ahimsa<p>"The History of ME deserves a late-night spotlight. That’s why we started the <a href="https://disabled.social/tags/JohnVsJonVsME" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JohnVsJonVsME</span></a> campaign"</p><p><a href="https://thesicktimes.org/2025/03/31/the-history-of-me-deserves-a-late-night-spotlight-thats-why-we-started-the-johnvsjonvsme-campaign/?mc_cid=8b14b5fbfd" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">thesicktimes.org/2025/03/31/th</span><span class="invisible">e-history-of-me-deserves-a-late-night-spotlight-thats-why-we-started-the-johnvsjonvsme-campaign/?mc_cid=8b14b5fbfd</span></a></p><p>This campaign was inspired by George Monbiot who called the history of mistreatment of people with Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME) the “greatest medical scandal of the 21st century”</p><p>Note: Most patients in the USA get a diagnosis of ME/CFS, not ME. CDC info here:</p><p><a href="https://www.cdc.gov/me-cfs/about/index.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">cdc.gov/me-cfs/about/index.htm</span><span class="invisible">l</span></a></p><p><a href="https://disabled.social/tags/MEcfs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MEcfs</span></a> <a href="https://disabled.social/tags/MyalgicEncephalomyelitis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MyalgicEncephalomyelitis</span></a> <a href="https://disabled.social/tags/ChronicIllness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ChronicIllness</span></a> <a href="https://disabled.social/tags/COVID19" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>COVID19</span></a> <a href="https://disabled.social/tags/LongCovid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LongCovid</span></a></p>