Excellent article by Hillary Johnson outlining the history of #ME/CFS in the UK. British scientists were initially at the forefront of ME research but this initial progress was stalled by later scientists for whom “reason and logic played no role, but sexism did”.
https://substack.com/home/post/p-157634862
https://substack.com/home/post/p-157634862
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The fact is that because women predominantly have #ME/CFS, it’s been dismissed as a modern form of hysteria, despite WHO recognising it as a neurological condition.