M. Laskowsky asked me to forward the following message to you as his email is down:

To Paul Martin at > http://www.procprblog.com/?p=31

Dear Paul,

Thank you so much for your response re: Morgellons Disease. I appreciate the opportunity to educate others about this badly misunderstood disease and do very much appreciate your responsiveness to your readers.

Some developments relating to Morgellons that people need to know include:

The CDC removed it’s website on Delusional Parasitosis in March of 2007

Senator Tom Harkin’s budget request for Health and Human Services for the 2008 health care budget, published in June 2007 specifically named Morgellons for study by the CDC.

The CDC posted a website for “unexplained dermopathy AKA Morgellons” under the Zoonotic, Vector-borne and Enteric Diseases Division.

The CDC described Morgellons as follows:
“Morgellons is an unexplained and debilitating condition that has emerged as a public health concern. Recently, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has received an increased number of inquiries from the public, health care providers, public health officials, Congress, and the media regarding this condition. Persons who suffer from this condition report a range of coetaneous symptoms including crawling, biting and stinging sensations; granules, threads or black speck-like materials on or beneath the skin; and/or skin lesions (e.g., rashes or sores) and some sufferers also report systemic manifestations such as fatigue, mental confusion, short term memory loss, joint pain, and changes in vision. Moreover, some who suffer from this condition appear to have substantial morbidity and social dysfunction, which can include decreased work productivity or job loss, total disability, familial estrangement, divorce, loss of child custody, home abandonment, and suicidal ideation.”
source: Centers for Disease Control, July 16, 2007 FBO DAILY ISSUE OF JULY 16, 2007 FBO #2058 SOLICITATION NOTICEhttp://www.fbodaily.com/archive/2007/07-July/16-Jul-2007/FBO-01342706.htm

The CDC announced in January, 2008 that it would jointly investigate Morgellons with Kaiser Permanente of Northern California with assistance from the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology beginning immediately.

The National Institutes of Health is now beginning to accept a few patients with Morgellons for diagnosis and treatment according to the Morgellons Research Foundation (MRF).

Several universities have been studying aspects of the disease including the Oklahoma State University Center for Health Sciences and State University of New York at Stony Brook. Funding is desperately needed to continue the studies, so if you want to do something useful to help people suffering from a terrible progressive multi-systemic disease, you could ask people to donate funds to the following: The Charles E. Holman Foundation (TheNMO.org), the MRF at Morgellons.org, or The Morgellons Research Project at SUNY Stony Brook under the direction of Mark Darrah, or Dr. Randy Wymore’s research at healthsciences.OKState.edu/morgellons/.

None of the above consider this a delusional disease at this time, or spread by the internet, although most formerly did before they saw the physical evidence of the disease for themselves. Additionally, dogs, cats and horses have been reported to be affected by this disease. They usually are not delusional and don’t do much internet surfing.

If you want to see what kind of suffering people with this disease experience, check out the video clip of Morgellons from the ABC Primetime Medical Mysteries from August 9, 2006.

Thank you very much for asking for suggestions for improving your post. I really appreciate it.

Sincerely,

M. Laskowsky

First an Article: Fiber Study and Research
April 16, 2008
WHAT WE DO KNOW ABOUT THE FIBERS.
http://www.earthfiles.com/news.php?ID=1418&category=Environment

Here’s another Real News Segment. Jan or Feb, 2008
THIS IS ONE OF THE BEST EVER, ANNE DILL AND FAMILY, TOM’S DEATH, MARY LEITAO AND DREW, OSU, NEUROLOGICAL SYMPTOMS DISCUSSED, FIBERS SHOWN FROM SKIN ON NATIONAL TELEVISION, ETC.
http://www.videosift.com/video/Morgellons-mystery-disease-make-national-news

Thanks Paul,
Greg Vigil