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The Publisher's of CHRISTOPHER STREET Magazine
are electronically distributing the full text of their book linking CFS to 
AIDS.

Disclaimer: I do not necessarily endorse their theory,in whole or in part, 
but it IS 
interesting reading. (I have no connection with this publication or 
theory in any way).

To download your copy, telnet or gopher to 
enews.com                     and
login as 
enews                    and
chose the Electronic Bookstore from the menu.

I do not have time to personally discuss the theories in the book via 
personal e-mail, so please post any comments to this newsgroup, not to me.
I regret that due to lack of time I will be unable to reply to any personal 
e-mail I receive on this subject.
Thanks.



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Date: Tue, 18 Oct 1994 11:47:31 -0400
From: The Electronic Newsstand <enews@internet.com>
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ABOUT THE BOOK

     America's Biggest Cover-Up blows the lid off one of the most 
shocking medical secrets of our time: the link between the Chronic 
Fatigue Syndrome epidemic and AIDS.  Neenyah Ostrom, the New York 
Native reporter who has devoted six years to investigating Chronic 
Fatigue Syndrome, has written a book that could literally save 
millions of lives.  

     Ostrom has interviewed most of the major researchers in the 
field, as well as countless patients and government scientists. She 
has uncovered so many similarities between Chronic Fatigue Syndrome 
and AIDS that she comes to the conclusion that they are part of the 
same epidemic, and she argues that until their connection is admitted 
by top government researchers, there is little hope that real progress 
will be made in stopping these two expressions of the same syndrome.  

     Ostrom reports extensively on the virus HHV-6, which infects both 
AIDS and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome patients. She notes that it makes a 
much better candidate for the cause of AIDS than HIV, which cannot be 
found in many so-called AIDS patients. She also notes the disturbing 
fact that the government is doing nothing to prevent HHV-6 from being 
spread through the nation's blood supply.  

     Among the many disturbing findings in America's Biggest Cover-Up 
is Ostrom's report on the purple lesions found in the throats of a 
majority of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome patients. Ostrom argues that 
there is good reason to believe that these lesions are related to 
Kaposi's sarcoma, a cancer that is found in AIDS patients. Ostrom 
points out that the lesions could also be in the digestive tracts of 
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome patients and may explain the severe digestive 
dysfunction that many patients experience.  

     Ostrom warns that people with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome are at 
high risk for developing problems like cancer because the virus, HHV-
6, which is active in the syndrome, destroys the natural killer cells 
which are supposed to protect against cancer. Ostrom also points out 
that because Chronic Fatigue Syndrome patients have lost much of their 
natural killer cell protection, they are especially susceptible to 
tuberculosis, which is rapidly becoming a national disaster. The 
government has yet to warn every single Chronic Fatigue Syndrome 
patient that they are at special risk for TB.  

     Ostrom also notes that the Chronic Fatigue Syndrome epidemic, 
which may already affect more than 15 million Americans, is causing 
serious problems for the health of America's children. She reports 
that there is strong evidence to suggest that HHV-6 and Chronic 
Fatigue Syndrome may be responsible for the explosion of asthma among 
children.  

     Ostrom also warns that Chronic Fatigue Syndrome affects the 
brains of children and adults. Children who suffer from Chronic 
Fatigue Syndrome often experience precipitous drops in their IQs, and 
suddenly start doing very poorly in school. Researchers have found 
brain lesions in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome patients that look very 
similar to the brain lesions seen in AIDS patients.  

     America's Biggest Cover-Up makes a major contribution to our 
understanding of an epidemic which threatens us all.  

     Here are some endorsements of America's Biggest Cover-Up:

     "While it may be difficult for any of us who are not professional 
scientists to make judgments in the area of AIDS, one thing seems 
clear: The Establishment has left us befuddled and puzzled about why 
there has not been more progress in fighting the epidemic. We read 
that Asia and Africa may be devastated by this scourge, and we must 
wonder if there is any reason to think it can't happen here. Given the 
seriousness of the issue, I think that my colleagues in the media are 
foolish not to pay attention to the reporting of Neenyah Ostrom. One 
can't help but be impressed by the breadth and depth of her research, 
and by the authority that this brings to her writing. America's 
Biggest Cover-Up deserves to be read and debated by those who want to 
know the truth about AIDS. One nagging question should continue to 
bother us all: What if she is right?" 
-- Robert Sherrill 

     "No one knows what causes AIDS or how it's transmitted. Neither 
can anyone refute Neenyah Ostrom's hypothesis that there is a 
connection between AIDS and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, nor prove the 
hypothesis that HIV is what causes AIDS. Just what if, as Neenyah 
Ostrom believes, Human Herpes Virus 6 (HHV-6) turns out misidentified 
African Swine Fever Virus? if so, everyone in the world will have an 
chance of getting AIDS, CFS, African Swine Fever -- or whatever you 
want to call this potential nightmare.  Therefore, how can we afford 
not to read America's Biggest Cover-Up by Neenyah Ostrom?"  
-- Tony Brown, of PBS's Tony Brown's Journal

     "In America's Biggest Cover-Up, author Neenyah Ostrom raises a 
provocative thesis: That AIDS and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS)
-- which affects 15 million sufferers -- are linked through a common 
factor, the virus HHV-6, a virus which generally has been viewed by
health authorities as relatively harmless, and which is not screened 
from blood supplies. Her thesis raises profoundly troubling questions 
for public health."
-- U.S. Representative Jerrold Nadler (8th District, New York) 

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

     Neenyah Ostrom, the author of What Really Killed Gilda Radner?  
Frontline Reports on the Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Epidemic, as well as 
50 Things You Should Know About The Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Epidemic, 
has been reporting on the Chronic Fatigue Syndrome epidemic for six 
years in the New York Native.  Her recent reporting is now available 
from the Electronic Newsstand in the Chronic Immune Dysfunction 
Syndrome Quarterly.