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====National Institutes of Health ==== In the UK, British researcher Professor [[Myra McClure]] informed the [[National Institutes of Health]] (NIH) that she had received a disturbing phone call: a journalist informed her that ME/CFS patients were planning an armed protest at NIH and CDC. This phone call was never investigated or reported to the police, and an armed protest never materialized.<ref name="Nodeaththreat20120406" /> In another article, McClure reported, "One man wrote he was having pleasure imagining that he was watching me drown. He sent that every day for months.β<ref name=":13">{{Cite web | url = http://www.theguardian.com/society/2011/aug/21/chronic-fatigue-syndrome-myalgic-encephalomyelitis | title = Chronic fatigue syndrome researchers face death threats from militants | date = 2011-08-20 | website = the Guardian|language=en|access-date=2021-04-07}}</ref> McClure stated she was withdrawing as a reviewer of ME/CFS research grants and NIH appointed a new panel.<ref name="Nodeaththreat20120406" /> In 2021, NIH stated that grant review rosters during the 2011-2021 period were blinded because multiple death threats had been made to multiple researchers; however, an FOA request revealed no such threats were reported to NIH beyond beyond the journalist's call to McClure regarding rumors of activist activity.<ref name="Nodeaththreat20120406">{{Cite web | url = http://occupyme.net/2021/04/06/the-death-threat-myth-exposed/ | title = The Death Threat Myth Exposed | last = Spotlia | first = Jennie | authorlink=Jennie Spotila | date = Apr 6, 2021 | website = Occupy ME|archive-url=|archive-date=|url-status=|access-date=2021-04-08}}</ref>
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