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==Open letter== On Sep 18, 2018, four patients and several of their relatives and carers who featured in Afflicted sent an open letter to Netflix to protest at the finished series.<ref name="Afflictedletter">{{Cite web |url = https://medium.com/@afflicted/open-letter-to-netflix-regarding-the-afflicted-docuseries-d2b5263c9eb6| title = Open Letter to Netflix Regarding the “Afflicted” Docuseries | date = Sep 18, 2018}}</ref> The open letter was signed by Bekah’s boy and brother, Jill and her Janine, Jamison, Pillar, and over 30 doctors, film makers, advocates and writers. Key points made in the open letter: * Misrepresentation of patients and questionable tactics, including stating that the illness would not be presented as psychosomatic before filming and that it would be a documentary series not reality TV, arranging some of the more "questionable" medical visits, and suggesting to Jamison be drugged so he could travel when too ill to do so * Omission or de-emphasis of patients' diagnoses and laboratory findings, including Bekah' and Pilar's diagnosis of Common Variable Immunodeficiency Disorder, which is life-threatening disease and not controversial, Bekah's positive test for [[Lyme disease]], Jill's and Star's [[Hashimoto's thyroiditis|autoimmune disease diagnosis]], Jake's tachycardia and his low blood cell counts which need regular monitoring by a hematologist/oncologist. *Exclusion of research findings, particularly on [[myalgic encephalomyelitis]], [[mast cell activation syndrome]] which underlies some of the patients' mold and chemical sensitivities, and chronic [[Lyme disease]]. *Exclusion of research scientists *Inclusion of alternative practioners while excluding prominent doctors in the relevant fields. The psychiatrist interviewed about psychosomatic illness was not a specialist in the field. *The letter requested that Netflix remove the series<ref name="Afflictedletter" />
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