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Sure, XMRV is an acronym for something that does sound suitably medical and terrifying - and that\u0026#39;s good.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eHowever, like most acronyms, XMRV is soon going to take on a life of its own and the world will forget Xtra Malt Refined Vinegar, or whatever the full medical term happened to be.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eDon\u0026#39;t believe me? Well, who remembers what RADAR stands for? Oh sure, Larry knows - but that just proves my point. Same with H1N1. A few brave medics are carrying out a rearguard action to keep that \u0026quot;name\u0026quot; going, but the world is quite happy with \u0026quot;swine flu\u0026quot;."},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1578504075876293652/5892062602401538054/comments/default/3928834439473170006"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1578504075876293652/5892062602401538054/comments/default/3928834439473170006"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http://www.heaveninmyfoot.com/2009/10/xmrv.html?showComment\u003d1259394633015#c3928834439473170006","title":""}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Steve Marshall"},"uri":{"$t":"http://bahaisonline.net/tcb"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"}}],"thr$in-reply-to":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","href":"http://www.heaveninmyfoot.com/2009/10/xmrv.html","ref":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1578504075876293652.post-5892062602401538054","source":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1578504075876293652/posts/default/5892062602401538054","type":"text/html"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1578504075876293652.post-4498774157163412125"},"published":{"$t":"2009-11-23T15:11:48.597-05:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2009-11-23T15:11:48.597-05:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Funny and who needs that stuff anyways...."},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"Funny and who needs that stuff anyways...."},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1578504075876293652/2086598895333212454/comments/default/4498774157163412125"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1578504075876293652/2086598895333212454/comments/default/4498774157163412125"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http://www.heaveninmyfoot.com/2009/11/when-was-last-time-i-worewhat-is-it.html?showComment\u003d1259007108597#c4498774157163412125","title":""}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Mesha"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"}}],"thr$in-reply-to":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","href":"http://www.heaveninmyfoot.com/2009/11/when-was-last-time-i-worewhat-is-it.html","ref":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1578504075876293652.post-2086598895333212454","source":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1578504075876293652/posts/default/2086598895333212454","type":"text/html"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1578504075876293652.post-2425548065964899484"},"published":{"$t":"2009-11-22T16:03:27.839-05:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2009-11-22T16:03:27.839-05:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":":-)  That's pretty amazing."},"content":{"type":"html","$t":":-)  That\u0026#39;s pretty amazing."},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1578504075876293652/2086598895333212454/comments/default/2425548065964899484"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1578504075876293652/2086598895333212454/comments/default/2425548065964899484"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http://www.heaveninmyfoot.com/2009/11/when-was-last-time-i-worewhat-is-it.html?showComment\u003d1258923807839#c2425548065964899484","title":""}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Dale"},"uri":{"$t":"http://www.blogger.com/profile/14523194846272870013"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"}}],"thr$in-reply-to":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","href":"http://www.heaveninmyfoot.com/2009/11/when-was-last-time-i-worewhat-is-it.html","ref":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1578504075876293652.post-2086598895333212454","source":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1578504075876293652/posts/default/2086598895333212454","type":"text/html"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1578504075876293652.post-6065099108664946138"},"published":{"$t":"2009-11-22T07:02:03.756-05:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2009-11-22T07:02:03.756-05:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Anonymous: Loved the video; hilarious."},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"Anonymous: Loved the video; hilarious."},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1578504075876293652/8295697643977022703/comments/default/6065099108664946138"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1578504075876293652/8295697643977022703/comments/default/6065099108664946138"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http://www.heaveninmyfoot.com/2009/11/waiting-in-limboland-with-xmrv.html?showComment\u003d1258891323756#c6065099108664946138","title":""}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Priscilla"},"uri":{"$t":"http://www.blogger.com/profile/04417812260334969884"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$extendedProperty":{"xmlns$gd":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005","name":"OpenSocialUserId","value":"12834111084341745169"}}],"thr$in-reply-to":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","href":"http://www.heaveninmyfoot.com/2009/11/waiting-in-limboland-with-xmrv.html","ref":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1578504075876293652.post-8295697643977022703","source":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1578504075876293652/posts/default/8295697643977022703","type":"text/html"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1578504075876293652.post-3711911019352313795"},"published":{"$t":"2009-11-20T20:19:35.682-05:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2009-11-20T20:19:35.682-05:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"I'm waiting too. I don't have the energy to write ..."