One of the most important documents ever published by New York Native
From a May 8, 1989 report by Neenyah Ostrom in the New York Native The following letter is one of numerous documents obtained from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) under a Freedom of Information Act request. It was written to Surgeon General C. Everett Koop in spring 1987 by a physician diagnosed as having Chronic Epstein-Barr Virus Syndrome (CEBV), the name by which [chronic fatigue syndrome] was described at the time. This is an edited version of the lengthy letter; emphasis was supplied by the letter's author. The writer's name and all identifying characteristics have been deleted to protect the privacy of the individual. The information contained in this letter, however anecdotal, is too important not to divulge. Surgeon General Dr. C.Everett Koop 200 Independent Ave., SW Washington, DC 20201 Dear Sir: This letter concerns chronic mononucleosis and the possibility that the contagious but unidentified-as-yet virus causing it is also the trigger...