular change due to the EBV which would not necessarily show up as more than a positive past infection. Does anyone else have any better understanding of this?
In terms of treatment, wasn't there an article posted within the last couple of weeks concerning a paper out of a med/research school that addressed treating EBV? I have had a difficult time remembering (visually--b/c that's how I recall things) where things are since the forums have changed, so I can't even recall the general area, but hopefully it will trigger a memory for someone else here.
This seems to me to be as promising a method of potentially treating aspects of this illness as retroviral therapy. Of course, if I remember the other post correctly, it was about treating when EBV triggers cancer, so I don't know if it means CFS patients still would have to wait to develop cancer for treatment (!)
It's good news that the importance of EBV is on the minds of the research community and apparently important enough to make it onto TV.