},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"I\u0026#39;m waiting too. I don\u0026#39;t have the energy to write much but seeing as you\u0026#39;re on a pretty scientific theme today with your scientists and labs and powers of 10 I thought you might like this Prascilla:\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003ehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v\u003dzSgiXGELjbc\u0026amp;feature\u003dplayer_embedded\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eNot to do with XMRV but still the chorus cheers me up and makes me think of getting well again...and it is sciency."},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1578504075876293652/8295697643977022703/comments/default/3711911019352313795"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1578504075876293652/8295697643977022703/comments/default/3711911019352313795"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http://www.heaveninmyfoot.com/2009/11/waiting-in-limboland-with-xmrv.html?showComment\u003d1258766375682#c3711911019352313795","title":""}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Anonymous"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"}}],"thr$in-reply-to":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","href":"http://www.heaveninmyfoot.com/2009/11/waiting-in-limboland-with-xmrv.html","ref":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1578504075876293652.post-8295697643977022703","source":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1578504075876293652/posts/default/8295697643977022703","type":"text/html"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1578504075876293652.post-5158570131223722499"},"published":{"$t":"2009-11-17T08:11:35.306-05:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2009-11-17T08:11:35.306-05:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Now I'm waiting for January too :-)"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"Now I\u0026#39;m waiting for January too :-)"},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1578504075876293652/8295697643977022703/comments/default/5158570131223722499"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1578504075876293652/8295697643977022703/comments/default/5158570131223722499"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http://www.heaveninmyfoot.com/2009/11/waiting-in-limboland-with-xmrv.html?showComment\u003d1258463495306#c5158570131223722499","title":""}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Dale"},"uri":{"$t":"http://www.blogger.com/profile/14523194846272870013"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"}}],"thr$in-reply-to":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","href":"http://www.heaveninmyfoot.com/2009/11/waiting-in-limboland-with-xmrv.html","ref":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1578504075876293652.post-8295697643977022703","source":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1578504075876293652/posts/default/8295697643977022703","type":"text/html"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1578504075876293652.post-3617600462553085500"},"published":{"$t":"2009-11-17T05:35:31.802-05:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2009-11-17T05:35:31.802-05:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"\"XMRV is thought to be transmitted through body fl..."},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u0026quot;XMRV is thought to be transmitted through body fluids such as blood, semen, and mother’s breast milk but is not transmitted through the air. It is not known whether XMRV is more easily transmitted than other human retroviruses.\u0026quot; -from the Whittemore Peterson Institute website\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003ePaula:  I don\u0026#39;t think anybody has said that CFS is sexually transmitted.  But XMRV is thought to be (as well as by other means).  I think it will help if you make this distinction."},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1578504075876293652/8295697643977022703/comments/default/3617600462553085500"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1578504075876293652/8295697643977022703/comments/default/3617600462553085500"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http://www.heaveninmyfoot.com/2009/11/waiting-in-limboland-with-xmrv.html?showComment\u003d1258454131802#c3617600462553085500","title":""}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Priscilla"},"uri":{"$t":"http://www.blogger.com/profile/04417812260334969884"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$extendedProperty":{"xmlns$gd":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005","name":"OpenSocialUserId","value":"12834111084341745169"}}],"thr$in-reply-to":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","href":"http://www.heaveninmyfoot.com/2009/11/waiting-in-limboland-with-xmrv.html","ref":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1578504075876293652.post-8295697643977022703","source":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1578504075876293652/posts/default/8295697643977022703","type":"text/html"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1578504075876293652.post-8474735041936281800"},"published":{"$t":"2009-11-16T22:28:39.310-05:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2009-11-16T22:28:39.310-05:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"I THINK Dr. Mikovits or Ms. Whittemore (the mother..."