• FundMECFSResearchOP
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    7 hours ago

    For sure, but it’s important to keep in mind in fields with large financial interests.

    Medicine especially. Most studies claiming Cealiac disease (gluten allergy) was not real before it was conclusively proven to be legitimate were funded by bread companies. You won’t believe the number of studies funded by insurance companies trying to show that certain diseases aren’t really disabling, (even though they really are).

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      6 hours ago

      And sugar probably kills as many people as smoking, but… yup.

      Then again, we all are okay with killing children too, so long as it is with a gun and unwillingly rather than safely in a doctor’s office and medically necessary or at least expedient.