Jonsi -
I don't think anyone is suggesting a "merger" of any groups. The only existing affiliation is between LB & the MRF.
The point I was making is that there are several niches that fulfill various purposes, and we are all free to choose.
Regardless of anyone's opinion of the work of various researchers, they all make contributions from their own perspective. We can't throw the baby out with the bath water because there is a particular issue that we might have with them.
I am very unhappy about the article published by the MRF this past year. It blurs the distinction between DOP and Morgellons rather than separating it. I'm also wondering where the "Phase 2" study is, and even wonder why "Phase 2" wasn't "Phase 1". I can speculate all I want, but only the people within that organization know for sure what the reasons are.
On the other hand, I am SO grateful to the MRF for putting this thing on the map, and that can never be forgotten.
Dr. Wymore has also contributed more to whatever public acceptance than any other researcher. Like it or not, the mainstream media is not going to go to Rense for their information. They are going to listen to University-based, PhD level researchers with iron-clad credentials. There is NO ONE else with this status. Not even Dr. Staninger, despite her PhD and REIT/NREP credentials.
Do the people who appear on the pages of Rense make contributions? Of course they do. But they are not the ones who are behind the pressure to get public dollars into solving this horrible travesty. If anything, much of the alternet contributes to public perception that we are a bunch of loonies.
Raising questions about what various groups/researchers are focusing on is legitimate. Bashing them, especially on the basis of intangibles such as personalities, etc, has no place in this.
If perfection exists, it is in Heaven and not among mortals. When we engage in tearing down any one of these groups or individuals, we are hurting ourselves.
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