},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"I THINK Dr. Mikovits or Ms. Whittemore (the mother of the daughter with CFS) said CFS is not sexually transmitted, that we know this. But I could be wrong in my recollection, so I\u0026#39;ll have to look out for that. If they did say that, then it doesn\u0026#39;t make sense to me why not. But maybe they never said that. Anyway, people offer good/interesting possibilities as to how this might be sexually transmitted without our having been made aware but i still find myself skeptical. I too heard the idea of needing two viruses activated for CFS/FMS to occur \u0026quot;a one two punch\u0026quot;. I think Jonathan Bell and Paul Cheney may\u0026#39;ve spoken to this, but not sure. Anway, maybe that does explain it. Thanks to those who put thought into this question. ---Paula"},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1578504075876293652/8295697643977022703/comments/default/8474735041936281800"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1578504075876293652/8295697643977022703/comments/default/8474735041936281800"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http://www.heaveninmyfoot.com/2009/11/waiting-in-limboland-with-xmrv.html?showComment\u003d1258428519310#c8474735041936281800","title":""}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Paula"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"}}],"thr$in-reply-to":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","href":"http://www.heaveninmyfoot.com/2009/11/waiting-in-limboland-with-xmrv.html","ref":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1578504075876293652.post-8295697643977022703","source":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1578504075876293652/posts/default/8295697643977022703","type":"text/html"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1578504075876293652.post-3008307328453686533"},"published":{"$t":"2009-11-16T12:21:21.740-05:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2009-11-16T12:21:21.740-05:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"The XMRV research study was published in THE most ..."},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"The XMRV research study was published in THE most critical, picky and prestigious medical journal, Science. It has already been peer-reviewed there. I agree that more research is needed to study causality, prevalence etc etc. but it\u0026#39;s pretty hard to find fault with the original study and its conclusions. :)\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eIt is unfortunate that Teitelbaum doesn\u0026#39;t seem to recognize the difference between viruses and retro-viruses. I\u0026#39;m no expert either, but I\u0026#39;m pretty sure they require different approaches to treat, different drugs. \u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eIn response to Paula\u0026#39;s comment, I\u0026#39;d like to say that I\u0026#39;ve recently come across the idea that there are certain conditions that occur only in the presence of 2 viral agents, such as EBV and XMRV. Unfortunately I don\u0026#39;t have that reference handly, but there are illnesses that fall into this category already, and so there is a chance that CFS/ME is one also.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eAs far as transmission goes, you have to remember that you don\u0026#39;t get HIV any old time you have sex with an HIV positive person. It is also harder to get HIV from women. In order for transmission to happen, the virus needs access to the blood, for example through a cut or sore. \u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eIf you look at these two things together, it would explain why partners of people with ME/CFS don\u0026#39;t get sick very often. The majority of people with ME/CFS are women. Even if their partners have XMRV, without a trigger, susceptibility or second virus, they would not have CFS (just like not every person with HIV would have AIDS).\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eBlood-born viruses can also be passed through blood transfusion, and other contact with infected blood. I guess it is possible to call XMRV a \u0026#39;Sexually Transmitted Disease\u0026#39; if that is what label we use with HIV. But as HIV is not AIDS, XMRV would not be ME/CFS."},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1578504075876293652/8295697643977022703/comments/default/3008307328453686533"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1578504075876293652/8295697643977022703/comments/default/3008307328453686533"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http://www.heaveninmyfoot.com/2009/11/waiting-in-limboland-with-xmrv.html?showComment\u003d1258392081740#c3008307328453686533","title":""}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"perpetualspiral"},"uri":{"$t":"http://www.blogger.com/profile/16769390702164302344"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$extendedProperty":{"xmlns$gd":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005","name":"OpenSocialUserId","value":"11974555566532535076"}}],"thr$in-reply-to":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","href":"http://www.heaveninmyfoot.com/2009/11/waiting-in-limboland-with-xmrv.html","ref":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1578504075876293652.post-8295697643977022703","source":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1578504075876293652/posts/default/8295697643977022703","type":"text/html"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1578504075876293652.post-7094646961038435039"},"published":{"$t":"2009-11-16T10:20:22.562-05:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2009-11-16T10:20:22.562-05:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Dr. Teitelbaum is like all the other doctors out t..."},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"Dr. Teitelbaum is like all the other doctors out there involved in CFIDS: Make money off us sick. Ok, NOT ALL doctors that treat us CFIDS sick. My internist has paid a very dear price to take care of us CFIDS people in terms of time, energy and money. He\u0026#39;s a saint and a rare example of a true physician trying to help. Teitelbaum - not so much I fear.