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== Government: Representatives and organizations == === Good === *“Although I have heard of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, I don’t have any expertise in it. … What I promise I will do when I get back is I will have the [[National Institutes of Health]] explain to me what they are doing, and to see if they can do more on this particular issue.”<ref>[http://sacfs.asn.au/news/2012/11/11_01_opinion_moving_forward_on_cfs.htm President Obama Response to Courtney Miller - 4/21/2011]</ref><ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VsQcmKT3zSo Forgotten Plague Trailer #1 - Youtube 00:47]</ref> ~ President Barack Obama (2012) *"Health bureaucrats just sharply revised down estimates of how much research funding goes into trying to understand [[Myalgic Encephalomyelitis]] / [[Chronic Fatigue Syndrome]] ([[ME/CFS]]). They then clarified that there is no other Commonwealth support out there, either for people dealing with this condition, or for GPs. It is time this changed."<ref>[http://sacfs.asn.au/news/2016/02/02_12_senator_scott_ludlum_on_mecfs_research_funding_in_australia.htm SACFS - Senator Scott Ludlam 2/10/16]</ref> ~ Senator [[Scott Ludlam]] *"I think that we have not cared for people with ME to a great enough extent. I think it is correct to say that we have not established proper health care services for these people, and I regret that."<ref>http://www.euro-me.org/news-Q42011-003.htm</ref> ~ Bjørn Guldvog, Deputy Director General of the Norwegian Directorate of Health *"We need a commitment from the Minister to increase the sparse funding for ME research, which at present stands at a paltry £1 for every sufferer."<ref name=":0">{{Cite web | url = https://www.theyworkforyou.com/debates/?id=2019-01-24a.421.0&s=speaker%3A25669#g434.1 | title = Appropriate M.E. Treatment {{!}} UK Parliament Debate | last = Hansard | first = | authorlink = | date = Jan 24, 2019 | website = |language=en|archive-url=|archive-date=|url-status=|access-date=2019-01-25}}</ref> ~ [[Emma Lewell-Buck]] *"The now widely discredited PACE trial had far-reaching implications. Not only did it add to the existing myths around ME, but it led to alterations in the application of benefits and eligibility for social care."<ref name=":0" /> ~ [[Emma Lewell-Buck]], MP *"Regarding the classification of chronic fatigue syndrome and myalgic encephalomyelitis, or CFS/ME, the Government accept the World Health Organization’s classification of the illness as a neurological condition of unknown origin"<ref>{{Cite web | url = http://www.meassociation.org.uk/2017/07/countess-of-mar-and-lord-hunt-defend-mecfs-in-lords-debate-on-medically-unexplained-symptoms-05-july-2018/ | title = Countess of Mar and Lord Hunt defend ME/CFS in Lords debate on medically unexplained symptoms {{!}} 05 July 2017 | last = ME Association | first = | authorlink = ME Association | date = Jul 5, 2017 | website = [[The ME Association]]|language=en|archive-url=|archive-date=|url-status=|access-date=2018-11-28}}</ref> ~ Lord O’Shaughnessey, House of Lords, [[UK]] *"Given that ME causes extreme fatigue, suggesting more exercise seems to me about as sensible as asking frostbite sufferers to walk about in snow. The other suggested treatment, cognitive behavioural therapy, helped to underpin the myth that ME is a psychological problem, not a physical condition.<ref name="hansardjan19">{{Cite web | url = https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2019-01-24/debates/FA1BBC27-37A7-4BFD-A2C0-A58B57F41D4D/AppropriateMETreatment | title = Appropriate ME Treatment {{!}} 24 January 2019 Volume 653 | last = Hansard {{!}} UK Parliament | first = | authorlink = | date = Jan 24, 2019 | website = hansard.parliament.uk|archive-url=|archive-date=|url-status=|access-date=2019-01-25}}</ref> ~ Kelvin Hopkins, MP === Bad === === Ugly ===
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