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==Chronic fatigue syndrome== An October 2009 paper by [[Vincent Lombardi]], [[Francis Ruscetti]], Jaydip Das Gupta, [[Max Pfost]], Kathryn S. Hagen, [[Daniel Peterson]], [[Sandra Ruscetti]], Rachel K. Bagni, Cari Petrow-Sadowski, Bert Gold, Michael Dean, [[Robert Silverman]], and [[Judy Mikovits]], entitled "Detection of an Infectious Retrovirus, XMRV, in Blood Cells of Patients with [[Chronic Fatigue Syndrome]]", claimed to have found a link between [[chronic fatigue syndrome]] and the presence of the retrovirus.<ref>{{Cite journal | last =Mikovits | first = Judy A. | last2 = Silverman | first2 = Robert H. | last3 = Dean | first3=Michael | last4 = Gold | first4=Bert | last5 = Petrow-Sadowski | first5 = Cari|last6 = Bagni | first6 = Rachel K. | last7 = Ruscetti | first7 = Sandra K. | last8 = Peterson | first8 = Daniel L. | last9 = Hagen | first9 = Kathryn S. | date = 2009-10-23 | title = Detection of an Infectious Retrovirus, XMRV, in Blood Cells of Patients with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome|url=https://science.sciencemag.org/content/326/5952/585|journal=Science|language=en|volume=326|issue=5952|pages=585β589|doi=10.1126/science.1179052 |issn=0036-8075|pmid=19815723}}</ref> The paper's primary authors were at that time based at the [[Whittemore Peterson Institute]] (WPI) in Reno, Nevada, [[United States]]. The WPI soon began offering a controversial commercial XMRV testing service.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.prohealth.com/library/wpi-licensed-test-for-xmrv-variants-now-available-27560 | title = WPI-Licensed Test for XMRV & Variants Now Available | last =ProHealth| date = 2010-08-23 | website = Prohealth|language=en-US|access-date=2019-08-07}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.meassociation.org.uk/2010/04/xmrv-testing-in-the-uk/ | title = XMRV testing in the UK|language=en-US|access-date=2019-08-07}}</ref> Other labs around the world were unable to detect XMRV in their patient samples. In July 2011 the journal issued an editorial expression of concern about the paper.<ref>[http://science.sciencemag.org/content/333/6038/35.1 Editorial Expression of Concern]</ref> The paper was fully retracted in December 2011 by the journal.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://retractionwatch.com/2011/12/22/chronic-fatigue-syndrome-xmrv-paper-retracted-by-science-completely-this-time/ | title = Chronic fatigue syndrome-XMRV paper retracted by Science, completely this time | last =Oransky | first = Ivan|authorlink=| date = 2011-12-22 | website = Retraction Watch|language=en-US|archive-url=|archive-date=|url-status=|access-date=2019-08-07}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal | last = Alberts | first = Bruce | date = 2011-12-23 | title = Retraction|url=https://science.sciencemag.org/content/334/6063/1636.1|journal=Science|language=en|volume=334|issue=6063|pages=1636β1636|doi=10.1126/science.334.6063.1636-a |issn=0036-8075|pmid=22194552}}</ref> One of the key scientists involved in efforts to clarify the situation surrounding XMRV, and eventually to debunk the science, was [[Ian Lipkin]] of Columbia University in New York.<ref>{{Cite journal | last =Callaway | first = Ewen | title = The scientist who put the nail in XMRV's coffin|url=http://www.nature.com/news/the-scientist-who-put-the-nail-in-xmrv-s-coffin-1.11444|journal=Nature News|language=en|doi=10.1038/nature.2012.11444}}</ref> Doctor [[Judy Mikovits|Mikovits]] has maintained her view that XMRV is a public health risk and documents those views in her book [[Plague]] with co-author [[Kent Heckenlively]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.greenmedinfo.com/blog/plague-update-xmrv | title = PLAGUE β The Update on XMRV| date = 2015-07-03 | website = greenmedinfo.com|language=en|access-date=2019-08-07}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://retractionwatch.com/2014/03/11/chronic-fatigue-syndrome-researcher-mikovits-who-championed-link-to-xmrv-to-publish-book/ | title = Chronic fatigue syndrome researcher Mikovits, who championed link to XMRV, to publish book | last =Oransky | first = Ivan|authorlink=| date = 2014-03-11 | website = Retraction Watch|language=en-US|archive-url=|archive-date=|url-status=|access-date=2019-08-07}}</ref> Mainstream science considers XMRV to be a laboratory artefact and not a threat to human health or related to chronic fatigue syndrome.{{Citation needed|reason=}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2012/09/final-study-confirms-virus-not-implicated-chronic-fatigue-syndrome | title = Final Study Confirms: Virus Not Implicated in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome | last =Enserink | first = Martin|authorlink=| date = 2012-09-18 | website = Science {{!}} AAAS|language=en|archive-url=|archive-date=|url-status=|access-date=2019-08-07 | last3 = | first3 = }}</ref> In May of 2020, Mikovits released a preview for a documentary, ''Plandemic''. It was removed from YouTube, Facebook, and other platforms, as it was flagged as health misinformation.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2020-05-08/youtube-facebook-coronavirus-plandemic | title = Facebook and YouTube race to squash viral video full of coronavirus lies| date = 2020-05-09 | website = Los Angeles Times|language=en-US|access-date=2020-05-10 | last =Dean | first = Sam | authorlink=|archive-url=|archive-date=|url-status=}}</ref>
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