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originally posted by: RonnieJersey
I find it frightening that people seem to have changed since the virus and the vaccine -
Seems like brain cells might have been affected perhaps? For instance, I have to constantly count my change after paying, because it's never correct. I find myself asking the same simple question three times before I get a reply, as if it is beyond comprehension. I'll call to confirm an appointment, and it's like pulling teeth, trying to get the correct information on anything.
My husband laughs and says it must be something in our water, or air.
But I can't believe it's just me?
Our corporate bosses flirted with the idea of mandating all employees be vaxxed. I told the Owner/CEO, and my regional director via email that they might as well start searching for someone to replace me if they did because I would NOT take that poison. Thankfully, I wasn't the only one, and they backed off.
originally posted by: DontTreadOnMe
a reply to: angelchemuel
Thanks for that info.
So, rest and pacing yourself is the best remedy for EBV?
The chronic active viruses most frequently found in ME/CFS patients are: coxsackievirus B, echovirus, Epstein-Barr virus, HHV-6 and cytomegalovirus, and ME/CFS doctors usually test for these. Most ME/CFS patients will have elevated antibody levels to one or more of these pathogens.
Epstein-Barr Virus
EBV has been linked to ME/CFS.1 There is a high 95% prevalence of EBV in the general adult population, so most people will have this virus in their system, but usually in a latent (inactive) state. However, if you have active EBV, it is possible this may be contributing to or causing your ME/CFS symptoms.
After mononucleosis (glandular fever), which is mostly caused by EBV, ME/CFS was found as a sequelae in 9% of cases.1 Another study found that at 6, 12 and 24 months after mononucleosis, 13%, 7% and 4% of patients respectively met the criteria for CFS, indicating that post-mononucleosis CFS can clear up over time, to an extent.1
Note: the active EBV infections thought to exist in ME/CFS are not the same as those found in the rare and often fatal illness chronic active Epstein-Barr virus (CAEBV). In CAEBV, high EBV viral loads are found in the blood by PCR, whereas in ME/CFS, blood PCR tests are usually negative for EBV (Dr Lerner proposed that in ME/CFS, EBV resides in the tissues, as an abortive infection).
► Go to EBV treatments Epstein-Barr virus antibodies. Dr Martin Lerner says ME/CFS patients have an active EBV infection if there are high antibody levels in the VCA IgM and/or EA IgG diffuse tests.1 2
About 15% of EBV ME/CFS patients have positive VCA IgM, which indicates lytic replication, and is the signature of mononucleosis.1
Prof Jose Montoya has his own criteria based on high EBV VCA IgG and EBV EA IgG, but simultaneously required high HHV-6 IgG.1 2
What do we mean by high antibody levels? It is suggested that levels at least 16 times the lab reference for negative can be considered high. In the LabCorp EA IgG diffuse test, negative is
originally posted by: Xtrozero
originally posted by: RonnieJersey
I find it frightening that people seem to have changed since the virus and the vaccine -
Seems like brain cells might have been affected perhaps? For instance, I have to constantly count my change after paying, because it's never correct. I find myself asking the same simple question three times before I get a reply, as if it is beyond comprehension. I'll call to confirm an appointment, and it's like pulling teeth, trying to get the correct information on anything.
My husband laughs and says it must be something in our water, or air.
But I can't believe it's just me?
You actually use cash... People are about as dumb as they ever have been, look back to 2016 to 2019 as example.
originally posted by: Itisnowagain
Do you not use cash?