<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/" > <channel> <title> Comments on: Claim: Biological ‘proof’ of Gulf War Syndrome identified </title> <atom:link href="https://junkscience.com/2013/06/claim-biological-proof-of-gulf-war-syndrome-identified/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /> <link>https://junkscience.com/2013/06/claim-biological-proof-of-gulf-war-syndrome-identified/</link> <description>All the junk that’s fit to debunk.</description> <lastBuildDate>Fri, 26 Jul 2013 19:21:01 +0000</lastBuildDate> <sy:updatePeriod> hourly </sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency> 1 </sy:updateFrequency> <generator>https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2</generator> <item> <title> By: Christine </title> <link>https://junkscience.com/2013/06/claim-biological-proof-of-gulf-war-syndrome-identified/#comment-25495</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Christine]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Fri, 26 Jul 2013 19:21:01 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://junkscience.com/?p=41372#comment-25495</guid> <description><![CDATA[My husband served in Desert Storm.....he has Gulf Was Syndrome.....he suffers very real symptoms! The constant pain he is in every single day makes it difficult for him to live a normal life. For ANYONE to try to debunk what these guys are experiencing is just wrong. If you experienced the level of pain and discomfort that my husband does you would be a believer. I watch him decline daily. The VA put him through every test out there, he is disabled by VA standards, yet not by Social Security standards. Instead of trying to figure out if anyone is honestly disabled or not, why don't you try to figure out how to help the guys that are. Point the finger at the government officials who would rather sit on their collective asses and blame each other. My husband and the guys he served with put their lives on the line and trusted their government to have their back. Instead they were given experimental drugs, shots and exposed to oil field fires, etc. If you don't believe that this syndrome is real, come spend a day with someone that lives with it daily!]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>My husband served in Desert Storm…..he has Gulf Was Syndrome…..he suffers very real symptoms! The constant pain he is in every single day makes it difficult for him to live a normal life. For ANYONE to try to debunk what these guys are experiencing is just wrong. If you experienced the level of pain and discomfort that my husband does you would be a believer. I watch him decline daily. The VA put him through every test out there, he is disabled by VA standards, yet not by Social Security standards. Instead of trying to figure out if anyone is honestly disabled or not, why don’t you try to figure out how to help the guys that are. Point the finger at the government officials who would rather sit on their collective asses and blame each other. My husband and the guys he served with put their lives on the line and trusted their government to have their back. Instead they were given experimental drugs, shots and exposed to oil field fires, etc. If you don’t believe that this syndrome is real, come spend a day with someone that lives with it daily!</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item> <title> By: benofhouston </title> <link>https://junkscience.com/2013/06/claim-biological-proof-of-gulf-war-syndrome-identified/#comment-25494</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[benofhouston]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Fri, 12 Jul 2013 20:07:27 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://junkscience.com/?p=41372#comment-25494</guid> <description><![CDATA[Jose, there are a lot of problems that people develop. Several of the shots given against chemical and biological weapons were experimental, Yes. however, to tie everything into an overarching "gulf war syndorme" is the falacy that does not stand under close examination. It has degenerated into almost an "anything wrong with someone who fought in the Gulf War". That's not a diagnosis. That's finger-pointing.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Jose, there are a lot of problems that people develop. Several of the shots given against chemical and biological weapons were experimental, Yes. however, to tie everything into an overarching “gulf war syndorme” is the falacy that does not stand under close examination. It has degenerated into almost an “anything wrong with someone who fought in the Gulf War”. That’s not a diagnosis. That’s finger-pointing.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item> <title> By: Jose </title> <link>https://junkscience.com/2013/06/claim-biological-proof-of-gulf-war-syndrome-identified/#comment-25493</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Jose]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Fri, 12 Jul 2013 17:51:38 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://junkscience.com/?p=41372#comment-25493</guid> <description><![CDATA[Why is the government not speaking about the secret shots we received, or the fact that our medical records were ordered to be destroyed. Maybe because soldiers like myself had an immediate reaction to the shots? To say that our ailments are made up is to insult our Duty, Honor, and Service. How many Hanoi janes like you are there?]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Why is the government not speaking about the secret shots we received, or the fact that our medical records were ordered to be destroyed. Maybe because soldiers like myself had an immediate reaction to the shots? To say that our ailments are made up is to insult our Duty, Honor, and Service. How many Hanoi janes like you are there?</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item> <title> By: Jeff Burum </title> <link>https://junkscience.com/2013/06/claim-biological-proof-of-gulf-war-syndrome-identified/#comment-25492</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Jeff Burum]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Fri, 12 Jul 2013 07:33:35 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://junkscience.com/?p=41372#comment-25492</guid> <description><![CDATA[Uh, if you had Gulf War Syndrome you wouldnt be saying this. Too many people who were there have the same symptoms. It was never debunked, just lied about to veterans who knew better.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Uh, if you had Gulf War Syndrome you wouldnt be saying this. Too many people who were there have the same symptoms. It was never debunked, just lied about to veterans who knew better.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item> <title> By: Westchester Bill </title> <link>https://junkscience.com/2013/06/claim-biological-proof-of-gulf-war-syndrome-identified/#comment-25491</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Westchester Bill]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Sun, 16 Jun 2013 10:02:18 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://junkscience.com/?p=41372#comment-25491</guid> <description><![CDATA[Golf War Syndrome has been debunked so many times and in so many ways, yet, like Dracula, it lives on. Mt Geoff's comment above is absolutely correct and well said.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Golf War Syndrome has been debunked so many times and in so many ways, yet, like Dracula, it lives on. Mt Geoff’s comment above is absolutely correct and well said.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item> <title> By: MT Geoff </title> <link>https://junkscience.com/2013/06/claim-biological-proof-of-gulf-war-syndrome-identified/#comment-25490</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[MT Geoff]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Sat, 15 Jun 2013 21:20:47 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://junkscience.com/?p=41372#comment-25490</guid> <description><![CDATA[I was distantly involved in some of the medical evaluation of Gulf War syndrome. The symptoms were widely divergent and most were short on specifics, things like headaches and fatigue and non-refreshing sleep. Now all of these can be real symptoms of real illness and many Gulf War vets turned out to have real illnesses, but none could be tied to service in the war. I just saw something about 825,000 veterans of the War on Terror who have filed disability claims. Something's wrong here, folks. We haven't had that many individuals in combat or shot at in the Iraq and Afghanistan campaigns. I don't know exactly how many individuals have been "in country" but it's not as many as two million and most of those were not exposed to combat. That's not to denigrate the service of support troops, I was a support troop myself (though not "in country"). But to say that something like 40% of them have serious service-connected health problems is hard to swallow.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I was distantly involved in some of the medical evaluation of Gulf War syndrome. The symptoms were widely divergent and most were short on specifics, things like headaches and fatigue and non-refreshing sleep. Now all of these can be real symptoms of real illness and many Gulf War vets turned out to have real illnesses, but none could be tied to service in the war.<br /> I just saw something about 825,000 veterans of the War on Terror who have filed disability claims. Something’s wrong here, folks. We haven’t had that many individuals in combat or shot at in the Iraq and Afghanistan campaigns. I don’t know exactly how many individuals have been “in country” but it’s not as many as two million and most of those were not exposed to combat. That’s not to denigrate the service of support troops, I was a support troop myself (though not “in country”). But to say that something like 40% of them have serious service-connected health problems is hard to swallow.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> </channel> </rss>