\u003cbr /\u003ePoint fingers at the CDC/CFS and wonderful Dr. William Reeves, his idiot associates and thieving contractors (ABT Associates and Emory University MIND-BODY Program) for wasting over $100 MILLION DOLLARS during the last 25 years or so. And with NOTHING to show for it except that we CFIDS sick can\u0026#39;t tolerate stress. Thanks for THAT information. Meanwhile, the two year old Whittemore-Peterson Institute with about $1million in private funding has discovered something of import to the CFIDS sick. Oh, and also to those studying cancers and many other diseases - the XMRV Virus. \u003cbr /\u003eIt is past time to clean house at the CDC and remove Reeves and either put him in jail OR give him a pint of our CFIDS blood. I\u0026#39;d go with jail if I were you Bill..."},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1578504075876293652/8295697643977022703/comments/default/7094646961038435039"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1578504075876293652/8295697643977022703/comments/default/7094646961038435039"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http://www.heaveninmyfoot.com/2009/11/waiting-in-limboland-with-xmrv.html?showComment\u003d1258384822562#c7094646961038435039","title":""}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Anonymous"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"}}],"thr$in-reply-to":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","href":"http://www.heaveninmyfoot.com/2009/11/waiting-in-limboland-with-xmrv.html","ref":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1578504075876293652.post-8295697643977022703","source":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1578504075876293652/posts/default/8295697643977022703","type":"text/html"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1578504075876293652.post-222399169554938689"},"published":{"$t":"2009-11-16T09:46:31.250-05:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2009-11-16T09:46:31.250-05:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"P.S. Cervical cancer also doesn't \"seem contagious..."},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"P.S. Cervical cancer also doesn\u0026#39;t \u0026quot;seem contagious,\u0026quot; but, as it turns out, the cause of most forms of it actually is—it\u0026#39;s sexually transmitted."},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1578504075876293652/8295697643977022703/comments/default/222399169554938689"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1578504075876293652/8295697643977022703/comments/default/222399169554938689"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http://www.heaveninmyfoot.com/2009/11/waiting-in-limboland-with-xmrv.html?showComment\u003d1258382791250#c222399169554938689","title":""}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Priscilla"},"uri":{"$t":"http://www.blogger.com/profile/04417812260334969884"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$extendedProperty":{"xmlns$gd":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005","name":"OpenSocialUserId","value":"12834111084341745169"}}],"thr$in-reply-to":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","href":"http://www.heaveninmyfoot.com/2009/11/waiting-in-limboland-with-xmrv.html","ref":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1578504075876293652.post-8295697643977022703","source":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1578504075876293652/posts/default/8295697643977022703","type":"text/html"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1578504075876293652.post-4557480633641994665"},"published":{"$t":"2009-11-16T09:31:33.096-05:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2009-11-16T09:31:33.096-05:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Cinderkeys: “January” doesn’t even rise to the lev..."},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"Cinderkeys: “January” doesn’t even rise to the level of a guess; it’s just a comforting mantra.  Probably by mid-December I will be saying, “March, more information by March.”\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eI think what you say about P-value is basically right, but I hesitate to use words like “odds” and “chances” when I think they have specific meanings in statistics that I’m not entirely sure of here.  \u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eJohn: Yes, I will probably submit something for the calendar those folks are doing, though they are trying to move fast and I am very slow.  I would probably also be happy to have my cartoons used in the other ways you mention to benefit the WPI.  It doesn’t even have to be limited to XMRV cartoons.  If you (or somebody else) want to do something else you can contact me at ms leaf at wildblue dot net. \u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eAs I understand it, that difference between XMRV in the general population and CFSers is what makes the P-value so strong in favor of non-random association. \u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003ePaula: I think you have a good question, but I don’t think there is necessarily a problem there.  HPV causes most types of cervical cancer; however, most women infected with the virus will not develop cervical cancer.  The situation with XMRV could be similar.  So if you have the virus, and if it is making you sick, it is quite possible, maybe even likely, that the person you got it from would not be sick."