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Post by rmc on Dec 6, 2012 7:46:24 GMT
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MorgellonsMedical science has denied the validity of Morgellons disease. Even so, there is continued support for looking at it as a serious disease (lobbyists). Perhaps a way of testing the notion that Morgellons is a condition generated by wearing materials in such way as to cause fibers to slightly embed themselves into top layers of skin, is to have the cast rub various materials over their hands or feet and then close-up film the skin to see if they've reproduced what medical science currently insists is the result of doing so - Morgellons fibers. Anyway, the mythical disease has science going one way, while certain factions of the public go the other. The lobbyist for this supposed disease pushed Congress to open investigations into it. Again, science shows no evidence for such a disease, and yet people continue to herald its existence. A myth then? Or, "Yawn!"
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Post by Cybermortis on Dec 6, 2012 11:58:04 GMT
I don't think MB are qualified, or indeed would be legally allowed, to run medical experiments such as this.
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Post by rmc on Dec 6, 2012 16:36:00 GMT
I was picturing some sort of gloves and/or socks made of some of the suspected materials, wear them for a time doing various 'chores', and then carefully inspect the hands and feet for any sign of what the medical community declares one would/could find - the fibers partially imbedded in the top layers of the skin in certain cases.
Anyway, that's one kind of test, I guess. It's a controversial topic. Some sorts of controversial topics make for good episodes, others don't.
So - eh, it's a stretch, but sometimes that's where one must start.
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Post by the light works on Dec 6, 2012 17:18:26 GMT
I get that result from handling fiberglass... but I believe those in the medical community who are serious about it, believe there is also a psychological component. wich places this with the other oogie boogie myths - in that there is no proof of bust that the believers will accept; and all the evidence currently indicates that it cannot be confirmed.
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Post by rmc on Dec 7, 2012 1:38:13 GMT
Fair enough. No use fanning the flames of the mentally-imbalanced.
What can I say? It's getting more and more difficult finding "well-known" myths these days, isn't it? I just thought slightly embedded fibers might be doable -- BUT, even that requires someone being accepting to the notion of getting fibers lodged somewhere under their flesh! Yikes! That part also makes this one a bit tough to do (maybe).
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