},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1578504075876293652/8295697643977022703/comments/default/4557480633641994665"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1578504075876293652/8295697643977022703/comments/default/4557480633641994665"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http://www.heaveninmyfoot.com/2009/11/waiting-in-limboland-with-xmrv.html?showComment\u003d1258381893096#c4557480633641994665","title":""}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Priscilla"},"uri":{"$t":"http://www.blogger.com/profile/04417812260334969884"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$extendedProperty":{"xmlns$gd":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005","name":"OpenSocialUserId","value":"12834111084341745169"}}],"thr$in-reply-to":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","href":"http://www.heaveninmyfoot.com/2009/11/waiting-in-limboland-with-xmrv.html","ref":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1578504075876293652.post-8295697643977022703","source":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1578504075876293652/posts/default/8295697643977022703","type":"text/html"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1578504075876293652.post-3372026746463666111"},"published":{"$t":"2009-11-16T03:11:00.801-05:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2009-11-16T03:11:00.801-05:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Here's my criticism or perhaps I should put it thi..."},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"Here\u0026#39;s my criticism or perhaps I should put it this way: here\u0026#39;s the part I don\u0026#39;t get that just does not add up to me, and that pertains the alleged mode of transmission via bodily fluids of breast milk, blood, or semen. The disease of CFS just does NOT seem that contagious, despite what they say, the researchers in this XMRV study among CFSers. It just does not seem sexually transmitted and why not if it is in fact contracted via something like semen. Wouldn\u0026#39;t we know that already. So, in my case, I have FMS, so maybe I don\u0026#39;t even have XMRV but if I do, I just don\u0026#39;t see how I could have gottten it. Not from my mom\u0026#39;s breast milk. She has NO signs of CFS or FMS. Maybe my dad did, because I do think there\u0026#39;s genetics involved, but of course he didn\u0026#39;t breast feed me. I can\u0026#39;t think where I would have contracted this via blood. How about others out there? that leaves sexual transmission as the only plausible route that I can think of, but then that would make CFS/FMS a sexually transmitted disease. I don\u0026#39;t think most people with this disease are worrying about giving it to mates. So, to me, this just doesn\u0026#39;t add up. That\u0026#39;s what makes me have doubts and reservations. yes, I know there are cases of CFS outbreaks but that is not necessarily the norm at all. So, why not? So, it just makes me wonder if there is some other common denominator, like an impaired immune system, that makes one highly susceptible to getting XMRV as well as other viruses. Just a thought.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003ePaula"},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1578504075876293652/8295697643977022703/comments/default/3372026746463666111"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1578504075876293652/8295697643977022703/comments/default/3372026746463666111"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http://www.heaveninmyfoot.com/2009/11/waiting-in-limboland-with-xmrv.html?showComment\u003d1258359060801#c3372026746463666111","title":""}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Paula"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"}}],"thr$in-reply-to":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","href":"http://www.heaveninmyfoot.com/2009/11/waiting-in-limboland-with-xmrv.html","ref":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1578504075876293652.post-8295697643977022703","source":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1578504075876293652/posts/default/8295697643977022703","type":"text/html"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1578504075876293652.post-2363340840110560825"},"published":{"$t":"2009-11-16T00:15:58.648-05:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2009-11-16T00:15:58.648-05:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"It's not just p-value, it's also the prevalence of..."},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"It\u0026#39;s not just p-value, it\u0026#39;s also the prevalence of a virus in the general population. Most other viruses are fairly widespread, to say the least- EBV is in like 85% of the population, HHV-6 maybe 90%, yada yada yada... So for 99 of 101 CFS patients(unpublished data mentioned in newspaper interviews + Dr. Peterson\u0026#39;s CFSAC presentation) to have XMRV is like whoa.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eAlso, I came across your page a while back and really liked it. I thought of contacting you to see if you would mind doing a calendar, mugs, etc. to donate to WPI, since you give your stuff away anyways, and then saw some people on the WPI Facebook site talking about calendars and stuff and linking to this page! Are you helping them?\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eTC,\u003cbr /\u003eJ"},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1578504075876293652/8295697643977022703/comments/default/2363340840110560825"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1578504075876293652/8295697643977022703/comments/default/2363340840110560825"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http://www.heaveninmyfoot.com/2009/11/waiting-in-limboland-with-xmrv.html?showComment\u003d1258348558648#c2363340840110560825","title":""}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"John"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"}}],"thr$in-reply-to":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","href":"http://www.heaveninmyfoot.com/2009/11/waiting-in-limboland-with-xmrv.html","ref":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1578504075876293652.post-8295697643977022703","source":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1578504075876293652/posts/default/8295697643977022703","type":"text/html"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1578504075876293652.post-356896775091535955"},"published":{"$t":"2009-11-15T21:52:25.578-05:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2009-11-15T21:52:25.578-05:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"P value is one of the only things I remember from ..."},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"P value is one of the only things I remember from my statistics classes. Hell, it was one of the only things I understood in my statistics classes at the time.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eHere\u0026#39;s the way I explain it. You\u0026#39;ve found different results for your control group and experimental group (for instance, 3.7% of healthy controls test positive for XMRV, compared to 67% of people in the sick population). If your P value is less than .05, that means the odds are less than 5% that the difference is due to random chance.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eSo is January just a guess, or is it based on comments from the WPI? 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Or a bunny rabbit."},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1578504075876293652/7919060334932996477/comments/default/8618600469795212985"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1578504075876293652/7919060334932996477/comments/default/8618600469795212985"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http://www.heaveninmyfoot.com/2009/11/bye-bye-october.html?showComment\u003d1257178320104#c8618600469795212985","title":""}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Alan Schmalan"},"uri":{"$t":"http://www.blogger.com/profile/09365386870476783537"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"}}],"thr$in-reply-to":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","href":"http://www.heaveninmyfoot.com/2009/11/bye-bye-october.html","ref":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1578504075876293652.post-7919060334932996477","source":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1578504075876293652/posts/default/7919060334932996477","type":"text/html"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1578504075876293652.post-5857099769157743567"},"published":{"$t":"2009-11-02T10:13:53.139-05:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2009-11-02T10:13:53.139-05:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"I truly hope you feel better soon. And even more b..."},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"I truly hope you feel better soon. And even more better in the not to distant future. I have been following the information on the chronic fatigue syndrome-virus link. it does help produce optimism. There is also some (remote at this point) possibility it may be linked to Autism spectrum disorders. Amazing things they are finding out - with the potential to help so many people."},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1578504075876293652/7919060334932996477/comments/default/5857099769157743567"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1578504075876293652/7919060334932996477/comments/default/5857099769157743567"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http://www.heaveninmyfoot.com/2009/11/bye-bye-october.html?showComment\u003d1257174833139#c5857099769157743567","title":""}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Lizy Wildsmith"},"uri":{"$t":"http://www.blogger.com/profile/17066696028127174543"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"}}],"thr$in-reply-to":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","href":"http://www.heaveninmyfoot.com/2009/11/bye-bye-october.html","ref":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1578504075876293652.post-7919060334932996477","source":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1578504075876293652/posts/default/7919060334932996477","type":"text/html"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1578504075876293652.post-5694590391813817752"},"published":{"$t":"2009-10-25T19:12:10.899-04:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2009-10-25T19:12:10.899-04:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"That's brilliant!"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"That\u0026#39;s brilliant!"},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1578504075876293652/4469798473317994802/comments/default/5694590391813817752"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1578504075876293652/4469798473317994802/comments/default/5694590391813817752"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http://www.heaveninmyfoot.com/2009/10/too-true.html?showComment\u003d1256512330899#c5694590391813817752","title":""}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Dale"},"uri":{"$t":"http://www.blogger.com/profile/14523194846272870013"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"}}],"thr$in-reply-to":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","href":"http://www.heaveninmyfoot.com/2009/10/too-true.html","ref":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1578504075876293652.post-4469798473317994802","source":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1578504075876293652/posts/default/4469798473317994802","type":"text/html"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1578504075876293652.post-9194734547223882128"},"published":{"$t":"2009-10-20T03:58:18.114-04:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2009-10-20T03:58:18.114-04:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Haha, great cartoon! I'm keeping the house, too! :..."},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"Haha, great cartoon! I\u0026#39;m keeping the house, too! :D\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eThe best of luck to you. :)"},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1578504075876293652/5892062602401538054/comments/default/9194734547223882128"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1578504075876293652/5892062602401538054/comments/default/9194734547223882128"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http://www.heaveninmyfoot.com/2009/10/xmrv.html?showComment\u003d1256025498114#c9194734547223882128","title":""}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"lothiane"},"uri":{"$t":"http://lothiane.wordpress.com/"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"}}],"thr$in-reply-to":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","href":"http://www.heaveninmyfoot.com/2009/10/xmrv.html","ref":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1578504075876293652.post-5892062602401538054","source":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1578504075876293652/posts/default/5892062602401538054","type":"text/html"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1578504075876293652.post-1771120512223647059"},"published":{"$t":"2009-10-19T14:49:34.796-04:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2009-10-19T14:49:34.796-04:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"I love the cartoons. \n\nHege\nwww.TiredofME.com"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"I love the cartoons. \u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eHege\u003cbr /\u003ewww.TiredofME.com"},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1578504075876293652/5892062602401538054/comments/default/1771120512223647059"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1578504075876293652/5892062602401538054/comments/default/1771120512223647059"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http://www.heaveninmyfoot.com/2009/10/xmrv.html?showComment\u003d1255978174796#c1771120512223647059","title":""}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Hege -"},"uri":{"$t":"http://www.blogger.com/profile/17382437672819919158"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"}}],"thr$in-reply-to":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","href":"http://www.heaveninmyfoot.com/2009/10/xmrv.html","ref":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1578504075876293652.post-5892062602401538054","source":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1578504075876293652/posts/default/5892062602401538054","type":"text/html"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1578504075876293652.post-2857705806649864525"},"published":{"$t":"2009-10-19T13:43:33.475-04:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2009-10-19T13:43:33.475-04:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"I immediately thought of you, reading about this!"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"I immediately thought of you, reading about this!"},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1578504075876293652/5892062602401538054/comments/default/2857705806649864525"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1578504075876293652/5892062602401538054/comments/default/2857705806649864525"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http://www.heaveninmyfoot.com/2009/10/xmrv.html?showComment\u003d1255974213475#c2857705806649864525","title":""}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Dale"},"uri":{"$t":"http://www.blogger.com/profile/14523194846272870013"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"}}],"thr$in-reply-to":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","href":"http://www.heaveninmyfoot.com/2009/10/xmrv.html","ref":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1578504075876293652.post-5892062602401538054","source":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1578504075876293652/posts/default/5892062602401538054","type":"text/html"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1578504075876293652.post-9186550352466721024"},"published":{"$t":"2009-10-19T12:17:08.844-04:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2009-10-19T12:17:08.844-04:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"I love the cartoon Priscilla and yeah, that's some..."},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"I love the cartoon Priscilla and yeah, that\u0026#39;s some pretty extraordinary news. I\u0026#39;m very hopeful for you.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eEric"},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1578504075876293652/5892062602401538054/comments/default/9186550352466721024"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1578504075876293652/5892062602401538054/comments/default/9186550352466721024"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http://www.heaveninmyfoot.com/2009/10/xmrv.html?showComment\u003d1255969028844#c9186550352466721024","title":""}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Eric Hill"},"uri":{"$t":"http://www.lifeaftersix.com"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"}}],"thr$in-reply-to":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","href":"http://www.heaveninmyfoot.com/2009/10/xmrv.html","ref":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1578504075876293652.post-5892062602401538054","source":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1578504075876293652/posts/default/5892062602401538054","type":"text/html"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1578504075876293652.post-2378278129222974569"},"published":{"$t":"2009-10-12T14:37:21.141-04:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2009-10-12T14:37:21.141-04:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Brava!"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"Brava!"},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1578504075876293652/3049243869311243893/comments/default/2378278129222974569"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1578504075876293652/3049243869311243893/comments/default/2378278129222974569"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http://www.heaveninmyfoot.com/2009/10/maybe-possibly-we-could-do-better-than.html?showComment\u003d1255372641141#c2378278129222974569","title":""}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Dale"},"uri":{"$t":"http://www.blogger.com/profile/14523194846272870013"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"}}],"thr$in-reply-to":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","href":"http://www.heaveninmyfoot.com/2009/10/maybe-possibly-we-could-do-better-than.html","ref":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1578504075876293652.post-3049243869311243893","source":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1578504075876293652/posts/default/3049243869311243893","type":"text/html"}}]}});